Concert band - Grade 2 - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW1818-S

Composed by Daniel Jones. Score. 14 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW1818-S. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW1818-S).

9 x 12 in inches.

Overture Grandiose is a thrilling concert overture for young band that provides exciting parts and numerous leaning opportunities for developing musicians. The divided parts offer both challenging and playable passages/ranges for the variety of skill levels present in young ensembles. Each instrumentalist is called upon to play a wide variety of rhythms, in addition to myriad articulation and expression markings. All instruments have moments where musical phrasing and contouring are paramount. The six completely different percussion parts would be ideal for a large ensemble with several percussionists. Students will challenge their musicianship skills playing bold melodies and intricate harmonies in this exhilarating piece.

Concert band - Beginning - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBS1615-S

Composed by Daniel Jones. Score. 11 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBS1615-S. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBS1615-S).

9 x 12 in inches.

Reflections on a German Folk Song is based on the traditional round Himmel und Erde, which directly translated means
Heaven and Earth, however the common English title is Music Alone Shall Live. While teaching music for Saydel
Community School District in Des Moines, Iowa, I taught the round to elementary students and concluded that the folk tune
would lend itself well to young instrumentalists. Consequently, I set out to arrange the round for emerging band.
After an introduction based on motives and rhythms of the round, the tune is initially played by an alto saxophone solo (or
oboe). After a transition from the key of F Major to E-Flat Major, the band divides into three groups to play the three-voice
round. The entire round is repeated twice, exhibiting a lengthy crescendo and eventual diminuendo caused by the three
instrument groupings ending their voices in the round.
Having students perform a simple, yet lyrical round provides for a variety of educational opportunities. Similar to young
vocal ensembles, performing a round helps students to securely play with a group that is doing something different than
other sections of the ensemble, which ultimately assists in the transition to playing within a smaller, individual section or
independent part. Reflections on a German Folksong contains simplistic rhythms, which allows students to primarily focus
on phrasing, articulation, tone quality and dynamics.

Concert band - Grade 2 - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW1818

Composed by Daniel Jones. Score and Parts. 64 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW1818. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW1818).

9 x 12 in inches.

Overture Grandiose is a thrilling concert overture for young band that provides exciting parts and numerous leaning opportunities for developing musicians. The divided parts offer both challenging and playable passages/ranges for the variety of skill levels present in young ensembles. Each instrumentalist is called upon to play a wide variety of rhythms, in addition to myriad articulation and expression markings. All instruments have moments where musical phrasing and contouring are paramount. The six completely different percussion parts would be ideal for a large ensemble with several percussionists. Students will challenge their musicianship skills playing bold melodies and intricate harmonies in this exhilarating piece.

Concert band - Grade 1 - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW184

Composed by Daniel Jones. Score and Parts. 62 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW184. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW184).

9 x 12 in inches.

Dorian Blues provides for a wealth of fun, yet educational musical moments for young musicians. Directors will have the opportunity to discuss modes, blues scales, and medieval plainchant. The piece mixes quasi-Dorian and blues scales and is grounded around the pitch concert D; therefore, the piece is largely in d-minor, a highly accessible key for emerging musicians. Students will have the opportunity to perform a variety of articulations, rhythms, accidentals and tempi. In addition, the numerous texture and mood changes will challenge the musicianship skills of the performers. The syncopated rhythms and quarter-note triplets will also provide for excellent teachable moments.

The use of medieval modes in jazz certainly isn't a new concept as artists like Miles Davis utilized Dorian in So What, and John Coltrane as well in Impressions. Traditionally, modes have been found in instrumental music for centuries as seen in Sibelius' 6th Symphony, and more recently employed in wind band examples for students such as Elliot del Borgo's Dorian Rhapsody. Dorian Blues, however, is perhaps the first piece for young band that combines medieval chant on D Dorian with jazz-like rhythms and blue-notes.

Concert band - Beginning - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBS1615

Composed by Daniel Jones. Score and Parts. 31 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBS1615. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBS1615).

9 x 12 in inches.

Reflections on a German Folk Song is based on the traditional round Himmel und Erde, which directly translated means
Heaven and Earth, however the common English title is Music Alone Shall Live. While teaching music for Saydel
Community School District in Des Moines, Iowa, I taught the round to elementary students and concluded that the folk tune
would lend itself well to young instrumentalists. Consequently, I set out to arrange the round for emerging band.
After an introduction based on motives and rhythms of the round, the tune is initially played by an alto saxophone solo (or
oboe). After a transition from the key of F Major to E-Flat Major, the band divides into three groups to play the three-voice
round. The entire round is repeated twice, exhibiting a lengthy crescendo and eventual diminuendo caused by the three
instrument groupings ending their voices in the round.
Having students perform a simple, yet lyrical round provides for a variety of educational opportunities. Similar to young
vocal ensembles, performing a round helps students to securely play with a group that is doing something different than
other sections of the ensemble, which ultimately assists in the transition to playing within a smaller, individual section or
independent part. Reflections on a German Folksong contains simplistic rhythms, which allows students to primarily focus
on phrasing, articulation, tone quality and dynamics.

Concert band - Grade 1 - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW184-S

Composed by Daniel Jones. Score. 14 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW184-S. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW184-S).

9 x 12 in inches.

Dorian Blues provides for a wealth of fun, yet educational musical moments for young musicians. Directors will have the opportunity to discuss modes, blues scales, and medieval plainchant. The piece mixes quasi-Dorian and blues scales and is grounded around the pitch concert D; therefore, the piece is largely in d-minor, a highly accessible key for emerging musicians. Students will have the opportunity to perform a variety of articulations, rhythms, accidentals and tempi. In addition, the numerous texture and mood changes will challenge the musicianship skills of the performers. The syncopated rhythms and quarter-note triplets will also provide for excellent teachable moments.

The use of medieval modes in jazz certainly isn't a new concept as artists like Miles Davis utilized Dorian in So What, and John Coltrane as well in Impressions. Traditionally, modes have been found in instrumental music for centuries as seen in Sibelius' 6th Symphony, and more recently employed in wind band examples for students such as Elliot del Borgo's Dorian Rhapsody. Dorian Blues, however, is perhaps the first piece for young band that combines medieval chant on D Dorian with jazz-like rhythms and blue-notes.