Crooner's Serenade

Justin Williams features three favorite tunes that Michael Bubl resurrected with his velvety voice. Featuring "Moondance," "I've Got You Under My Skin," and closing with "Save the Last Dance for Me," the variety of textures and styles in this medley are astounding. You won't find a pop medley that will capture the imagination of your audience better than this one!

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Crossroads to the Future - Patrick Roszell

Opening with a bold fanfare, this piece celebrates the 150th anniversary of the composer's home town. Featuring four episodes that represent various aspects of the city's history, this is a daring new work for your concert band. (5:15)

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Crowns of Glory - Jack Wilds

This dynamic concert opener is built on an American shape-note melody. Rich percussion textures and modern harmonies breathe new life into a charming pentatonic tune. The result is a unique composition full of exceptional opportunities for music-making.

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Cruise Control - Steve Hodges

A cool swing groove on the ride cymbal opens this jazzy piece for first year band students. With the low brass and woodwinds providing a driving walking bass line, the trumpets, saxes, and upper woodwinds trade the melody effectively throughout the piece. Solid scoring and a strong rhythmic foundation allow the band to really lay back and put themselves into the "cruise control" setting! This is a great learning tool introducing elements of the swing and jazz genres to the young band.

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Crusade - Vince Gassi

Set in the Dorian mode, this ominous work opens with a foreboding theme and develops with vibrant and dramatic energy. It conjures images of strength, majesty, and passion. It continues to build throughout, culminating with a powerful, climactic ending. This FLEX title will add just the right amount of intrigue to your next concert! (2:10) Percussion Accompaniment Track Downloads:

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Crystals - Thomas C. Duffy

As a composer with great skills and an avowed desire to artfully combine traditional band forms and formats with contemporary techniques and colors, Tom Duffy has fashioned this one-movement tone poem; each of the four sections of the work evokes Duffy's musical representation of a specific type of crystal and its accompanying characteristics, either real or mythological. Tonal writing alongside aleatoric techniques and clusters; it's all part of Duffy's wonderful gifts opening the ears of bands and audiences in most enjoyable ways.

Cubano Bueno - Mekel Rogers

Get ready to have a ton of fun! Written in a cha-cha style, this Latin-flavored work features some tasty percussion writing and clever interplay between the different sections of the band. A great opportunity to teach world culture (and find all those fun percussion toys in the process!).

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Cumberland Cross - Carl Strommen

You'll really get a nice sound with this one! Carl's original work explores the rich American folk style in two sections. The first has broad, moving harmonies under a Shenandoah-like melody, and the second a lively dance reminiscent of Copland. "Cumberland Cross" is not too difficult, yet very impressive! This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud. (3:30)

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Cuphead - Kristofer Maddigan / arr. Victor López

A 1930s retro-style animation soundtrack that pays homage to ragtime jazz music and the early days of animated cartoons. One of the most popular action-packed video games today, it's fun to play and certainly will excite your students and audience. (3:15)

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Curtain Up! - Brian Balmages, Timothy Loest, Erik Morales, William Owens

For directors on a budget, we are pleased to offer this exciting collection of four pieces at one low price. Designed to work well as a full concert program, these pieces represent a variety of styles and composers for a well-balanced program! Titles include: (William Owens); (Erik Morales); (Timothy Loest); and (Brian Balmages).

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