Par SPARKE PHILIP. Merry-Go-Round is a mini concerto for band in which each section takes a turn as soloist. On a merry-go-round the viewpoint is constantly changing, this being portrayed by different instrumental groups playing variations on the main theme, continually coming to the fore. This attractive work will bring all the excitement of the fairground to your concert. / Niveau : 3 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Good King Wenceslas. Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. Young band directors are always on the lookout for something new and a little different for the winter concert. Timothy Johnson’s new Christmas arrangement for Beginning Bands fits the bill perfectly. It remains technically accessible to the young band while exploring this old familiar tune in new and different ways. You even have the option of including a 'set' drummer by using the Optional Percussion 1 Advanced part. Lots of unison rhythms in the Winds ensure that you can prepare The Good King Rocks in time for that winter concert, and there are enjoyable parts for every instrument, which keeps the whole group focused and involved during rehearsal. Fun! / Niveau : 0.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band

Par CURNOW JAMES. Commissioned by the Glenbard East High School Music Department of Lombard, Illinois in grateful appreciation for the 34 year teaching career of Ross Kellan and his tireless commitment to excellence in music education, where he led by example each and every day. A scintillating opener! The joyful spirit will light up your concert hall like fireworks as you set your next performance in motion with James Curnow’s striking new piece titled Tempus Fugit. Brass fanfares, Woodwind flourishes, and Percussive flamboyance commence as the house lights go down and the curtains part. Artistic variation is the hallmark of this enthusiastic work and many delights are in store foryour group as you carefully rehearse this outstanding new piece. Carpe diem! / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par CURNOW JAMES. Commissioned by the Glenbard East High School Music Department of Lombard, Illinois in grateful appreciation for the 34 year teaching career of Ross Kellan and his tireless commitment to excellence in music education, where he led by example each and every day. A scintillating opener! The joyful spirit will light up your concert hall like fireworks as you set your next performance in motion with James Curnow’s striking new piece titled Tempus Fugit. Brass fanfares, Woodwind flourishes, and Percussive flamboyance commence as the house lights go down and the curtains part. Artistic variation is the hallmark of this enthusiastic work and many delights are in store foryour group as you carefully rehearse this outstanding new piece. Carpe diem! / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band

from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Par MORRICONE ENNIO. La légendaire mélodie The Ecstasy of Gold vient auréoler le point culminant du film Le Bon, la brute et le truand. Ce film clôture la célèbre Trilogie de l’homme sans nom dont les précédents films sont Pour une poignée de dollars, Et pour quelques dollars de plus. À la demande du réalisateur Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone composa la bande originale des trois films. Depuis 1983, le groupe Metallica ouvre ses concerts avec ce thème dont Lorenzo Bocci a réalisé un époustouflant arrangement pour orchestre d’harmonie. / Niveau : 3 / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Arr. Elliot Del Borgo. Par M.COHAN G.. Un seul nom suffit pour évoquer la magie des plus célèbres comédies musicales : Broadway. Le long de cette avenue new-yorkaise, regroupés autour de Times Square, 38 théâtres produisent depuis près de 80 ans, des spectacles au succès planétaire, signés par des noms légendaires : Berlin, Porter, Gershwin, Bernstein, Sondheim, Hammerstein, Loewe, Cohan, Lloyd-Webber, Plamandon, Schönberg… Dans cette oeuvre en hommage à Broadway, Elliot del Borgo a rassemblé trois des plus célèbres mélodies du compositeur américain George Michael Cohan qui a marqué Broadway dans les années 20. / Niveau : 3 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par CURNOW JAMES. Accessible even to particularly advanced Jr. High bands or honor groups, James Curnow’s brilliant fanfare and treatment of Renaissance composer Tylman Susato’s RONDO is truly a jubilant musical expression. FANFARE AND JUBILOSO is dedicated to Harry Begian, the world renowned and highly respected American music educator and conductor, and is a creative exploration of joyous energy. Investigating those intriguing Renaissance harmonic concepts, this celebratory offering will be a fresh and vigorous addition to your concert repertoire! / Niveau : 4 / Ouverture / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par COURT DOUGLAS. Celebrate the spirit of youth! TAKE CENTER STAGE is a fresh, exciting new offering from Curnow Music Press. The energetic opening and first theme supported by an invigorating rhythmic undercurrent perfectly balance the 'cantabile' middle section. They lead relentlessly to the exhilarating conclusion. As always Douglas Court's music includes enjoyable parts for every player in the band, and this one is right on target for the skills of Grade 3 groups. A delightful opening piece for concert or festival, you may even consider using it with a 'mass band' or at an All-District concert. Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation annual festival includedabout 800 younginstrumentalists! / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This major concert work cosists o five movements. 1st movement: La Laguna del ShimbeSituated high up in the Andes mountains in Northern Peru are the Huaringas, a group of lagoons in isolated and mysterious surroundings. The water has healing powersand for centuries traditional healers have settled there in small villages. From far the sick come to the Huaringas to be treated in nightly rituals, in which the hallucinating juice of the San Pedro cactus gives the prophet a look inside hispatient. The biggest lagoon is the “Laguna del Shimbe”, one of the countless wells of the immense Amazon stream. 2nd movement: Los AguarunasFurther downstream in Northern Peru we come across the rain tribe of Los Aguarunas. It’s a proud, beautiful andindependent race, which has never succumbed to domination, not even from the Incas. They live from everything the forest has to offer: fish, fruit, plants, . . . . They also grow some crops and live as semi-nomads. They take their fate into their ownhands and after having made contact with modern civilisation, they have integrated new elements into their lives without betraying their own ways. 3rd movement: MekaronMekaron is an Indian word meaning “picture”, “soul”, “essence”. The Indians are theorigina inhabitants of the Amazon region. They either live in one place as a group or move around a large region. They all have their own political system, their own language and an intense social life. At the same time they are master of music andmedicine. “Everywhere the white man goes, he leaves a wilderness behind him”, wrote the North American Indian leader Seatl in 1885. As a result of these contacts with the whites, the disruption of most Indian societies began. (In this century alone, 80 tribes have vanished completely). 4th movement: KêêtuajêThis is the name of the initiating ceremony of the Krahô tribe in the Brazilian state of Goias, in which young boys and girls enter adult life. They are cleansed with water, painted with redpaint and covered with feathers, after which the ritual dance holds the entire tribe spell-bound. 5th movement: Paulino FaiakanIn 1988 the Indian chiefs Faiakan and Raoni Kaiapo came to Europe to protest against the building of the Altamira dam inBrazil. As a result of the dam the Indians would be driven from their traditional land and enormous artificial would be created. The project was supported financially by, amongst others, the European Community. In February 1989 the Indian tribesaround Altamira held a protest march for the first time in their history together. Amongst other things they paid tribute tot Chico Mendez, who, murdered in 1988, was the leader of the rubber syndicate and a fierce opponent of the destruction of theBrazilian rain forest. Brazilian and world opinion was awakened. The building of the dam was -albeit temporarily - stopped. / Niveau : 6 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie