Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.775269 Composed by Julius Lenzberg. Arranged by Bill Wilson. Contemporary. Score and parts. 93 pages. Alexander Wilson #4621447. Published by Alexander Wilson (A0.775269). Julius Lenzberg's Razzle Dazzle is a wonderful example of a hard-driving one step. It is structured like a rag or circus march, but with less syncopation than a rag and more pounding rhythms than a typical circus march.   This arrangement features a solo brass quintet, backed up by a full concert band.   This toe-tapper is a wonderful light piece for an outdoor concert or an informal indoor concert.   Parts include the full brass quintet, 2 flutes, 1 oboe, 1 bassoon, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 alto saxophones, 1 tenor saxophone, 1 baritone saxophone, 3 trumpets, 4 French horns, 3 trombones, 1 euphonium (includes BC and TC part), 1 tuba, and parts for crash cymbals, snare drum, bass drum, bells, xylophone, and timpani. World parts (Horn in Eb, trombone in Bb TC, euphonium in Bb TC, Tuba in Bb TC, and Tuba in Eb TC) are included for both band and brass quintet parts.    Performance time is approximately 2:48.  Visit our website, www.tootsuitebrasspublishing.com, for a catalog of our arrangements available through sheetmusicplus.com.

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.707837 Composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Arranged by Gordon Cherry. Baroque,Classical,Renaissance. Score and parts. 27 pages. Gordon Cherry #4726521. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.707837). Newly transcribed for traditional brass band & 2 solo Eb soprano cornets in the key of Bb by Gordon Cherry, principal trombone of the Vancouver Symphony. The entire three movement Concerto features 2 dazzling Eb soprano cornet parts as soloists. Feature your two star cornetists as soloists in this exciting work.  Parts are as follows: two solo Eb cornets, two Bb cornets, Eb alto horn or Bb flugelhorn, Bb treble clef  trombone and/or baritone and/or Euphoniums, Bass clef trombone, Bb treble Eb bass tuba, BBb treble bass tuba &  full score.  This transcription is very tastefully done with detailed editing of phrasing and dynamics. This work is 10  minutes in length and requires advanced players on the solo parts and players between high intermediate and  advanced on the accompaniment parts. Vivaldi's composition is magnificent and will be a favorite on your program.

Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: IZ.HAS03-S Composed by Daniel Burwasser. Score. 31 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #HAS03-S. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.HAS03-S). Sometimes the composer may point us to the meaning of a piece, without actually providing it. Says Daniel Burwasser: “Catching Fireflies is an ode to the tender memories and joys of childhood. The thematic material and structure of the work reflects the immediacy and innocent fascination of a time when everything is new and exciting, and something as simple as the flashing of a firefly can capture the imagination. The opening indeed creates visions of sprightly fireflies. An animated seven-note figure, first introduced by the strings then taken up by the brass and woodwinds, suggests a dazzling nocturnal scene of children scurrying after the elusive insects. The theme rapidly transmogrifies, aided by echoing dialogues between instruments as well as abrupt percussive effects. Then, a placid lyrical interlude begins with contemplative strains. Have the catchers settled back to view the stars? Like youth itself, the segment doesn’t last and is pushed aside by a subdued version of the lead theme. This time, a lyrical melody pro- vides a whiff of melancholia, but one limned by kaleidoscopic xylophone notes. Then, a longer adagio theme develops, and while it reflects the original lyrical interlude, it soon assumes a nostalgic aura reminiscent of fifties film music. Perhaps it evokes the romantic theme from an old movie the composer attended as a youth. But the night is not over and as the tempo increases, the brass sounds a variation of the opening melody, there is a brief parenthesis of calm, then a crashing tutti puts an end to the evening activities.