Concert Band - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1224359

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Scaver. 21st Century,Children,Multicultural,Pop,Traditional,World. Score and Parts. 55 pages. Scaver #820463. Published by Scaver (A0.1224359).

The Wellerman is a popular sea shanty that originated from New Zealand in the 19th century. The song tells the story of a group of whalers who are waiting for a supply ship called the Wellerman to arrive and bring them provisions, including sugar, tea, and rum. The crew is eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Wellerman and they sing the song to keep their spirits up while they work. The song has gained renewed popularity in recent years through social media, with many people creating their own versions and adaptations.

This version by Scaver of The Wellerman is arranged for normal concert band and can also be performed by young concert band due to the easy parts for a lot of instruments.

In addition to being performed by concert band, this arrangement can also be performed with children using boomwhackers and/or recorders. The parts are easy enough for young musicians to learn and can be a fun and engaging way to introduce them to the world of music.

Instruments:
Keyboard (chords)
Guitar (chords)
Boomwackers
Sopr. Recorder
Flute
Flute (easy)
Oboe Bassoon 1,2
Clarinet Bb 1,2,3
Clarinet Bb (easy)
Bass Clarinet
Sopr. Clarinet
Alto Saxophone 1,2
Alto Saxophone (easy)
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Bass Saxophone
Trumpet Bb 1,2,3
Trumpet (easy)
Horn F 1/2,3/4
Trombone 1,2
Euphonium
Tuba
Contrabastuba C
Timpani
Xylophone
Percussion 1,2
Tambourine.

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1204082

Composed by Paula Goodwin. Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Folk,Instructional,Patriotic. Score and parts. 89 pages. JPM Services #802652. Published by JPM Services (A0.1204082).

Inspired by the border lands between England and Scotland we open as a new day emerges as the mists clear and the people wake up, then move into a lively dance like section based on the Northumbrian folk song John Peel which eventualy emerges from the dance. Next we move into a soulful section of extended woodwind solos with the oboe and bassoon taking the initial lead. We finish up with a triumphant march section recognising the regeon's long military traditions.

A lively piece with something for everyone in the band, excellent either as an opener or as and finale.

Concert band - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW205

Composed by Judith Katz. Score and Parts. 65 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW205. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW205).

9 x 12 in inches.

Long before the tragic sinking of the Medusa, was the sinking of the French ship, The Medusa. The frigate Medusa was completed in 1806, launched in 1810, and saw action in the Napoleonic wars. In 1816, it set sail from French to its ultimate location in Senegal to repossess it from the British. Along with cargo, there were almost 400 people on board. What no one knew, however, was that there was an incompetent captain on board with dubious skills.

The ship was caught in a storm off the coast of Mauritania. After being damaged from hitting rocks and multiple attempts to relaunch it, it couldn't move. Soon, it was discovered that there was a shortage of lifeboats. Most of the crew and some of the passengers made their way to the lifeboats, saving about 250 people. That left about 149 others on board.

Crew members left on board scrambled to build a raft for the others. The raft was launched and tied to one of the lifeboats. The hope was that everyone would make it to land, almost 60 miles away. The horror came, when the captain ordered the raft to be cut loose, claiming, that it was slowing everyone else down. That left the raft survivors to their own devices.

Multiple days at sea brought on starvation, death and disease. People starved to death, and acts of desperation came about, such as the weak, but alive, being thrown overboard, and even cannibalism.

Many days later, when survivors were finally rescued, there were only 15 people left alive, with 5 of them dying soon afterwards. News of the disaster quickly reached France, where both the government and the people were thoroughly outraged. Newspapers covered the disaster, and eventually there were trials prosecuting the captain and the crew for negligence. This can be considered as the first documented sea disaster.

In 1818, 27 year- old Theodore Gericault was so moved by this disaster, that he painted his masterpiece, The Raft of The Medusa. To this day, the painting, which is enormous in size and almost the size of the raft itself, hangs in the Louvre.

This is my first attempt at program music. It was my hope that I captured the mood, the feeling, and above all, in all good program music, that my composition told the story.

Concert band - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW205-S

Composed by Judith Katz. Score. 15 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW205-S. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW205-S).

9 x 12 in inches.

Long before the tragic sinking of the Medusa, was the sinking of the French ship, The Medusa. The frigate Medusa was completed in 1806, launched in 1810, and saw action in the Napoleonic wars. In 1816, it set sail from French to its ultimate location in Senegal to repossess it from the British. Along with cargo, there were almost 400 people on board. What no one knew, however, was that there was an incompetent captain on board with dubious skills.

The ship was caught in a storm off the coast of Mauritania. After being damaged from hitting rocks and multiple attempts to relaunch it, it couldn't move. Soon, it was discovered that there was a shortage of lifeboats. Most of the crew and some of the passengers made their way to the lifeboats, saving about 250 people. That left about 149 others on board.

Crew members left on board scrambled to build a raft for the others. The raft was launched and tied to one of the lifeboats. The hope was that everyone would make it to land, almost 60 miles away. The horror came, when the captain ordered the raft to be cut loose, claiming, that it was slowing everyone else down. That left the raft survivors to their own devices.

Multiple days at sea brought on starvation, death and disease. People starved to death, and acts of desperation came about, such as the weak, but alive, being thrown overboard, and even cannibalism.

Many days later, when survivors were finally rescued, there were only 15 people left alive, with 5 of them dying soon afterwards. News of the disaster quickly reached France, where both the government and the people were thoroughly outraged. Newspapers covered the disaster, and eventually there were trials prosecuting the captain and the crew for negligence. This can be considered as the first documented sea disaster.

In 1818, 27 year- old Theodore Gericault was so moved by this disaster, that he painted his masterpiece, The Raft of The Medusa. To this day, the painting, which is enormous in size and almost the size of the raft itself, hangs in the Louvre.

This is my first attempt at program music. It was my hope that I captured the mood, the feeling, and above all, in all good program music, that my composition told the story.

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1274563

By New Order. By Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Hague, and Stephen Morris. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 20th Century,Pop,Rock. Score and Parts. 57 pages. John Ivor Holland #866704. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1274563).

One of the most popular New Order songs, this bass-thumping classic reached number 4 in the UK and 32 in the US Top 100 upon its original release in 1987 (it was subsequently remixed in 1994). The single was accompanied by a surreal music video by French director Philippe Decouflé, featuring men slapping each other, clownish costumes and a person in dark make-up emerging from an upside-down boxer's bag signing the lyrics in LSF (French sign language). This arrangement includes a quieter section in the middle before launching into a key change and powerful ending - sure to be a crowd-pleaser!

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1008264

Composed by William Brenner. Contemporary. Score and parts. 80 pages. William Brenner #5370501. Published by William Brenner (A0.1008264).

Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battlefields of the First World War. What followed was one of the largest human-made explosions prior to the detonation of the first atomic bombs in 1945.(...)In early December, one of the merchant ships in port was the large, Norwegian vessel Imo, en route from Halifax to New York to pick up relief supplies (...) Another was the French munitions ship Mont-Blanc - filled with tons of benzol, the high explosive picric acid, TNT and gun cotton - arriving in Halifax to join a convoy across the ocean.(...)The Imo was departing the harbour on the morning of 6 December 1917 (...) Imo had an experienced, local harbour pilot on board, William Hayes, who knew the navigation rules of the harbour. However, earlier encounters that morning with two inbound vessels moving towards Bedford Basin - both of which Imo had passed starboard-to-starboard - resulted in the unusual position that Imo now occupied, too far to the east (...) The Mont-Blanc had arrived outside Halifax the previous day and anchored overnight at the mouth of the harbour. On the morning of 6 December, the ship was cleared by harbour authorities to proceed toward Bedford Basin. Despite the Mont-Blanc's dangerous cargo, there was no special protocol for the passage of munitions ships in the harbour. Other ships such as the Imo were not ordered to hold their positions that morning until the Mont-Blanc had made safe passage through the port. Francis Mackey, Mont-Blanc's pilot, was guiding the ship inbound on the Dartmouth-side of the Narrows, when he encountered the Imo heading straight towards him in what he believed was Mont-Blanc's lane. Mackey would later maintain that the Imo was moving at an unsafe speed for such a large, unwieldly ship in the harbour, and also that incoming ships (in this case Mont-Blanc) had the right-of-way over outgoing vessels. Regardless of the accuracy of those claims, what is certain is that the Imo was sailing too far to the east, in what should have been Mont-Blanc's path.

After a series of whistles and miscommunications between the officers and pilots on the two ships, and failed manoeuvres to avoid a collision, the Imo struck the starboard bow of the Mont-Blanc. After a few moments the two ships parted, leaving a gash in Mont-Blanc's hull and generating sparks that ignited volatile grains of dry picric acid, stored below its decks. (...) The Mont-Blanc exploded at 9:04:35 a.m., sending out a shock wave in all directions, followed by a tsunami that washed violently over the Halifax and Dartmouth shores. More than 2.5 square km of Richmond were totally levelled, either by the blast, the tsunami, or the structure fires caused when buildings collapsed inward on lanterns, stoves and furnaces.

Homes, offices, churches, factories, vessels (including the Mont-Blanc), the railway station and freight yards - and hundreds of people in the immediate area - were obliterated. (...) Across Halifax, there were miraculous stories of survival. And equally, stories of tragedy. Many children were killed on their walk to school that morning, or blinded by flying glass. Those that survived the blast stumbled home, only to find their houses shattered, or their parents dead or wounded, among the wreckage. (...) Every year on 6 December, people gather above the Narrows to hear the ringing of the memorial's carillon bells, and to remember the victims of the disaster. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/halifax-explosion

Concert Band - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW221

Composed by Gary Gazlay. Score and Parts. 61 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW221. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW221).

9 x 12 inches.

Some years back, during a series of retreats, prayerful reflection on the “servant
passages from the book of the prophet Isaiah (Is. 40-53) coalesced into what would
become an eight-movement cantata entitled: The Servant of Yahweh.
“How Beautiful on the Mountain represents movement three of that larger work - a
Lenten cantata highlighting key aspects of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus,
viewed through the lens of the aforementioned servant passages.
“How Beautiful on the Mountain (from Is.52 ff) attempts to capture in two sections the
joyful vision of God's people being led back to Zion from exile in Babylon. Israel's
deliverer is near, proclaiming peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, leading
Israel back to Jerusalem. The New Testament likewise speaks of deliverance from
bondage – bondage from sin, and healing of the breach between God and humanity. It is
through the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus that this deliverance is
accomplished. In both cases, there is cause for great joy.
Musically, movement from the more subdued preface (part 1) to the festive Latin groove
(part 2) conveys the transition from journey to jubilation.
The present rendition, written for SATB choir and piano with optional flute and oboe
marks the latest evolution in the work's arrangement history. The original
accompaniment included guitar, bass, drum, flute and electric violin. However, in 2009,
through a collaboration with bassist/arranger, Perry Orfanella, a full orchestral score was
developed. Most recently, in order to make the piece more accessible to church choirs
and other choral groups, Phil Sims (musician/arranger and partner of Imagine Music
Publishing) reduced the orchestral score and completed the present arrangement for
piano and SATB choir.

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1028045

Composed by Nicholas McClure. Contemporary. Score and parts. 11 pages. Nicholas McClure #3226621. Published by Nicholas McClure (A0.1028045).

On December 14, 2012, at 9:35 a.m., the entire country stood motionless, for a horrific act of terror was underway. Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 first-graders and 6 adults, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut; a moment in history as one of the worst school shootings that our country has ever faced. Every single child which was murdered had a future of their own, taken away at the hands of a ruthless gunman, who in an instant, ended any chance that these 20 children had to have a happy life. Along with these children, were the 6 heroic staff members who so selflessly gave their life in order to stop this perpetrator who came to destroy the fragile object that we all call life. The title of this piece, The Sandy Hook Lullaby, is symbolic to represent the deaths and aftermath on that faithful day. This particular piece is a lullaby to represent the day that the victims lives were taken, ending with a peaceful goodbye. The song starts strong and valiant, to represent the beginning and potential of a new day. As it progresses, the song softens a bit, with clarinet lead, which represents the students learning in the classroom and the staff working as normal. A swell in volume represents the knowledge learned, as they are completely unaware of the events to follow. Halfway through, terror strikes. The percussion solo is representative of the the 5 minutes that the entire attack took place. The entire finale of the song is to represent the peaceful rest of those murdered, the final goodbye. The song ends softly, as the victims are put to rest, and because most of the victims were children, this comes in the form of a lullaby. Just as a loving and caring parent would put their child to sleep with a song, we give our final goodbyes with this Sandy Hook Lullaby. Thank you, and please enjoy with reverence and respect. -Nicholas McClure, Composer.

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.733026

Composed by Gustave Louis Ganne. Arranged by Marc Oliver. 20th Century. Score and parts. 75 pages. Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings #2347279. Published by Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings (A0.733026).

Gustave Louis Ganne was one of the leading composers of light music in France during his lifetime. As a young man he enrolled at the Paris Conservatory and while there Ganne studied composition with Jules Massenet and organ with Cesar Franck. Soon after leaving the conservatory Ganne made a name for himself with his compositions: marches waltzes mazurkas and many other types of music. He is best remembered for his theatrical works first his ballets and later the operettas. Ganne was also a highly competent conductor in the theaters of Paris and later in Monte Carlo. In Monte Carlo he established a series of extremely popular orchestral presentations known as Les Concerts de Louis Ganne. In 1901 he was elected president of the Societ des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique. The French government later presented him with the Legion of Honor with extra orders. Ganne was loved and admired by those who knew him because of his character and prodigious talent. He died in Paris on July 13 (or 14) 1923. Marche Lorraine is one of Gustav Louis Gannes most well loved marches. It radiates a luminous sophisticated elegance. This march has played an important historic role in France and the Alsace Lorraine area.