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£39.60Uncle Buck's Truck (Concert Band - Score and Parts)
Conjuring up visions of the old "Model T" truck, including the hand crank and honking horn, this tune has "cute" written all over it! Using the fundamental notes typically learned in the first semester of instruction, your students will "love" playing "Uncle Buck's Truck" on their first concert. A real "crowd-pleaser."
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£137.99
Virginia Wind Band Set (Score & Parts)
This expressive piece depicts three periods that play an important role in the history of the American state of Virginia, the colonization, slavery, and the American Civil War. The first movement describes the adventures and hardships of the first colonists through lively American sounding themes.The expressive slow movement, in which a melancholic minor theme forms the starting point, depicts, with clever use of blues elements, the oppressed slaves on the tobacco plantation. This is followed by a illustration of the Civil War, heralded by ceremonial figures from the brass section. The work is brought to a close with a slow but optimistic theme heralding hope for the future. 0:09:10
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£144.99
Voyage with the VOC Wind Band Set (Score & Parts)
The United East India Company, or Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) was one of the first international trading companies in the Netherlands. Voyage With The VOC follows the route of a ship (first movement) on a visit to the Rajah of Yogakarta (second movement) to load up the ship before returning home (third movement). The fourth movement describes the hard life of a sailor before the fifth movement sees the ship safely to harbour once again. 06:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£41.58
Zap! (Concert Band - Score and Parts)
Like a bolt of electrical energy, "Zap!" by Rob Grice will energize your beginning band and their next concert performance. An excellent piece to reinforce dynamic levels, "Zap!" uses only the first six notes of the Bb major scale making the piece accessible in the first semester of study. Energy and fun for all!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£47.50Warp Speed - Michael Story
Created for students in the end of their first year in band utilizing the first several notes presented in most first-year methods, the speed of the warp drive is up to you! A tremendous opportunity to teach rhythm, pitch and ensemble precision with this high energy original work. (1:30) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud and Music Prodigy.
Estimated dispatch 3-5 working days
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£50.50Dance Celebration - Robert W. Smith
Inspired by his daughters' first dance recital, Mr. Smith has created this beginning band composition. It is a pleasure to offer great original performance literature for beginning strings in their first year of instruction. A most charismatic work that will evoke a musical celebration. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
Estimated dispatch 3-5 working days
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£50.50Rock This Band! - Robert Sheldon
Your beginning band can "rock out" on their very first concert with this sure-fire crowd pleaser. A catchy bass line and handclaps start the piece, then the melody joins in, followed by a countermelody---and this all happens using only the first six notes the students have learned! (2:00) (Correlates with , Level 2).
Estimated dispatch 3-5 working days
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£82.95Appalachian Journey - Brant Karrick
The Appalachians represented one of America's first frontiers, and frontier music became one of the first truly American forms of musical expression. Based on traditional fiddle tunes, combines four folk songs, providing players and the audience with a real toe-tapping treat! The melodies included are: "After the Battle of Aughrim" and "Lord Mayo I," both Irish in origin, and "Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains" along with "Whiskey Before Breakfast," adapted from the old-time fiddling tradition. (4:45)
Estimated dispatch 3-5 working days
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£50.50Tirade - Robert Sheldon
Set in the Dorian mode, , by Robert Sheldon, offers young musicians the opportunity to perform with passion and emotion to make a bold musical statement. Since there are no dotted rhythms, articulations, or 8th notes (other than in the percussion section), and using only the first five notes the students have learned, this is a perfect piece for a beginning band's first concert! (1:55) (Correlates to , Level 2).
Estimated dispatch 3-5 working days
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£50.50Angels We Have Heard on High
This arrangement of the popular French Christmas carol, by Michael Story, has been written for students halfway through their first year in band. It has been scored using just the first few notes presented in most beginning band methods, only quarter, half, and whole note rhythms in the winds, and without a written key signature. (1:50)
Estimated dispatch 3-5 working days
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