Let's face it---we all practice in front of the TV sometimes, so why not make the best of it? The Couch Potato Bass Workout is a fun, straightforward, no-frills approach to building bass technique while watching your favorite TV show or just vegging out on the couch. It's perfect for bassists of all levels and styles looking to develop speed, strength, and accuracy. Learn the proper posture for si…

Six miniatures based on animals from the Japanese 'Junishi'. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Zodiac Dances est une commande de l’Izumiotsu City Band d’Osaka, Japon, pour leur 50e anniversaire. Sparke avait déjà composé l’oeuvre Prelude to a Celebration pour cette formation auparavant, et il désirait personnaliser ce nouveau morceau pour refléter l’histoire de l’ensemble. Il a décidé d’écrire six danses miniatu…

Par LARCHER THOMAS. It was not until his late twenties that the pianist, Thomas Larcher, known as an expert of contemporary music, began his career as a composer. Among his most interesting works is the string quartet 'Cold Farmer'. This fifteen-minute work is characterized by moods changing in a blocklike manner. The features of minimal music can be recognized particularly in the fast repetitive …

Concert March. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Salutation est une commande du chef d'orchestre et animateur radio japonais Yutaka Nishida, un ami du compositeur Philip Sparke. L’oeuvre suit la forme assez conventionnelle de la marche : une courte fanfare introduit le thème principal, joué par les clarinettes et les saxophones. Un bref pont, principalement interprété par les cuivres, annonce un changement de to…

Arr. James L. Hosay. Par STEFFE W.. The mainly unison, easy chorus parts in BATTLE HYMN 2000 mean you CAN prepare James Hosay's imaginative and inspiring version of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' for performance, even though opportunities for combined chorus and band rehearsals are hard to find. In fact, the dress rehearsal may be all you need to put on the finishing touches. It makes a spine-t…

Par GAUBERT. Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) was a distinguished performer on the Flute. It comes as no surprise, therefore, that his compositions for the instrument are at the forefront of the Flute's repertoire, his Sonatina being no exception. After a prominent career as a flautist with the Paris Opera, Gaubert was appointed as professor of Flute at the Paris Conservatoire as well as principal con…

For Organ And Concert Band. Par YAGISAWA SATOSHI. Cette pièce a été composée en 2009 à la demande du Shinjuku Bunka Center, à Tokyo, pour marquer le trentième anniversaire de son ouverture. C’est une oeuvre impressionnante combinant une fanfare éclatante et le son majestueux de l’orgue résonnant à travers la salle de concert. Elle a été créée par Hiroko Takahashi, l’organiste du Centre, et l’orche…

Par SANTOS YAGO. Classic and flamenco guitarists alike will benefit from these etudes as they bridge the gap between traditional mechanical studies and engaging practice and concert material. Although relatively short in duration, a few of these etudes could be combined in a medley to form an effective suite or set. In addition, fourteen of the twenty etudes are provided with chord accompaniment f…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galan…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galan…

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. The episode from Ovid‘s “Metamorphoses” in which Daphne attempts to escape Apollo’s advances by turning into a laurel tree, causing the devastated god to weave a laurel crown in memory of the nymph, has inspired the masterworks of many artists. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, whose famous marble sculpture is housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, is only one example of this. M…

Par WATERMAN FANNY / HAREWOOD M.. Me and My Piano - Superscales is an effective and refreshingly different, step-by-step introduction to piano scales. Designed for young beginners, and part of the Waterman and Harewood Piano Series, it is intended for use in conjunction with the complementing books. There's plenty of interest for children here, covering simple Over and Under exercises, establishin…

Par PANUFNIK ROXANNA. Fairfield Fanfare (expanded version) by Roxanna Panufnik is a 4-minute work for youth and mixed choirs, brass band and orchestra. Originally commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fairfield Halls, Croydon in 2012, the opening chords are based on all the alphabetic note names from FA-ir-F(#)-i-E-l-D, heralding a flourishing section of hustle and bustle that is t…

Par SZYMANOWSKI KAROL. (VII) The Polish idiom appeared in Szymanowskis music in 1920, foreshadowing the beginning of a new period of creativity, later called nationalistic. Before this idiom was realised and such compositions typical of the Polish style as the ballet Harnasie, the Mazurkas, Stabat Mater, Fourth Symphony and Second Violin Concerto had been written, the change in musical thinking an…