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£49.95Serenade - Robert Sheldon
by Robert Sheldon is a lovely and lyrical offering that will provide your young band with a gentle and poignant moment on your next concert. Subtle, yet dramatic shifts in tonality create interest and momentum to this tuneful composition. (2:35) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£62.95Rock Solid - Scott Watson
This version of by Scott Watson is part of our Alfred FLEX offerings and is designed with maximum flexibility for use by any mix of instruments---wind, strings, and percussion, including like- or mixed-ensembles with as few as 4 players. The suggested instrumentation and a customizable Teacher Map will help you plan out how to best assign parts to suit your ensemble's needs. The 4-part instrumentation will support balanced instrumentation of the lower voices. It also comes with supplemental parts for maximum flexibility. With the purchase of this piece, permission is granted to photocopy the parts as needed for your ensemble. A percussion accompaniment track is also available as a free download. String parts have been carefully edited with extra fingerings and appropriate bowings to support students in mixed ensembles playing in less familiar keys. Scott Watson's original composition features a moderate rock feel and gritty, dissonant harmonies that combine to portray the sound of industry---work gangs laboring with machinery whirring, clanging, grinding, and banging, along with several vocal shouts from the band and a factory whistle! (4:00) Percussion Accompaniment Track Downloads: . .This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£52.95Violento - Victor López (ASCAP)
Give your students the opportunity of playing a piece for beginning band that is upbeat and full of excitement! is an original beginning band composition by veteran composer Victor Lpez. This exciting work is a forceful and rhythmically driven composition that sounds more difficult than written. A mixture of the danzn---Cuba's unique genre of song and dance---and basic rhythmic interplay give this piece a unique touch. The inclusive, simple, and repetitious rhythmic patterns will certainly make an energetic statement at your next concert. (1:53) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£79.50Christmas Fanfares - Todd Stalter
"Christmas Fanfares" was born from the composer's desire to write a lively yet not overly difficult concert opener for his band's holiday program. Initially composed as three separate fanfares---each on a different carol---the fanfares were combined with transitional material to form this larger work. The active percussion and strong brass scoring give a unique energy to these traditional carols. Band members and audience alike will enjoy this wonderful piece. (3:58) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£62.95The Message on the Rock - Robert Sheldon
The musical inspiration for this piece came from the scenes and speeches on a rock emblazoned with battle scenes from our nation's history. The piece opens with a military-sounding march that leads to a solemn section over which a narrator reads the speeches seen on the rock while a muted trumpet plays "Taps" in the background. The initial march then returns, with fragments of numerous patriotic melodies juxtaposed with the original melody, coming to an exciting ending. (4:45) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£56.50Spy Chase - Brant Karrick
"Spy Chase" evokes images of one's favorite secret agent who is about to embark upon a mission placed deep in the field of crime, espionage, and corruption---and of course our hero will always have time for a little romance. The music will sound reminiscent by using familiar "spy chords," a minor triad with added 6th or raised 7th, and the trademark chromaticism associated with the composer's favorite spy movies. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£55.50The Pit and the Pendulum - Mike Story
Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's short story horror classic, The musical suggestion tracks the story-line, which is standard reading in schools. Significant contributions by your percussionists are clearly described in the notes to the conductor. A real audience pleaser! (3:01) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£58.50Belwin Very Beginning Band Kit #3
contains four grade-one selections composed or arranged by Jack Bullock, and is a single publication that can be used as a complete concert program or as supplemental material for the beginning band. Each of the selections is written in a different musical style, and will give variety to any concert in addition to broadening the learning experience of your students. I. Alpha Overture II. Rock-ItIII. Yuki IV. The Bingo Polka. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£48.95Air Force One - Chris M. Bernotas
evokes the proud spirit that is symbolized by the Presidential aircraft. With its rhythmic drive and uplifting melody, this will quickly become a favorite of your students and audience alike. Every section of the band will keep busy as they take flight in this piece. Written with the young band in mind, this piece has engaging rhythms, memorable melodies, and exciting percussion parts! This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud. (2:20)
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£51.50Linden Lea - Ralph Vaughan Williams / arr. Douglas E. Wagner
The first published composition of Vaughan Williams in 1902 was a setting for voice and piano of a poem by William Barnes. The lyrical folk song quality of the tune makes it an irresistible choice for this arrangement for the beginning concert band idiom. Set in three-four time, the lush arrangement reinforces musicality and the triple meter concept. This setting will certainly make your beginners sound lush and polished. Stunning! (2:15) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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