By Robert Sheldon. Concert Band. Concert Band; Part(s); Score; SmartMusic. Alfred Concert Band. Form: Overture. Grade 4.5. 272 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

(Finale). By Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky]. Arranged by Richard Meyer. Orchestra. Masterworks; Part(s); Score; String Orchestra. Highland String Orchestra. Form: Transcription. Masterwork Arrangement; Romantic. Grade 3. 124 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

SKU: CL.013-0780-00

Novelette. Composed by Storm. Band. Score and set of parts. Composed 1923. C.L. Barnhouse #013-0780-00. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.013-0780-00).

By Marty Hurley. For tenor drum solo. Florida State Solo & Ensemble List, Indiana State Solo & Ensemble List. Solo(s). 4. Published by Row-Loff Publications

Arranged by Edward Freytag. Concert Ensemble. For Bells, Xylophone, Marimba (optional), Snare Drum, Tenor Drum, Crash Cymbals, Bass Drum, (3) Timpani, Tambourine, Wood Block, Siren Whistle. Florida State Solo and Ensemble List, Texas State Solo and Ensemble List, Virginia State Solo and Ensemble List. 1. Duration 1:56

Arranged by various, ed. Bill Galliford. Play-Along; String Series. Instrumental Solos Series. Movie; Pop; TV. Book; CD. 24 pages. Alfred Music #00-47351. Published by Alfred Music

For Percussion Ensemble. Florida Percussion Solo and Ensemble List. Grade 4. Score and set of parts

2 solo tubas and big band (2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, horn, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, piano, bass guitar, drum set) - Grade 5-6

SKU: ET.TU132C

Composed by Roland Szentpali. Jazz. Parts. Editions BIM #TU132C. Published by Editions BIM (ET.TU132C).

ISBN 9790207020826.

3 Dances is a Suite in three movements for 2 solo tubas and big band (2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, bariton saxophone, 4 trumpets, horn in F, 3 trombones, bass trombone, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, piano, bass guitar, drum set) written in 3 movements.
It is a typical example of the versatile composing talent of Roland Szentpali. His approach to jazz is well structured, with subtle fast or slow groovy sequences of the different instrumental and rhythm sections, stimulating (and how !) the two solo tubas interacting with each other.
I. Blow On Fire starts with a free cadenza that is an introduction merging into fast elements which appear all along this movement. The two tubas start to play once the melodic elements burn, and from then develop their own dynamic shifts.
II. Oriental Flavors is another kind of groove (as the movement title suggests), beginning with a short opening of the trombone section falling into secco rhythm that beats in contrasts with the stimulating lyrical intervention by the two tubists.
III. Cinder Dance has a specific introduction that leads the musicians and the audience on the path of various trances over several uneven time signatures. At a certain point, the 2 tubas fly through cadencial sequences just over the rhythm section, before ending on a long collective and steamy final progression.

World premiere and recording premiere: May 13-14, 2017 in the L. Austin Weeks Center for Recording and Performance at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami - Coral Gables, Florida, USA with the award winning Frost Concert Jazz Band conducted by John Daversa, and soloists Aaron Tindall and Roland Szentpali on tuba.