Silent Night and All That Jazz!

Ho, ho, ho and feel that swingin' beat! "Silent Night" and "The First Noel" really swing in this creative treatment of those favorite Christmas carols. Your students will love the jazz rhythms and harmonies, while your audiences will be tappin' their toes! A great introduction to swing eighth notes for the young band.

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Silent Stands the Elm - Roland Barrett

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Silk Road - Robert Sheldon

Take a journey on the Silk Road, the ancient trade route that linked the Far East with the Western world in this imaginative piece by Robert Sheldon. Exotic harmonies combine with driving rhythms and colorful percussion to create a soundscape of shifting sands and faraway lands. A solo alto saxophone references the sound of a Turkish to open the piece, leading to the persistent rhythm and modal melodies. Finger cymbals, shakers, and hand drums help to represent the culture of this remote part of the world. (2:19) Correlated to Level 3.

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Silver Skies - Mekel Rogers

Look no further for a piece that will make your young band students sound big, confident, and advanced beyond their years. This bold work revels in majestic energy, rhythmic drive, beautiful sonorities, and active percussion. Easy ranges and careful scoring make this piece a guaranteed success for young bands.

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Silver Winds - Victor López

Inspired by the official Command Exhibition Parachute Demonstration Team from Fort Benning, Georgia, your performers and the audience will enjoy Victor Lpez's musical journey from the haunting beginning to the dark heroic melody with the ostinato skillfully written in a seamless fashion. Beautiful color is brought to the melody with the joining of the baritones, flutes, and clarinets. The lyrical section involves a chorale-like clarinet choir accompanying a beautiful oboe solo. The rousing finale brings built upon a driving pulse carried by the low voices as this work races to a close. "Silver Winds" is exciting to conduct and to prepare.

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Silverado - Bruce Broughton / arr. Randol Alan Bass

This is the definitive arrangement of Scored with composer Bruce Broughton's blessing, this Randol Bass arrangement will undoubtedly be the highlight of your program. Featuring soaring woodwind lines intertwined seamlessly with bold brass melodic statements, this arrangement is impressive to the max! (6:30) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

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Silversides - William Owens

Audiences will quickly embrace this musical depiction of the iconic USS Silversides. The haunting opening statement portrays the vessel submerging to embark on her perilous assignment. A dramatic middle section and fiery closing yield a vivid picture of the heroic sea vessel in action. Stunning music!

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Simple Gifts

This grand traditional American folk song is suitable for every beginning band. The concrete scoring of the melody in a straightforward manner allows the flowing melody of sheer spender to dominate. Although it is set in 4/4 time, this arrangement, once mastered, would serve as a splendid introduction to cut-time. (2:00)

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Sing, Sing, Sing - Louis Prima / arr. Mike Story

'When the music goes around, everybody goes to town.' So goes the lyric to this classic tune that everyone knows and loves. Rare is it that a tune sounds so good to an audience and feels so good to the players. Simply said, this one works! Add this moment of instant identification to your next concert. (duration 1:56)

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Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

This one's off the charts! Beyonc's smash hit is all over the airwaves. Scored comfortably in a moderate shuffle with a hint of swing, your students will love the groove.

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