Phoenix Fanfare & Journey Into Light (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Holmes, Chris

A Phoenix Fanfare opens with bold, rhythmic motifs built around the interval of a perfect fourth, a musical gesture symbolising strength and renewal. These rhythmic ideas are energetically passed around the wind band, creating a sense of movement and vitality. As the piece progresses, textures build and interplay intensifies, culminating in a striking moment where glissando horns soar above the ensemble--this feature should be given due prominence, as it evokes the mythical rise of the phoenix and adds a dramatic flourish to the conclusion.In contrast, Journey into Light captures the feeling of a 'return to normality' following the lifting of COVID restrictions. The music begins with a short passage in a reflective minor key, representing the uncertainty and isolation of lockdown. Gradually, optimism emerges as the harmony brightens and the tempo increases. The arrival of the presto section marks a turning point--joyful, exuberant, and full of life. From here, the music remains uplifting, celebrating the renewed freedom to rehearse, perform, and connect through music.This piece would make an ideal concert opener or start to a second half of a concert.Duration: 3.30

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Phoenix Fanfare & Journey Into Light (Concert Band - Score only) - Holmes, Chris

A Phoenix Fanfare opens with bold, rhythmic motifs built around the interval of a perfect fourth, a musical gesture symbolising strength and renewal. These rhythmic ideas are energetically passed around the wind band, creating a sense of movement and vitality. As the piece progresses, textures build and interplay intensifies, culminating in a striking moment where glissando horns soar above the ensemble--this feature should be given due prominence, as it evokes the mythical rise of the phoenix and adds a dramatic flourish to the conclusion.In contrast, Journey into Light captures the feeling of a 'return to normality' following the lifting of COVID restrictions. The music begins with a short passage in a reflective minor key, representing the uncertainty and isolation of lockdown. Gradually, optimism emerges as the harmony brightens and the tempo increases. The arrival of the presto section marks a turning point--joyful, exuberant, and full of life. From here, the music remains uplifting, celebrating the renewed freedom to rehearse, perform, and connect through music.This piece would make an ideal concert opener or start to a second half of a concert.Duration: 3.30

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Phoenix Overture

Fiery and exciting, contrasted by an elegant and emotional middle section, "Phoenix" is sure to capture your audience right from the very first note! Beautiful melodies and counterpoints are carefully crafted to create awareness for your students to understand the importance of the role they play in your band. Also a great teaching tool for contrasting articulations and styles, this work is sure to shine in your next concert, festival or contest. A definite educator, performer and audience pleaser!

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Phoenix Rising (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob

A brilliant overture reflecting the strength and renewal of the phoenix. The phoenix symbolises transformation, death and rebirth in its fire and this overture starts with great positivity as the main 'phoenix' figure is stated. The brass pronounces its emphatic fanfare intertwined with the spiralling woodwind figures and then the music bursts into an energetic fast tempo. There are contrasting darker episodes and a lyrical middle section before the phoenix finally re-emerges triumphant.Duration: 7.30

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Photo Finish! (Concert Band - Score and Parts)

From start to finish, be prepared for non-stop musical excitement when the air is suddenly filled with the quick sounds of a circus galop. You can be assured that every section throughout the band will delight in the challenge of performing this highly energetic work. Remember, when searching for that perfect "entertaining piece," this is the one that your musicians will want you to consider. Fun galore!

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Photo Finish! (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Karrick, Brant

It's post time! The bugler splits the air with the familiar Call to the Post, and they're off! There's nothing more graceful, powerful, and exciting than a group of thoroughbreds pounding toward the finish line in their quest to become the next big winner. Photo Finish! is a musical tribute to the colour, pageantry, and hoof-pounding action of an exhilarating horse race.Duration: 3.30

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PI'S LULLABY (from Life of Pi) (Concert Band) - Danna & Jayashri - Ricketts, Ted

From the award-winning soundtrack from the hit movie Life of Pi, here is the main song in a beautiful setting for band. Featuring exotic percussion and a mixture of delicate scoring contrasted with full ensemble statements, Ted's arrangement of this haunting melody offers a unique and distinctive option for concert programming.

Piano Concerto No.2, Themes from (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Rachmaninoff, Sergei - Williams, Mark

The music of Sergei Rachmaninoff contains some of the world's most memorable melodies. It has served as the basis of at least two popular songs and a musical, and has also been included in at least 12 movie soundtracks! This arrangement takes some of the most popular of those melodies and makes them available to young bands. Enjoy the exotic sounds of this all-time classic!Duration: 2.45

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Piccola Suite Italiana (Concert Band - Score and Parts)

With this new suite for concert band Franco Cesarini draws on the rich repertoire of folk songs from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of northern Italy. Between the 16th and 17th Century this rural region developed the 'furlana', a brilliant dance in 6/8 time. This catchy dance soon spread throughout Europe and became more cultivated. Fran?ois Couperin (1668-1733), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) all composer of the 18th century composed 'furlane' and in the 20th Century Maurice Ravel used a 'furlana' dance his Tombeau de Couperin. Franco Cesarini follows this great tradition by using the 'furlana' as the basis for this major new concert work. 08:49

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Pico Rivera (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - O'Reilly, John

Solo claves usher in the authentic Latin percussion section that sets the style for Pico Rivera. A simple but effective bass line joins the percussion section in establishing an interesting accompaniment for the syncopated melody that follows. Rich harmonies that utilize a variety of seventh chords dominate the second theme and the "stop time" percussion fills that open the coda. A brief modulation brings us to a restatement of the opening melody with a new countermelody in the trumpets and horns.Duration: 3.10

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