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Agon - James Curnow
Grade 1 literature acts as something of a bridge between beginner literature and "real" music for the nascent musician. With that in mind, it is critical to choose just the right Grade 1 compositions as your group develops.As something of a competition for musical dominance between the Brasses, Woodwinds, and Percussion sections, AGON may be the perfect choice for your festival opening number. Each section, in fact every player, is shown to be an important part of the ensemble. Both smooth and marked playing are called for, while many stylistic and dynamic contrasts complete the recipe for a great young band showpiece.Compelling!
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£53.50
Don't Fall off the Housetop! - Timothy Johnson
This light and fanciful arrangement will bring a sparkle to your holiday performance! The skillful use of variation and counterpoint will surely catch your students' imagination as they practice their parts and prepare for the performance.Considerations such as staccato playing and dynamic contrasts make this a great teaching tool as well as an enjoyable and entertaining excursion up to the rooftop. Every section has something fun to play so the students, as well as their parents and friends, will love it.Imaginative!
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Horse of la Mancha - Mike Hannickel
Cross-curricular connection at its best! Your music students can bring Don Quixote's faithful but ramshackle horse Rozinante to life with this delightful new concert band piece by young band specialist Mike Hannickel. You will find lots of articulation and dynamic contrasts, along with other important teaching considerations. Don Quixote is one of the world's great comic heroes. Shouldn't his horse get a little credit too?
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£68.99
Along Came the Cowboys - Stephen Bulla
Spirited rhythmic underpinnings support three great Old West songs in Stephen Bulla's ALONG CAME THE COWBOYS. You'll find a bonanza of great teaching tools in this Western extravaganza: phrase extensions, style contrasts, dynamic and articulation considerations, rhythmic counterpoint, and much more. Your young musicians will really enjoy playing music that employs the types of mechanisms standardized by decades of cowboy movie underscoring. This is something your students can definitely get into! What a great supporting assignment to have your students try to find examples of comparable musical treatments on their movie videos and DVDs.Head 'em up! Move 'em out!
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Armada of Freedom - James Curnow
A powerful statement in recognition of the allied D-day armada! There are so many musical considerations that make this piece an extraordinary teaching tool, let alone the cross-curricular tie-ins with the history department! The contrasts of style, dynamics, articulations, and harmonic balance make it a superb learning experience with an important historical connection. Perfect for festival or concert, James Curnow's ARMADA OF FREEDOM will be a memorable event in your concert season.To the front!
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£84.99Dance Episodes - James Curnow
You must hear this exciting new Grade 2 concert piece by James Curnow. Mr. Curnow once again proves that he is a master at composition for every level of difficulty! An engaging short thematic statement sets the stage for energetic development and harmonic exploration. Contrasts in scoring density help to emphasize the excitement of Dance Episodes. An excellent choice for concert or contest, this one will find a permanent home in your music library.Spirited!
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£68.99A French Noel - Stephen Bulla
This is a fascinating contrast to the usual Winter Concert fare! Be sure to listen to the demo recording of A French Noel that is included with this catalog. Unpredictable twists of harmony make this version of Pat-A-Pan unlike any other piece you may program at your seasonal concert. Delightful orchestration contrasts ensure that your performance will be fresh and thought provoking. A joy to rehearse and a memorable performance piece.A sure winner!
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£64.99Dimensions of Seven - James Curnow
Commissioned by the University of Georgia Bands F. David Romines, Associate Director of BandsRich modern harmonies and exquisite rhythmic counterpoint make this Grade 3 gem a rich and rewarding project for your ensemble. This remarkable piece is a wonderful and exciting performance piece which at the same allows the director countless opportunities to teach the players about intervals, inversions, and so much more. A nice batterie of Percussion instruments adds lots of color and energy and the contrasts in density and dynamics ensure that Dimensions of Seven will keep the audience fully engaged from the first beat to the last.Unforgettable!
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£141.99Fantasia di Falcone - James Curnow
Fantasia di Falcone is a four movement suite of fantasy variations composed as a showpiece for your outstanding Euphoniumsoloist. The piece opens with an expressive 12 measure soliloquy which presages the dynamic, modern variations, and diversionsthat fully explore the moods of the Euphonium. Exquisite orchestration contrasts and effects give the soloist perfect supportas the ensemble reinvents itself again and again, revealing surprising new facets to this gem of the compositional art.Significant!
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£154.99Symphonic Variations - Jacob de Haan
This composition is based on a passacaglia theme, in which artistic perfection, symphonic drama and oriental melody lines play a role. The passacaglia is originally a dance made up of a series of variations above a bass line constantly present as an ostinato. It is not in this sense that the "Symphonic Variations" are in the passacaglia form but in the sense of the open form of the variations. Jacob de Haan, himself originally an organist, took his inspiration for this piece from the famous passacaglia for organ in C-minor by J.S. Bach. Following the introduction of the passacaglia theme (in the bass) the entry by the trumpets and trombones forms the majestic start to amusical adventure, in which this theme (often fragmentary) returns in variations. Then there follow two faster movements with dramatic contrasts and virtuose passages. Particularly striking here is the use of two characteristic intervals from the beginning of the theme namely the minor second and the augmented fourth. An apause in the composition comes in the slow bridge where a syncopated bourdon (perfect fifth) is constantly repeated. The tension grows in dynamics and harmony, and the oriental-flavour becomes obvious in the melody. We arrive at a faster movement via an accelerando, in which a perpetuum mobile based on the passacaglia theme is central. Finally the whole flows into a martial theme, in which the ostinato accompaniment n the descant derives from the passacaglia theme.
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