The Book of Urizen is Jacob de Haan his first Symphony for concert band, ...(+)
The Book of Urizen
is Jacob de Haan his
first Symphony for
concert band, solo
soprano, and a male
narrator in which sound
collages of expressions
are used. The piece is
inspired by the
compelling visionary poem
of the samename (which
the poet illustrated
himself) by the
Englishman William Blake
(1757-1827). The
Vision, first
movement and The
Creation, second
movement of The Book
of Urizen are
available by following
editionnumber: DHP
1043551. The Web,
the third movement of
The Book of Urizen
is available by the
following edition number:
DHP 1125252. Download the
audio samples here: track
1, track 2, track
3
In The Book
of Urizen - Jacob de
Haan zijn eerste symfonie
voor harmonieorkest,
zangstem (sopraan) en een
mannelijke spreekstem -
wordt gebruik gemaakt van
geluidscollages. De
compositie is ge
nspireerd op het
gelijknamigegedicht van
William Blake
(1757-1827). The
Vision, het eerste
deel en The
Creation, het tweede
deel van The Book of
Urizen zijn
beschikbaar via volgend
editienummer: DHP
1043551. The Web,
het derdedeel van The
Book of Urizen is
verkrijgbaar via
editienummer: DHP
1125252. Download
audiofragmenten hier:
track 1, track 2, track
3
The Book of
Urizen ist Jacob de
Haan seine erste
Symphonie für
Blasorchester, Gesang
(Sopran) und
(männliche)
Sprechstimme, in welcher
Botschaften durch
Geräuschcollagen
wiedergegeben werden. Als
Inspirationsquelle
dienteder gleichnamige
Gedichtzyklus des
großen englischen
Dichters und Malers
William Blake
(1757-1827). The
Vision, erster Satz
und The Creation,
zweiter Satz von The
Book of Urizen sind
unter der
folgendenEditionsnummer
erhältlich: DHP
1043551. The Web,
der dritte Satz von
The Book of Urizen , ist
unter der folgenden
Editionsnummer
erhältlich: DHP
1125252. Laden Sie hier
die Audiosamples
herunter: track 1, track
2,track 3
The Book of
Urizen is a work for
concert band, solo
soprano, and a male
narrator in which sound
collages of religious
expressions are used. The
piece is inspired by the
compelling visionary poem
of the same name (which
the poet
illustratedhimself) by
the Englishman William
Blake (1757-1827), who
occupies a unique
position in western
literature and the visual
arts. He was not just a
poet and a writer, but he
was also a graphic
artist, a painter, an
illustrator, a
spiritualist, areligious
visionary, and a mystic
philosopher. For the
performance of this work,
a professional sound
system, including two
microphones and a CD
player, is needed. The
three sound collages are
three separate tracks on
the enclosed CD and can
beplayed easily at the
right moment. The Book
of Urizen bears
resemblance to Genesis
and Exodus, of which the
contents form the basis
of the Christian, Jewish,
and Islamic faith. Blake
adhered to the principle
that all religions are in
fact one,and that deities
reside in human beings.
In The Book of
Urizen this is
represented in “The
Net of Religion,â€
which is spanned over the
earth by Urizen. The
sound collages, compiled
by Jacob de Haan in the
studio, find their origin
inJerusalem, the Holy
City, where the
afore-mentioned faiths
“come
together.†In the
first movement of
this composition, The
Vision, Urizen
prepares his vision of
the world, and he
presents this to the
“Eternals.â€
His vision is
rejected,and Urizen locks
himself up in his own
abstract world. When he
does emerge again, he is
confronted with rage by
the gathered Eternals.
Urizen flees the wrath of
the Eternals, “the
flames of eternal
fury,†and enwombs
himself in his own world.
Whenthe Eternals see
Urizen in his
“stony
sleep,†they wonder
if this is death. The
blacksmith Los is torn by
grief because of the
isolation of Urizen. It
brings him to rouse his
fires, prepare his forge,
and to give
Urizen’s world
concrete form. In
thesecond
movement, The
Creation,
Urizen’s world,
but also man, woman, and
child are created. Los is
horrified with the
appearance of
Urizen’s body. He
mourns and pities Urizen,
and from his blood a
female form comes into
being, with thename
Enitharmon. The Eternals,
fearful of the female
form, decide to erect a
tent to obstruct their
view to eternity.
Enitharmon and Los beget
a son, called Orc. Los
baptizes him as a child
of the “fallen
world.†Orc is fed
at Enitharmon’s
breast,which makes a
girdle of jealousy
restrict Los’
chest. He takes the child
to the top of the
mountain and chains him
down. The cries of Orc
awaken Urizen, who
explores his world
creating instruments of
scientific measurement to
do so. Los encircles
theface of Enitharmon
from the sight of Urizen
and Orc. She then
populates the earth by
giving birth to an
enormous race.The
Web, third movement
of The Book of
Urizen is now
available: DHP 1125252
(A Study in Individual,Small Ensemble and Large Group Performance). By Henry Now...(+)
(A Study in
Individual,Small Ensemble
and Large Group
Performance). By Henry
Nowak Jerry Nowak.
Concert Band. For Winds,
Percussion. Carl Fischer
Band Books Series.
Classical. Teacher's
Book. Standard notation.
96 pages
Concert Band (Full Score) - Grade 2 1/2 SKU: HL.35011762 Composed by Rodn...(+)
Concert Band (Full Score)
- Grade 2 1/2
SKU:
HL.35011762
Composed
by Rodney Miller. Big
Band & Concert Band.
Shawnee Press. 36 pages.
Shawnee Press #KC1351.
Published by Shawnee
Press (HL.35011762).
UPC: 888680006280.
8.5x11
inches.
Jubilant
Spirit is sure to become
a favorite among music
educators, performers,
and audience members. The
high-energy introduction
makes this piece an ideal
opening for both concert
and contest performances.
The clever and spirited
theme is shared by
woodwinds, trumpets, and
keyboards and supported
by the low brass and
horn. The beautiful
Andantino provides every
section the chance to
play expressively and to
explore each performer's
ability and understanding
of lyrical playing.
Tasteful percussion
writing contributes to
the drive of the piece as
well as giving the
percussionists the
opportunity to be fully
involved in every section
of the piece. Jubilant
Spirit has been carefully
edited to help the music
educator maximize the
effectiveness of style
and dynamics and to also
teach the concept of
phrase development,
especially in the lyrical
middle section.
Jubilant Spirit Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile Shawnee Press
Concert Band (parts and score) - Grade 2 1/2 SKU: HL.35011761 Composed by...(+)
Concert Band (parts and
score) - Grade 2 1/2
SKU: HL.35011761
Composed by Rodney
Miller. Shawnee Press.
Print on demand -
publisher prints this
title after order is
received. Full Score and
Parts. Shawnee Press
#K0607. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.35011761).
UPC:
747510066040. 8.5x11
inches.
Jubilant
Spirit is sure to become
a favorite among music
educators, performers,
and audience members. The
high-energy introduction
makes this piece an ideal
opening for both concert
and contest performances.
The clever and spirited
theme is shared by
woodwinds, trumpets, and
keyboards and supported
by the low brass and
horn. The beautiful
Andantino provides every
section the chance to
play expressively and to
explore each performer's
ability and understanding
of lyrical playing.
Tasteful percussion
writing contributes to
the drive of the piece as
well as giving the
percussionists the
opportunity to be fully
involved in every section
of the piece. Jubilant
Spirit has been carefully
edited to help the music
educator maximize the
effectiveness of style
and dynamics and to also
teach the concept of
phrase development,
especially in the lyrical
middle section.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.465000130 For Large Wind Ensemble. Compo...(+)
Band Concert Band
SKU:
PR.465000130
For
Large Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Sws. Contemporary. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2010.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#465-00013. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.465000130).
ISBN
9781598064070. UPC:
680160600144. 9x12
inches.
Following a
celebrated series of wind
ensemble tone poems about
national parks in the
American West, Dan
Welcher’s Upriver
celebrates the Lewis &
Clark Expedition from the
Missouri River to
Oregon’s Columbia
Gorge, following the
Louisiana Purchase of
1803. Welcher’s
imaginative textures and
inventiveness are freshly
modern, evoking our
American heritage,
including references to
Shenandoah and other folk
songs known to have been
sung on the expedition.
For advanced players.
Duration:
14’. In 1803,
President Thomas
Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William
Clark’s Corps of
Discovery to find a water
route to the Pacific and
explore the uncharted
West. He believed woolly
mammoths, erupting
volcanoes, and mountains
of pure salt awaited
them. What they found was
no less mind-boggling:
some 300 species unknown
to science, nearly 50
Indian tribes, and the
Rockies.Ihave been a
student of the Lewis and
Clark expedition, which
Thomas Jefferson called
the “Voyage of
Discovery,†for as
long as I can remember.
This astonishing journey,
lasting more than
two-and-a-half years,
began and ended in St.
Louis, Missouri —
and took the travelers up
more than a few rivers in
their quest to find the
Northwest Passage to the
Pacific Ocean. In an age
without speedy
communication, this was
akin to space travel out
of radio range in our own
time: no one knew if,
indeed, the party had
even survived the voyage
for more than a year.
Most of them were
soldiers. A few were
French-Canadian voyageurs
— hired trappers
and explorers, who were
fluent in French (spoken
extensively in the
region, due to earlier
explorers from France)
and in some of the Indian
languages they might
encounter. One of the
voyageurs, a man named
Pierre Cruzatte, also
happened to be a
better-than-average
fiddle player. In many
respects, the travelers
were completely on their
own for supplies and
survival, yet,
incredibly, only one of
them died during the
voyage. Jefferson had
outfitted them with food,
weapons, medicine, and
clothing — and
along with other
trinkets, a box of 200
jaw harps to be used in
trading with the Indians.
Their trip was long,
perilous to the point of
near catastrophe, and
arduous. The dream of a
Northwest Passage proved
ephemeral, but the
northwestern quarter of
the continent had finally
been explored, mapped,
and described to an
anxious world. When the
party returned to St.
Louis in 1806, and with
the Louisiana Purchase
now part of the United
States, they were greeted
as national heroes.Ihave
written a sizeable number
of works for wind
ensemble that draw their
inspiration from the
monumental spaces found
in the American West.
Four of them (Arches, The
Yellowstone Fires,
Glacier, and Zion) take
their names, and in large
part their being, from
actual national parks in
Utah, Wyoming, and
Montana. But Upriver,
although it found its
voice (and its finale) in
the magnificent Columbia
Gorge in Oregon, is about
a much larger region.
This piece, like its
brother works about the
national parks,
doesn’t try to
tell a story. Instead, it
captures the flavor of a
certain time, and of a
grand adventure. Cast in
one continuous movement
and lasting close to
fourteen minutes, the
piece falls into several
subsections, each with
its own heading: The
Dream (in which
Jefferson’s vision
of a vast expanse of
western land is opened);
The Promise, a chorale
that re-appears several
times in the course of
the piece and represents
the seriousness of the
presidential mission; The
River; The Voyageurs; The
River II ; Death and
Disappointment; Return to
the Voyage; and The River
III .The music includes
several quoted melodies,
one of which is familiar
to everyone as the
ultimate “river
song,†and which
becomes the
through-stream of the
work. All of the quoted
tunes were either sung by
the men on the voyage, or
played by
Cruzatte’s fiddle.
From various journals and
diaries, we know the men
found enjoyment and
solace in music, and
almost every night
encampment had at least a
bit of music in it. In
addition to Cruzatte,
there were two other
members of the party who
played the fiddle, and
others made do with
singing, or playing upon
sticks, bones, the
ever-present jaw harps,
and boat horns. From
Lewis’ journals, I
found all the tunes used
in Upriver: Shenandoah
(still popular after more
than 200 years),
V’la bon vent,
Soldier’s Joy,
Johnny Has Gone for a
Soldier, Come Ye Sinners
Poor and Needy (a hymn
sung to the tune
“Beech
Springâ€) and
Fisher’s Hornpipe.
The work follows an
emotional journey: not
necessarily step-by-step
with the Voyage of
Discovery heroes, but a
kind of grand arch.
Beginning in the mists of
history and myth,
traversing peaks and
valleys both real and
emotional (and a solemn
funeral scene), finding
help from native people,
and recalling their zeal
upon finding the one
great river that will, in
fact, take them to the
Pacific. When the men
finally roar through the
Columbia Gorge in their
boats (a feat that even
the Indians had not
attempted), the
magnificent river
combines its theme with
the chorale of
Jefferson’s
Promise. The Dream is
fulfilled: not quite the
one Jefferson had
imagined (there is no
navigable water passage
from the Missouri to the
Pacific), but the dream
of a continental
destiny.
Concert Band (Score & Parts) - Grade 2 1/2 SKU: HL.35000944 Composed by D...(+)
Concert Band (Score &
Parts) - Grade 2 1/2
SKU: HL.35000944
Composed by David
Bobrowitz. Shawnee Press.
Print on demand -
publisher prints this
title after order is
received. American
Indian, Native American.
Shawnee Press #K0597.
Published by Shawnee
Press (HL.35000944).
UPC: 888680990497.
8.5x11 inches.
This
piece captures the mood
of American Indian
life-respectful of the
hardships the American
Indians endured and a
tribute to those who
displayed great courage
and whose lives included
so much sorrow and
tragedy.
Orchestra Concert Band SKU: PR.416413660 For Violin and Orchestra....(+)
Orchestra Concert Band
SKU: PR.416413660
For Violin and
Orchestra. Composed
by Behzad Ranjbaran.
Perfect. Contemporary.
Full score. With Standard
notation. Composed 1994.
144 pages. Duration 31
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #416-41366.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.416413660).
ISBN
9781598063578. UPC:
680160601899. 9x12
inches.
Trained as
a violinist in his native
Tehran, composer Behzad
Ranjbaran eagerly drew
inspiration from the
traditional Persian
kamancheh and its
delicate, lyrical sound
when creating his
profoundly luscious and
brilliant Concerto for
Violin and Orchestra.
This work was completed
in 1994 and premiered in
England by Joshua Bell,
who also gave the first
American and Canadian
performances. The
Concerto for Violin and
Orchestra is the
recipient of the Rudolf
Nissim Award from ASCAP,
and it was supported in
part by a grant from The
National Endowment for
the Arts. The solo part
with a piano reduction as
well as a large score are
available on custom
print. For advanced
players. Duration:
31'. From my early
years studying violin at
the Tehran Music
Conservatory, I was
captivated by the sound
of the kamancheh, an
ancient Persian bowed
instrument considered one
of the ancestors to the
modern violin. I was
pleased when the National
Endowment for the Arts
awarded me a grant to
write a violin concerto
as it provided me with an
occasion to rekindle my
fascination with the
kamancheh. The notionof
writing a violin concerto
that would incorporate
the power and brilliance
of a modern instrument
with the delicate and
lyrical character of an
ancient one was simply
irresistible. Moreover,
the inspiration from the
kamancheh also informed
my use of Persian modes,
melodic, and rhythmic
figures.The notes of the
violin’s open
strings (G, D, A, E) also
influenced many of the
melodic and harmonic
elements of my violin
concerto. The opening
tutti is mostly based on
intervals of a perfect
4th and 5th. The primary
material for each
movement incorporates
notes of two of the open
strings of the violin,
creating a three-note
melodic motif as the
basis of themes:1 st
movement: A-D-A2nd
movement: D-G-D3rd
movement: E-A-EThe
overall structure of the
concerto is organic and
cyclical, as themes are
shared between the three
movements. For example,
the main musical idea of
the third movement is a
transformation of the
first movement’s
primary theme. While the
movements share similar
musical materials, each
one is definedby
distinguishing
characters. The first
movement is conflicted;
alternating between
sections of unabashed
lyricism and
unforgivingferocity. The
second movement is
haunting, mysterious, and
expressive with long
melodic lines that vary
continuously. It moves
through different moods
and characters including
a reimagining of a
traditional Persian
wedding tune played by
the orchestra (m. 98).
The third movement is
festive in character and
features much brilliant
passagework for the solo
violin. At the climax of
this movement, themes
fromthe previous
movements re-emerge
simultaneously with
greater intensity,
propelling the concerto
to an energetic finale.
The Concerto was composed
in 1994 and is dedicated
to Joshua Bell.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.46500013L For Wind Ensemble. Composed by...(+)
Band Concert Band
SKU:
PR.46500013L
For
Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Contemporary. Large
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2010.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#465-00013L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.46500013L).
UPC:
680160600151. 11 x 14
inches.
I n 1803,
President Thomas
Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clarks
Corps of Discovery to
find a water route to the
Pacific and explore the
uncharted West. He
believed woolly mammoths,
erupting volcanoes, and
mountains of pure salt
awaited them. What they
found was no less
mind-boggling: some 300
species unknown to
science, nearly 50 Indian
tribes, and the Rockies.
I have been a student of
the Lewis and Clark
expedition, which Thomas
Jefferson called the
Voyage of Discovery, for
as long as I can
remember. This
astonishing journey,
lasting more than
two-and-a-half years,
began and ended in St.
Louis, Missouri and took
the travelers up more
than a few rivers in
their quest to find the
Northwest Passage to the
Pacific Ocean. In an age
without speedy
communication, this was
akin to space travel out
of radio range in our own
time: no one knew if,
indeed, the party had
even survived the voyage
for more than a year.
Most of them were
soldiers. A few were
French-Canadian voyageurs
hired trappers and
explorers, who were
fluent in French (spoken
extensively in the
region, due to earlier
explorers from France)
and in some of the Indian
languages they might
encounter. One of the
voyageurs, a man named
Pierre Cruzatte, also
happened to be a
better-than-average
fiddle player. In many
respects, the travelers
were completely on their
own for supplies and
survival, yet,
incredibly, only one of
them died during the
voyage. Jefferson had
outfitted them with food,
weapons, medicine, and
clothing and along with
other trinkets, a box of
200 jaw harps to be used
in trading with the
Indians. Their trip was
long, perilous to the
point of near
catastrophe, and arduous.
The dream of a Northwest
Passage proved ephemeral,
but the northwestern
quarter of the continent
had finally been
explored, mapped, and
described to an anxious
world. When the party
returned to St. Louis in
1806, and with the
Louisiana Purchase now
part of the United
States, they were greeted
as national heroes. I
have written a sizeable
number of works for wind
ensemble that draw their
inspiration from the
monumental spaces found
in the American West.
Four of them (Arches, The
Yellowstone Fires,
Glacier, and Zion) take
their names, and in large
part their being, from
actual national parks in
Utah, Wyoming, and
Montana. But Upriver,
although it found its
voice (and its finale) in
the magnificent Columbia
Gorge in Oregon, is about
a much larger region.
This piece, like its
brother works about the
national parks, doesnt
try to tell a story.
Instead, it captures the
flavor of a certain time,
and of a grand adventure.
Cast in one continuous
movement and lasting
close to fourteen
minutes, the piece falls
into several subsections,
each with its own
heading: The Dream (in
which Jeffersons vision
of a vast expanse of
western land is opened);
The Promise, a chorale
that re-appears several
times in the course of
the piece and represents
the seriousness of the
presidential mission; The
River; The Voyageurs; The
River II ; Death and
Disappointment; Return to
the Voyage; and The River
III . The music includes
several quoted melodies,
one of which is familiar
to everyone as the
ultimate river song, and
which becomes the
through-stream of the
work. All of the quoted
tunes were either sung by
the men on the voyage, or
played by Cruzattes
fiddle. From various
journals and diaries, we
know the men found
enjoyment and solace in
music, and almost every
night encampment had at
least a bit of music in
it. In addition to
Cruzatte, there were two
other members of the
party who played the
fiddle, and others made
do with singing, or
playing upon sticks,
bones, the ever-present
jaw harps, and boat
horns. From Lewis
journals, I found all the
tunes used in Upriver:
Shenandoah (still popular
after more than 200
years), Vla bon vent,
Soldiers Joy, Johnny Has
Gone for a Soldier, Come
Ye Sinners Poor and Needy
(a hymn sung to the tune
Beech Spring) and Fishers
Hornpipe. The work
follows an emotional
journey: not necessarily
step-by-step with the
Voyage of Discovery
heroes, but a kind of
grand arch. Beginning in
the mists of history and
myth, traversing peaks
and valleys both real and
emotional (and a solemn
funeral scene), finding
help from native people,
and recalling their zeal
upon finding the one
great river that will, in
fact, take them to the
Pacific. When the men
finally roar through the
Columbia Gorge in their
boats (a feat that even
the Indians had not
attempted), the
magnificent river
combines its theme with
the chorale of Jeffersons
Promise. The Dream is
fulfilled: not quite the
one Jefferson had
imagined (there is no
navigable water passage
from the Missouri to the
Pacific), but the dream
of a continental
destiny.
Trumpet Voluntary Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Débutant Heritage Music Press
Concert band concert band - Grade 1 SKU: LO.BO261 Composed by James Swear...(+)
Concert band concert band
- Grade 1
SKU:
LO.BO261
Composed by
James Swearingen. Unison
Plus Series. Score and
parts. Heritage Music
Press #BO261. Published
by Heritage Music Press
(LO.BO261).
UPC:
000308006353.
Uniso
n melody section allows
each student to play this
well known Purcell tune.
Excellent teaching piece
for first year players.
Interesting Percussion
part includes snare and
bass drum, crash cymbals,
tambourine and
mallets.
Green Flash Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Concert Band SKU: PR.416414460 For Orchestra. Composed b...(+)
Orchestra Concert Band
SKU: PR.416414460
For Orchestra.
Composed by Roger Zare.
Sws. Contemporary. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2006.
36 pages. Duration 9:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41446. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416414460).
ISBN
9781598064766. UPC:
680160610631. 9x12
inches.
Roger Zare
is living every young
composer's dream. At a
tender age, he has
already been lauded by
the best, and his
compositions continue to
earn awards. Green Flash,
his first publication
with Theodore Presser
Company, was written in
2007 for the USC Thornton
Symphony, received a BMI
Student Composer award in
2007, was chosen to be
read at the 2008 American
Composers Orchestra
Underwood New Music
Readings, won the ASCAP
Rudolf Nissim Prize in
2009, and has now won the
2012 Symphony in C Young
Composers' Competition.
For more about Green
Flash and a YouTube video
of the premiere
performance, see the
composer's website
(www.rogerzare.com/greenf
lash.htm). A
“green flashâ€
is a rare atmospheric
phenomenon that occurs as
a sunset reaches its end.
If conditions are just
right, then a spark of
green will hover on the
horizon for a fleeting
moment as the sun
disappears. I first
witnessed this subtle
effect in Florida in
2005. Seeing the mythical
event for the first time
inspiredthis composition.
Green Flash is a musical
journey from daybreak to
sunset. It focuses on the
manipulation of colors
and textures throughout
its five sections. The
musical events are
designed to paint a
picture of various scenes
during the day. The piece
begins with the heartbeat
of the world emerging
from the silentdarkness
of the night. As night
transitions to dawn,
waves of color propagate
from the repeating low C,
building up through the
harmonic series to become
the vibrant colors of
sunrise. Eventually all
twelve notes of the
chromatic scale are
sounding together.
Abruptly, a morning fog
engulfs the scene. Out of
the mist rises the only
melodic theme in the
work, played by a solo
English horn, and later
taken up by other solo
winds. Once the fog
dissipates, the sky fills
with the playful dance of
wispy cirrus clouds. A
rainbow-like halo
surrounds the sun, adding
a burst of color to the
scene. This carefree,
optimistic cloud dance is
invaded by a menacing
front of cumulonimbus
clouds. A storm rages at
a frantic pace, but in
its dying breath yields
the most glorious of
sunsets. Only as the last
glint of sunlight
disappears below the
horizon, a faint sparkle
of green lingers in the
atmosphere.
All the While Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile Carl Fischer
Band Concert Band - Grade 2 SKU: CF.YPS198F Composed by Tyler Arcari. You...(+)
Band Concert Band - Grade
2
SKU: CF.YPS198F
Composed by Tyler Arcari.
Young Band (YPS). Full
score. With Standard
notation. 16 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #YPS198F.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.YPS198F).
ISBN 9781491152867.
UPC:
680160910366.
All
the While was inspired
by a very special person
in Tyler Arcari's life.
Director's will be happy
to find many
opportunities for
emotional and passionate
playing with plenty of
fun in the middle for
young bands. All the
While gives students a
number of chances to
work on expressive
playing during the
beginning and ending
sections, and offers a
light rhythmic middle
section for
contrast. Program
Notes:All the While is a
bit of a personal piece
for me. I was inspired to
write it by a very
special person in my
life. It might be a
young-band piece but I
feel that it has the
capacity for great
emotion and passionate
playing as well as a
little fun in the middle.
Sometimes it is difficult
to tell people how you
feel, even if you have
known them for a long
time. I think sometimes
we say in our heads that
“I have felt this
way for a long
time,†and all the
while never being able to
put it to words.About the
work:The piece opens with
a flute and alto
saxophone duet. This
melody trades off at m.
10 with the addition of
new voices and harmonies
building in intensity all
the way to m. 28. I
personally like to use
extended phrases in this
section, though it looks
like it would just
utilize four-measure
phrases. I feel this adds
to the momentum building
in dynamic intensity.
Measure 28 is a subito
change beginning with a
prominent Timpani solo.
The following section
should be played as
lightly as possible to
avoid a lumbering feel.
In mm. 68- 70, the agogic
accents should not be
very heavy, but more
pointed in their momentum
to m. 70.Measures
70–76 should be
taken with metric liberty
bringing out all of the
moving parts in the low
brass. The low brass
really adds the
foundation of momentum
for the rest of the band
here. Measure 76 to the
end, though a repetition
of material from the
beginning, should be
played as the high point
of the piece and familiar
conclusion.
All the While Orchestre d'harmonie - Facile Carl Fischer
Band Concert Band - Grade 2 SKU: CF.YPS198 Composed by Tyler Arcari. Youn...(+)
Band Concert Band - Grade
2
SKU: CF.YPS198
Composed by Tyler Arcari.
Young Band (YPS). Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
8+2+8+8+2+4+10+4+2+4+4+8+
12+6+3+1+1+4+2+16+4
pages. Duration 2
minutes, 14 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #YPS198.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.YPS198).
ISBN 9781491152188.
UPC: 680160909681. Key: C
minor.
All the
While was inspired by
a very special person in
Tyler Arcari's life.
Directors will be happy
to find many
opportunities for
emotional and passionate
playing with plenty of
fun in the middle for
young bands. All the
While gives students a
number of chances to
work on expressive
playing during the
beginning and ending
sections, and offers a
light rhythmic middle
section for
contrast. Program
Notes:All the While is a
bit of a personal piece
for me. I was inspired to
write it by a very
special person in my
life. It might be a
young-band piece but I
feel that it has the
capacity for great
emotion and passionate
playing as well as a
little fun in the middle.
Sometimes it is difficult
to tell people how you
feel, even if you have
known them for a long
time. I think sometimes
we say in our heads that
“I have felt this
way for a long
time,†and all the
while never being able to
put it to words.About the
work:The piece opens with
a flute and alto
saxophone duet. This
melody trades off at m.
10 with the addition of
new voices and harmonies
building in intensity all
the way to m. 28. I
personally like to use
extended phrases in this
section, though it looks
like it would just
utilize four-measure
phrases. I feel this adds
to the momentum building
in dynamic intensity.
Measure 28 is a subito
change beginning with a
prominent Timpani solo.
The following section
should be played as
lightly as possible to
avoid a lumbering feel.
In mm. 68- 70, the agogic
accents should not be
very heavy, but more
pointed in their momentum
to m. 70.Measures
70–76 should be
taken with metric liberty
bringing out all of the
moving parts in the low
brass. The low brass
really adds the
foundation of momentum
for the rest of the band
here. Measure 76 to the
end, though a repetition
of material from the
beginning, should be
played as the high point
of the piece and familiar
conclusion.
(Grade 5 - Score Only). Composed by Philip Sparke (1951-). For Concert Band. Ang...(+)
(Grade 5 - Score Only).
Composed by Philip Sparke
(1951-). For Concert
Band. Anglo Music Concert
Band. Grade 5. 28 pages.
Anglo Music Press
#AMP278. Published by
Anglo Music Press
Composed by
John Pasternak. Concert
Band (CPS). Set of Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation.
8+8+4+8+16+16+4+4+4+4+4+4
+8+8+8+4+4+6+6+6+8+4+2+4+
4+24+4 pages. Duration 4
minutes, 4 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CPS214.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CPS214).
ISBN 9781491152409.
UPC:
680160909902.
Adven
ture Express is about
a train heading out to
the old west, seeking new
adventures and new
opportunities. The piece
focuses on the beautiful
country sides,
breathtaking vistas and
the hard work of building
a new land. It is a
contest style piece by
budding composer John
Pasternak. It is tuneful
and well-scored. Perfect
for your next
contest/festival
performance. Adventure
Express is about a train
heading out to the old
west, seeking new
adventures and new
opportunities. The piece
focuses on the beautiful
countrysides,
breathtaking vistas and
the hard work of building
a new land.The beginning
of the piece should have
a very marcato feel.
Measure 18 should have a
lighter feel than the
beginning, with the snare
drum playing the part of
the rail cars going over
the tracks. Be sure to
pay attention to the
accents in the trumpet,
xylophone and snare drum
lining up with the
accents played by the
rest of the
ensemble. At m. 55,
the xylophone should ring
out and should be played
with intention. At m. 71,
the piece returns to a
marcato style, and
remains until the end of
the piece. There are a
few sudden dynamic
changes that are crucial
for effect, so pay close
attention to those
changes.
Composed
by John Pasternak.
Concert Band (CPS). Full
score. With Standard
notation. 24 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #CPS214F.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CPS214F).
ISBN 9781491153086.
UPC:
680160910588.
Adven
ture Express is about
a train heading out to
the old west, seeking new
adventures and new
opportunities. The piece
focuses on the beautiful
country sides,
breathtaking vistas and
the hard work of building
a new land. It is a
contest style piece by
budding composer John
Pasternak. It is tuneful
and well-scored. Perfect
for your next
contest/festival
performance. Adventure
Express is about a train
heading out to the old
west, seeking new
adventures and new
opportunities. The piece
focuses on the beautiful
countrysides,
breathtaking vistas and
the hard work of building
a new land.The beginning
of the piece should have
a very marcato feel.
Measure 18 should have a
lighter feel than the
beginning, with the snare
drum playing the part of
the rail cars going over
the tracks. Be sure to
pay attention to the
accents in the trumpet,
xylophone and snare drum
lining up with the
accents played by the
rest of the
ensemble. At m. 55,
the xylophone should ring
out and should be played
with intention. At m. 71,
the piece returns to a
marcato style, and
remains until the end of
the piece. There are a
few sudden dynamic
changes that are crucial
for effect, so pay close
attention to those
changes.
Concert Band (Score & Parts) - Grade 3 SKU: HL.35019838 Composed by Scott...(+)
Concert Band (Score &
Parts) - Grade 3
SKU:
HL.35019838
Composed
by Scott Watson. Shawnee
Press. Shawnee Press
#K0608. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.35019838).
UPC:
747510066033. 8.5x11
inches.
An air of
mystery and suspense will
fi ll the rehearsal and
performancehall during
the opening of The Siege
of Badon Hill. With the
innovative use of
voiceand sound, the
introduction of the piece
develops into a rich and
dark majesty.The rhythmic
ostinato of the allegro
con brio creates a sense
of drive and purposethat
leads into a variety of
rhythmic and syncopated
melodic fi gures that
will be sureto keep every
member of the ensemble
engaged in the piece
right up to the fi
nalchords. The percussion
score is written to play
a vital role in the
fabric of the piece andis
certain to keep
percussionists involved
in both rehearsal and
performance.The
combination of
contemporary themes and
traditional sonorities
makes TheSiege of Badon
Hill a perfect choice for
both concert and
contest.
Concert Band (parts and score) - Grade 4 SKU: HL.35006439 Composed by Sco...(+)
Concert Band (parts and
score) - Grade 4
SKU:
HL.35006439
Composed
by Scott Watson. Shawnee
Press. Print on demand -
publisher prints this
title after order is
received. Full Score and
Parts. Shawnee Press
#K0601. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.35006439).
UPC:
747510061656. 8.5x11
inches.
This piece
is an instrumental
fantasia on the
eighteenth-century
English tune,
“Drink to Me Only
with Thine Eyes.”
It is a modern, yet tonal
work, for competition
that plays like a Grade
3-4 and yet sounds like a
Grade 5.
Castle Creek Orchestre d'harmonie Theodore Presser Co.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.465000110 Composed by Dan Welcher. Arranged by ...(+)
Band Concert Band
SKU:
PR.465000110
Composed
by Dan Welcher. Arranged
by Paul Bissell. Large
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed 1989.
Duration 5 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#465-00011. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.465000110).
ISBN
9781598062090. UPC:
680160575442.
Castl
e Creek was written by
Dan Welcher in
celebration of the Aspen
Music Festival's 40th
anniversary, and served
as a special tribute to
the Festival's longtime
President, Gordon Hardy.
Castle Creek itself is a
tributary of the Roaring
Fork River on which the
Aspen Music Festival
campus (as well as
Hardy's home) is built.
Gordon's initials
(G.A.H.) are used as the
musical basis for the
fanfare, which is
centered on the ascending
pitches G, A and B, and
reflects the upward
motion and positivity of
the Aspen Music Festival
itself. For advanced
players. Duration:
5'. Program Note by
the ComposerThere is no
“secret
program†or hidden
meaning in this lively,
five-minute work: it was
intended as a celebration
of the 40th anniversary
of the Aspen Music
Festival, and as a
special tribute to the
Festival’s
longtime President,
Gordon Hardy. The title
CASTLE CREEK refers to a
tributary of the Roaring
Fork River on which the
Aspen Music Festival
campus (as well as Mr.
Hardy’s home) is
built.The work pays
homage to Gordon Hardy by
utilizing his initials
(“G.A.H.â€) as
a musical motive: the
three letters correspond
to the pitches G, A, and
B). This three-note group
forms the basis of the
fanfare that opens the
work, and it also serves
as an ostinato, a bass
line, and a general means
of organizing the
work’s tonal
centers. Because the
three notes are in
ascending order, the
ever-upward direction of
the Aspen Music Festival
and the positive energy
of Gordon Hardy are
readily evident.The
athletic fanfare that
begins the work (marked
“noble, but
energeticâ€) is
scored for brass and
percussion alone, and may
be played as a separate
piece. The rest of the
ensemble joins at the
conclusion of the
fanfare, and a spirited
tune in 9/8 issues from
the woodwinds. After this
is given a thorough
workout, a middle section
in faster 3/4 time
provides machine-like
energy. Perhaps it is the
energy of the Festival,
in high gear. At the
height of this, the music
of the fanfare returns in
broad open notes in the
brass, with the machine
still pulsing in support.
The overture ends in a
burst of motion, with the
three-note motive in its
highest transposition.My
colleague and former
student Paul Bissell made
this excellent
transcription from the
orchestral original.
A Simple Celebration Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
By Robert Sheldon. Music by Robert Sheldon. For Concert Band. Concert Band. Alfr...(+)
By Robert Sheldon. Music
by Robert Sheldon. For
Concert Band. Concert
Band. Alfred Concert
Band. Level: Grade 4.
Conductor Score & Parts.
3 pages. Published by
Alfred Publishing.
Meditation Orchestre d'harmonie - Facile Anglo Music
Meditation (Grade 2.5 - Score and Parts). By Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612). Arran...(+)
Meditation (Grade 2.5 -
Score and Parts). By Hans
Leo Hassler (1564-1612).
Arranged by Philip
Sparke. For Concert Band.
Anglo Music Concert Band.
Grade 2.5. Anglo Music
Press #AMP170. Published
by Anglo Music Press (