PARTITIONS GRATUITES : 2 CLARINETTES (DUO)
- Dancing Bear

Reproducible Pak (Vocals, Lyric Sheets, Dialog) Choral (Repro Pak)

SKU: HL.9971312

A Winter Musical for Young Singers. Composed by John Higgins and John Jacobson. ExpressiveArts. Christmas, Elementary, Holiday, Musicals, Secular, Winter. 24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.9971312).

ISBN 9781423473626. UPC: 884088363871. 8.5x11.0x0.082 inches. John Jacobson/John Higgins.

The Polar Bears are throwing a bear-y big holiday celebration at the North Pole and their guests from around the world are starting to arrive – black bears and brown bears, rapping grizzlies, pirouetting dancing bears, teddy bears, Kodiaks from nearby Alaska, and more! But what is taking the Pandas so long? The wait is becoming un-bear-able! Join in the festive panda-monium when the bear-y small Pandas finally arrive in true vaudeville style and the party begins! From the popular writing team of John Jacobson and John Higgins comes this clever and easy-to-prepare 20-minute holiday musical for primary grades that will delight audiences of all ages. Five original songs, rhyming dialog, choreography and staging tips are included in the Teacher Edition, and vocal parts and dialog are available in the handy Reproducible Pak. Check out the Classroom Kit for a real budget-saver! Available separately: Teacher Edition, Reproducible Pak, Preview CD (with vocals), Preview Pak (1 Preview CD and sample pages), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Classroom Kit (Teacher Edition, Reproducible Pak, P/A CD). Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested for grades K-3.

Tba. pft. - Intermediate-Advanced

SKU: FT.FM597

Composed by James Pickering. A piece for Tuba and piano. Score and part. Forton Music #FM597. Published by Forton Music (FT.FM597).

ISBN 9790570484966.

The story of this composition really begins with another composition entitled 'Play-Time' for solo piano. I showed the score for 'Play-Time' to a friend, Boryana Petkova a very talented pianist from Bulgaria, to whom I eventually dedicated 'the Dancing Bear'. After showing her 'Play-Time' she commented that part of it sounded like a Bulgarian folk dance. The potential of this intrigued me quite a lot so I sketched out a few bars intent on writing another piano piece based around this idea (the melodic line first heard in the Tuba part in the fifth bar after letter A). However, upon discussing these sketches with Boryana she mentioned they no longer sounded particularly Bulgarian.  As this was the main aim of the sketches that eventually became 'The Dancing Bear' it is fair to say I was slightly miffed. Undeterred I decided to shift focus and write for the instrument I knew best, the Tuba. The 'Bear' part of the title refers to the tendency of composers to use Tubas to represent angry bears, most famously in Stravinsky's ballet 'Petrushka'. Musically it still contains quite a few elements of eastern European dance including the use of drones, some typical scales with flattened seconds and sevenths as well as the rhythmic oscillation between bars of 2,2,2,2 and 3,3,2 quaver (8th note) division. However, the goal for me was to writes a slightly humorous piece, with a technically demanding Tuba part, that could show off the musicians abilities and still retain the feel of a rhythmical dance.

Mid-Elementary Level. By Carolyn Miller. Willis. 4 pages. Published by Willis Music.

March/April 2018. By Emily Bear. By Andrew Lloyd Webber, Benj Pasek, Glenn Slater, John Jacobson, Justin Paul, Roger Emerson, Zoltan Kodaly. Arranged by Emily Crocker, John Higgins. Music Express. Classroom Resources, Choreography, Young Choir, Children's Choir, Elementary, Children, Cross-Curricular. Softcover Media Online. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.234102).

(A Winter Musical for Young Singers). Performance/Accompaniment CD. Expressive Art (Choral). CD only

(A Winter Musical for Young Singers). TEACHER ED. Expressive Art (Choral). 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(A Winter Musical for Young Singers). By John Higgins and John Jacobson. CLASSRM KIT. Expressive Art (Choral)