Band concert band - Grade
3
SKU: KJ.WB175
Composed by Mike
Hannickel. Standard of
Excellence in Concert.
Score and set of parts.
Neil A. Kjos Music
Company #WB175. Published
by Neil A. Kjos Music
Company (KJ.WB175).
Song of
Tosagata is a skillfully
crafted arrangement of an
authentic ballad from
Northern Japan. Filled
with multicultural and
inter- disciplinary
enrichment possibilities,
this delicate and
mysterious work features
timbres And textures
reminiscent of the
classic Japanese
instrumental trio
comprised of the
Shakuhachi, Samisen, And
Koto. Adding to the
arrangement's uniqueness
and authentic flavor are
optional parts for
autoharp (also playable
on synthesizer) and
template bells, playable
on a student-made version
of the traditional
instrument.
About Standard
of Excellence in
Concert
Th
e Standard of Excellence
In Concert series
presents exceptional
arrangements,
transcriptions, and
original concert and
festival pieces for
beginning and
intermediate band. Each
selection is correlated
to a specific page in the
Standard of Excellence
Band Method, reinforcing
and expanding skills and
concepts introduced in
the method up to that
point. Exciting parts
with extensive
cross-cueing are
presented for every
player. Accessible
ranges, appropriate
rhythmic challenges, and
creative percussion
section writing enhance
the pedagogical value of
the series.
Sold
individually, each In
Concert selection
includes a full Conductor
Score and enough student
parts for large symphonic
bands. Each student part
also includes correlated
Warm-Up Studies. The
Conductor Score comes
complete with rehearsal
suggestions, a composer
biography, program notes,
a rehearsal piano part,
several
ready-to-duplicate
worksheets and a
duplicable written
quiz.