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My Life Would Suck Without You: (wp) E-flat Tuba T.C.
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Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0014282_WPTBETC (wp) E-flat Tuba T…
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Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0014282_WPTBETC (wp) E-flat Tuba T.C.. By Kelly Clarkson. By Claude Kelly, Lukasz Gottwald, and Max Martin. Instructional. World Part. 1 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0014282_wpTBETC. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0014282_WPTBETC). UPC: 038081373980.American Idol sensation Kelly Clarkson jumps into the spotlight once again with this catchy single off her fourth studio album, All I Ever Wanted. Hitting the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, this arrangement will surely be a hit with your band!
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Fragments of Life
Concert band
Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: A0.495192 Composed by Moises Mendoza. Contempo…
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Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: A0.495192 Composed by Moises Mendoza. Contemporary. Score and parts. 67 pages. Published by Moises Mendoza (A0.495192). I composed this piece because I wanted to get myself used to composing for large ensembles, wind ensemble particularly. This composition took the most time and energy in creating the biggest work I have taken on thus far. This piece allowed me to get a better insight of my creativity as well as incorporate the lessons I have learned from my music professors. The experience was well worth it for I now know what I am capable of in my compositions and I look forward to working on more works in large ensembles in the future. During the time I composed this piece, I was expecting to have it performed around April 2020. However, that was around the time when COVID started spreading around the world and so that experience was lost to me. I hope someday it will be performed under better days.
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Trapped
Concert band
Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1153691 By Scott Custer Jr. By Sc…
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Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1153691 By Scott Custer Jr. By Scott Custer Jr. Contemporary. Score and parts. 101 pages. Scott Custer Jr #753948. Published by Scott Custer Jr (A0.1153691). My first complete concert band piece. It's been in the works for about 3 months. The early drafts of this piece were written in April/May and were then left to collect dust for months. I wrote it to experiment with melodic/harmonic minor scales and did not intend to finish the piece. Around the same time I wrote the early drafts of the piece, my high school band director asked if I wanted to write a piece for the concert band. I agreed and spent months working on different pieces of music, completing none of them. Around late October I stumbled across this looking through old pieces of music for some new ideas. I listened through it 3 or 4 times and decided to continue the piece. After spending roughly two months finishing the draft, and another month revising and adding parts, I had finally finished Trapped. When I started working on this piece with the intention of finishing it, I was at a difficult point in my life. I had recently come home from my rookie season of drum corps and was still transitioning back to the real world. The freedom of tour had been taken away from me, I had mentally matured a lot during the summer. While only 17 I felt like I was stuck with a bunch of kids. I had spent all summer with friends much older than me, learning a lot from them and taking inspiration from them in many ways. When I started this piece, I was conflicted with many thoughts and emotions. I was still under the impression that my peers in the music program hated me because of some of my actions last year. The girl from home I had been talking with all summer while I was gone, and hoped to start a relationship with, lied to me while I was gone about many things, causing me to remove them from my life. The last year and a half have involved many events like losing my best friend of 5 years because of, what I consider, an overreaction on my part; being used for my kindness; lied to; having secrets about me revealed behind my back by those I trusted; being a therapy friend; constant overthinking; as well as toxic friendships I didn’t want to leave because I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I felt trapped. I had spent so long trying to improve myself to become who I am today, and I still felt like crap. Even though I knew and promised myself I wouldn’t follow through, I was battling suicidal thoughts and I was in a severely depressive episode of my life. I wrote this piece to express the feeling of overthinking, being trapped in your mind, and the road to recovery. The constant back-and-forth battles with yourself, unsure of where to go and what to do next; feeling trapped. I hope that this piece connects and resonates with those of you in a similar position to what I was in, and I promise there is a way out and that life does get better. And with that, I present to you, Trapped.
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HELP!
Concert band
Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1379251 Composed by Jonathan L Ne…
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Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1379251 Composed by Jonathan L Nelson. Contest,Festival. 60 pages. Jonathan Nelson #963931. Published by Jonathan Nelson (A0.1379251). - When we have episodes of tremendous sadness and loss of interest in things that we’ve loved for a lifetime – sometimes it’s a silent cry for HELP!- When we have unexplained anger, anxiety, and irritability may not be “anger issues†- sometimes it may be a cry for HELP!- When we feel as if we don’t have the energy to make it through the day, and thinking, “I am worthless, nothing in my life is going to get better†- sometimes it may be a cry for HELP!- When we just want to be alone and we actually work hard to avoid people - sometimes this may be a cry for HELP!- When we are the most creative and productive - sometimes we may be crying out for HELP!
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Laudis
Concert band
Concert band - Grade 1 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBW1814-S Composed by Gary Gazlay…
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Concert band - Grade 1 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBW1814-S Composed by Gary Gazlay. Score. 18 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW1814-S. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW1814-S). 9 x 12 in inches.The composition LAUDIS was written for the Madison County Central School Bands, Madison, Florida. It was inspired by Psalm 150:6(NAS) which reads, Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!LAUDIS is dedicated to my wife Betty. She is my best friend and for over 36 years of marriage has enriched my life through her love, encouragement and support. She inspires me and I am abundantly blessed to have her as my wife.It is my hope that LAUDIS will provide students with a song that they will enjoy learning to play, and provide other music educators with a teaching tool that can be used to motivate and encourage their students.
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Laudis
Concert band
Concert band - Grade 1 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBW1814 Composed by Gary Gazlay. …
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Concert band - Grade 1 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBW1814 Composed by Gary Gazlay. Score and Parts. 57 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW1814. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW1814). 9 x 12 in inches.The composition LAUDIS was written for the Madison County Central School Bands, Madison, Florida. It was inspired by Psalm 150:6(NAS) which reads, Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!LAUDIS is dedicated to my wife Betty. She is my best friend and for over 36 years of marriage has enriched my life through her love, encouragement and support. She inspires me and I am abundantly blessed to have her as my wife.It is my hope that LAUDIS will provide students with a song that they will enjoy learning to play, and provide other music educators with a teaching tool that can be used to motivate and encourage their students.
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The Loneliest
Concert band
Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1314267 By Maneskin. By Damiano D…
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Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1314267 By Maneskin. By Damiano David, Ethan Torchio, James John Abrahart Jr., Jason Evigan, and Rami Yacoub. Arranged by Lorenzo Bocci. Lent,Rock. 62 pages. Lorenzo Bocci #903009. Published by Lorenzo Bocci (A0.1314267). For Concert Band - Grade 3 - Digital Download Composed by Rami Yacoub, Jason Evigan, Damiano David, Ethan Torchio, James John Abrahart Jr. Arranged by Lorenzo Bocci. Rock. Concert Band - Blasorchester - Harmonie. Score and parts. Duration 4'03''. Published by Lorenzo Bocci.Instrumentation:Full Score, Flute 1, 2, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet in Eb, 1st Clarinet in Bb, 2nd & 3rd Clarinet in Bb, Bass Clarinet in Bb, 1st & 2nd Alto Saxophone in Eb, Tenor Saxophone in Bb, Baritone Saxophone in Eb, 1st Trumpet in Bb, 2nd & 3rd Trumpet in Bb, 1st & 3rd Horn in F, 2nd & 4th Horn in F, 1st & 2nd Trombone in C, Bass Trombone in C, Euphonium in C, Bass in C, Electric Bass, Drum Set, Electric Guitar, Piano.Additional Parts:Soprano Saxophone in Bb, 1st & 3rd Horn in Eb, 2nd & 4th Horn in Eb, 1st & 2nd Trombone in Bb T.C., B.C., Bass Trombone in Bb T.C., B.C., Euphonium in Bb T.C., B.C., Bass in Bb T.C., B.C., Bass in Eb T.C., B.C.The Loneliest is a song by Italian rock band Måneskin, released on 7 October 2022 as the third single from their third studio album Rush! (2023). The song was written by the band members with James Abrahart, Jason Evigan, Rami Yacoub and Sarah Hudson, with production by Fabrizio Ferraguzzo, during a recording session in Los Angeles, California. The Loneliest was performed live for the first time during the group's performance at Underworld in London on 6 October 2022.The frontman Damiano David talked about the meaning of the song:  The song is somewhere between a love letter and a will. I wrote it at a very difficult time in my life, when I was away from home and the people I love. The idea is: what would I want to say to these people if I were to die? It talks about feelings that everyone can relate to, and we would love to understand how different people understand the lyrics. We are happy that we were able to take some time to write a lot of new music. We chose to come out with this single because it shows a side of us that people haven't seen yet and we wanted to start our new journey from here..
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A Promise to Stand By:
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Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: A0.733009 Composed by Benjamin Ayotte. Contemp…
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Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: A0.733009 Composed by Benjamin Ayotte. Contemporary. Score and parts. 30 pages. Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings #2075851. Published by Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings (A0.733009). A promise to stand by... this phrase indicate loyalty, steadfastness, being a man of one's word, knowing that integrity and honor are the enduring qualities by which we will be judged; not fame, fortune, influence, or other worldly measures. It is no surprise, therefore, that this phrase was incorporated by Lou Fortunate and Msgr Herman Kucyk, of blessed memory, into the alma mater of Divine Child High School. When I was approached by Mr. Bush and the Divine Child Band Boosters about the possibility of writing a piece to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the band program I was excited, flattered, and--most of all--humbled that I should be chosen out of many worthier candidates, in my estimation. Divine Child has had, for the longest time--since the beginning, it seems--a vibrant and thriving fine arts program involving music (both vocal and instrumental), theatre, and the visual arts as well as literature and poetry. I began to conceive of a work that would pay homage to each of these arts musically and be a celebration of all that Divine Child has to offer. One of my favourite composers, Gustav Mahler, famously said, a symphony must be like the world; it must contain everything. In the 1988 vice-presidential debate, Lloyd Bentsen famously said to Dan Quayle, Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy. A voice in my head said, Benjamin, you're no Gus Mahler. As the discarded drafts in the recycle bin took on a life of their own, I eventually dismissed the idea as impractical, and even vainglorious. I settled upon a more general idea to make the music about the band program. Most every student in the band program goes through the rigors of marching band and performs at the Falcon football games where they become intimate with the Three School Songs: the Falcon Fanfare, the Fight Song, and the Alma Mater. Taking the latter piece as my inspiration, I meditated upon the mission of the school: a promise to educate us in body, mind, and spirit. Divine Child High School stands by her promise, recruiting some of the best teachers in the area to guide us through the tumultuous adolescent years. We students, too, have a promise: to strive to be worthy of this gift, and to accept it and use it for the betterment of society. In band class, under Leo Tallieu, I learned to listen; to contribute to the group; to consider my part in relation to the whole ensemble; to show leadership when needed; and to be a role player when needed. And so, my conception of the piece changed. I wanted to use melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic devices that would be familiar to all DCHS band students, but to use them in a new and different way; to recontextualize them. As time went on, Bob Bush asked me if I would be able to work in a tribute to two band students who had tragically died in the last few years: Blaise H.
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They Shall Run and Be Free: (wp) E-flat Tuba T.C.
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Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0001819_WPTBETC (wp) E-flat Tuba T…
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Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0001819_WPTBETC (wp) E-flat Tuba T.C.. Composed by Brant Karrick. Instructional. World Part. 3 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0001819_wpTBETC. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0001819_WPTBETC). UPC: 038081344737.This dramatic tone poem for concert band was written during the summer of 2007 after a moving visit to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. They Shall Run and Be Free portrays a daring and perilous slave escape. The opening main theme works its way through changing meters and dissonances and reflects running for one's life while being chased and never knowing what to expect. The slow, middle section includes a setting of the beautiful Negro spiritual Oh Freedom, the simple yet poignant lyrics undoubtedly reflecting the attitude and desperation of many slaves. Oh freedom Oh freedom Oh freedom over me! And before I'd be a slave I'd be buried in my grave And go home to my Lord and be free.Concert/Contest.
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Nuclear - Wind Ensemble
Concert band
Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1000459 Composed by Bryce Styles.…
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Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1000459 Composed by Bryce Styles. Contemporary. Score and parts. 75 pages. Bryce Styles #5732243. Published by Bryce Styles (A0.1000459). After two years of off and on progress with months in between, I finally had the motivation to finish my third wind band piece, Nuclear. When first composing this piece, I imagined an apocalyptic scene, similar to that of those video games set in some kind of wasteland (hence the name, Nuclear). The piece is completely through-composed, and around the 3:30 minute mark, I decided to shift the theme from armageddon to rebuilding and hope. Here, the piece makes a sudden character change with a rather abrupt transition, which actually just results from my lack of skill in writing... Either way, the overall story that I am trying to tell, whether it be literal or philosophical, is that life will eventually return to normal, as one takes absorbed damage and attempts to heal. This is applicable especially today, as the 2020 pandemic has torn apart lives from all cultures and backgrounds. Someday, we will be celebrating the moment that we can all be together again. Please, if you like wind band repertoire, consider giving this piece a listen and find the story it can tell in your life. Thank you, and enjoy Nuclear.
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Rhapsody for Concert Band
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Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.942434 Arranged by Brock Lupton. …
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Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.942434 Arranged by Brock Lupton. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 84 pages. Brock Lupton #6879051. Published by Brock Lupton (A0.942434). Brahms composed the Alto Rhapsody, properly known as Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus, and Orchestra, opus 53 in 1869. It was first performed in Jena on March 3, 1870. The text is based on Harzreise im Winter (Winter Journey in the Harz Mountains), a poem by well-known German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). The Alto Rhapsody, like many of Brahms’ works, has loneliness and alienation as its central themes. Brahms’ devotion to Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann’s widow, is well-known (the letters between her and Brahms fill two volumes). What is less well-known is that he was undoubtedly very fond of Julie Schumann, Clara’s daughter.In 1869, Brahms spent the summer near the Schumann’s residence and was in daily contact with Julie and Clara completing, among other works, the Liebeslieder (Love Song) Waltzes. In early July, Julie announced her engagement. Of course, I told Johannes first of all, Clara noted in her diary on the 11th. Soon after, the conductor Hermann Levi told her that Brahms had been devotedly attached to her daughter. By July 16th, Clara noted in her diary that Brahms speaks only in monosyllables . . . [and] treats Julie in the same manner, although he used to be so especially nice to her. Did he love her? Julie was married on September 22. Later on that very wedding day, Brahms called on Clara, who wrote in her diary, Johannes brought me a very wonderful piece . . . the words from Goethe’s Harzreise. . . He called it his bridal song. This piece seems to me neither more nor less than the expression of his own heart’s anguish. If only he would for once speak so tenderly! This piece is of course the dark and emotional Alto Rhapsody. Goethe’s poem Harzreise im Winter poetically describes the kind of life God intends for different temperaments. The three stanzas set by Brahms concern the fate of a man in fruitless struggle against the bonds of misery. A young man, turned misanthropic by sorrow, seeks solitude in the wilderness. The piece is in the baroque cantata style, with an opening recitative, and aria, and a concluding chorale. The alto describes the desolate winter landscape and in the final chorale joins the male chorus in a prayer for a melody that can bring comfort to the thirsting soul (indeed the plea restore his heart is repeated three times at the end, as a kind of Amen). In the Alto Rhapsody it is not hard to find evidence for Brahms’ statement that I speak through my music. The foregoing is from a program note written for a 1997 New York Choral Society performance of the Alto Rhapsody in observance of the centenary of the death of Johannes Brahms. It has been taken from the society web page http://www.nychoral.org/brahms/brahms3.htmlAn English translation of the German text used by Brahms SOLOBut down there, who is it?His path loses itself in the bush. Behind him the branches close. The grass stands up again. Desolation surrounds him. O, who heals the wounds of the one to whom balm has become poison, who drank hatred of people from the fullness of love? Once despised, now a despiser. Secretly he destroys himself in unsatisfying self-seeking. CHORUS If there is in your psaltery, Father of Love, a tone his ear can hear, let it enliven his heart. .
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