Concert Band - Grade 2
SKU: KJ.WB532
Composed by Ryan Nowlin.
Band/Repertoire.
Excellence in Performance
- Repertoire. Score and
parts. Neil A. Kjos Music
Company #WB532. Published
by Neil A. Kjos Music
Company (KJ.WB532).
UPC:
084027053157.
With
a tip of the hat to
Gustav Holst and Mars
from The Planets,
composer Ryan Nowlinâ??s
Mission to Mars depicts
the fear, anxiety, and
exhilaration of discovery
and exploration that
future astronauts might
experience on their way
to the Red Planet. This
energetic tone poem in
¾ sits securely under
the fingers of each
instrument and allows
each section of your
developing band to
showcase their abilities.
Correlates with Tradition
of Excellence Book 2,
page 22.
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.
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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.
Mars
