Essential elements for playing in big band and jazz ensembles. 'Blow the trumpets” are two very important volumes essential for playing in big band and jazz ensembles. With well-designed guides this series brings the young trumpet player through the styles and language of jazz, with particular attention paid to interpretation and to the homogeneity within the section of a modern big band. / Pédago…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Wind Sketches is a top quality concert work for wind band in three movements, inspired by the relationship between man and wind. Trade Winds, in the form of a march, is reminiscent of a shanty, conjuring up seafaring and the tradewinds. Becalmed, harmonically and melodically almost static, depicts the doldrums. All the more contrasting is Riding the Storm, which concerns the lov…

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. What an outstanding way to conclude your concert. James L. Hosay writes some of the most exciting music to be found in Concert Band literature, and music doesn’t get much more exciting than this! While titled as a Grand Finale, this concert band tour de force can be programmed in numerous ways. Consider it also as a roof-raising opener or even in the guise of an entr’acte as yo…

Hot Shot March and 1, 2, Cha Cha Cha. Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Reinforcement of sight-rhythms is critical to the development of good music reading. The young band education team of Amy Adam and Mike Hannickel has developed the SKILL BUILDER series of compositions with sight-rhythm repetition in mind. With two great easy band arrangements, lots of sight-rhythm reinforcement, and specialised warm-up exer…

Scored using only the first few notes learned in most method books, the Latin beat is driving yet repetitive. The variety of percussion sounds, playable by percussionists or extra band members, paves the way for your band to impress! (1:30) / Concert Band

Scored using only the first few notes learned in most method books, the Latin beat is driving yet repetitive. The variety of percussion sounds, playable by percussionists or extra band members, paves the way for your band to impress! (1:30) / Concert Band

One of Sousa's most popular marches of the 130 he composed was written in 1890 and commissioned by the Washington, D.C. high school now called Central High School. Scored right in the pocket for your young or developing band, this rendition presents the perfect opportunity to teach marcato and march style while performing this historically significant work so important to concert band genre. (2:00…

Par CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL. Creedence Clearwater Revival Greatest Hits is a fantastic collection including 20 of the top hits from John Fogerty and his Creedence Clearwater Revival band members. This fantastic songbook includes titles such as, Bad Moon Rising, Down on the Corner, Proud Mary and many more. Creedence Clearwater Revival Greatest Hits is a fantastic collection including 20 of th…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Come to the party! The joyous spirit of Christmas abounds in this new offering for your mid-level band. The set of continuous variations on the timeless favorite “Deck the Halls” will delight everyone. Spirited from beginning to end and filled with humor and good cheer, CHRISTMAS PARTY will add an energetic spark to any holiday season program. Frequent style changes and imitative…

Monterosi is a village in the Italian province of Viterbo in the Lazio region. This work is dedicated to the Accademia Musicale Francigena in Monterosi, on the occasion of the third 'Tommaso Albani' a national concert band competition at which the composer is often an adjudicator and guest conductor. It is a solemn piece, with lyrical tendencies, which demonstrates the glorious, full sound of the …

Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. When Berlioz won the Prix de Rome in 1830 he had already composed several major works such as the Symphonie Fantastique. Indeed, he became the essential French romantic composer. The Hungarian March is taken from the fourth act of The Damnation of Faust, a dramatic legend composed in 1846 and sometimes performed in the form of an opera. Previoiusly Berlioz had given it the sub-…