Pop City - Thierry Deleruyelle

Pop City combines pop and funk music, and has been composed in the style of a film or television theme tune. It was commissioned by the municipal wind band of Phalempin (France), and represents the vitality and energy of the city, which proclaims itself "active by nature". You will be swept away by this pop music theme. All of the orchestral sections featured in this festive music will get your groove on and get you up dancing. This is the perfect opener or apotheosis for your performance!

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Pop Folk Suite - Jérôme Naulais

Pop for Band Vol. 1

Pop for the People - Piet Daalhuizen

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Pop Goes The Band - Chris M. Bernotas

Watch your ensemble spring to life in this fun and engaging arrangement of the traditional tune "Pop Goes the Weasel." Each section of the band stands up to perform their part of the melody and gets a moment to shine. Sure to be a hit with your beginning band! (1:50) Correlates to Book 1, level 4.

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Pop Looks Beethoven - Ludwig van Beethoven

Pop! - Tawnie Olson

Inspired by the ever-popular snack, Pop! is a grade 3 band piece by composer Tawnie Olson that imitates the sounds popping popcorn beginning with that first, single kernel to the exploding sounds of an overflowing pot. Through the use of imitation, additive processes, playful articulation, and the development of tune fragments, Olson crafted a piece that is relatable and great fun to play. Pop! also has an aleatoric passage that gives young performers the opportunity to co-compose by improvising sounds that suggest of pop of popcorn in the making. BandQuest, an exciting series of new music and accompanying curricula for band, is a program published by the American Composers Forum. The series was started as a response to feedback from music educators that there is a pressing need for new, fresh band music. The heart of this program is new works written by a diverse group of leading American composers who have created challenging pieces that are a true departure from standard middle school repertoire. Every BandQuest project includes a residency component in which the composer works collaboratively with a middle school as they create their new piece. Many BandQuest pieces are accompanied by an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to assist students as they learn the music and to integrate each piece with non-music studies. Visit www.bandquest.org to learn more about this innovative series, and email [email protected] to request a free downloadable audio catalog.

Popcorn - Dennis Armitage

Popcorn - Gershon Kingsley

In 1969, the composer and musician Gershon Kingsley (b. 1922) composed and recorded an instrumental work that was to become the first true success of electronic music. In 1972, the group Hot To Mound recorded a new version of Popcorn. Since that time, the world has seen hundreds of different versions including techno, jazz, ska, disco, rock, punk and now, more surprising, a version for your Concert Band.

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Popcorn Rag - Marc Reift