Concert Band - Grade 3
SKU: KJ.WB531
Composed by Quincy C.
Hilliard.
Band/Repertoire.
Excellence in Performance
- Repertoire. Score and
parts. Neil A. Kjos Music
Company #WB531. Published
by Neil A. Kjos Music
Company (KJ.WB531).
UPC:
084027053102.
Hymns
of Freedom, by Quincy
Hilliard, is based upon
two Negro spirituals,
Nobody Knows the Trouble
Iâ??ve Seen and Swing
Low, Sweet Chariot. These
two hymns are used in
fragments throughout the
composition. Contrasting
sections of serenity and
aggression create an
emotional and majestic
tapestry. Correlates with
Tradition of Excellence
Book 3, page 20.
About
Tradition of Excellence:
Excellence in
Performance
<
p>Excellence in
performance is a concert
band repertoire series
correlated with the
Tradition of Excellence
Comprehensive Band Method
by Bruce Pearson and Ryan
Nowlin. The compositions
in the series correlate
to a specific page in
Tradition of Excellence
Books 1, 2, or 3 and
reinforce and expand on
skills and concepts
introduced in the
method.
/Selecti
ons include exciting
parts for every player,
grade-appropriate
cross-cueing, accessible
ranges and rhythms,
creative percussion
writing, electric bass
and rehearsal piano
parts, and full conductor
scores with rehearsal
suggestions, program
notes and composer
biographies. In addition,
the Grade 1 works provide
an Advanced Snare Drum
part for percussionists
who have achieved a
higher level of ability,
playable simultaneously
with the more basic Snare
Drum part to facilitate
differentiated
learning.