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£39.00Valley of Shadows
Starting strong with a simple melody and active percussion, this piece about the adventure of walking through a scary forested valley introduces programmatic music to students in a fun and entertaining way. Along the journey, they will encounter a snake represented by a ratchet and contemporary techniques like dissonance, shouting, and clapping. With active percussion and plenty of rhythmic challenges this piece, is appropriate for a 2nd year concert or advanced first year band.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£39.00Tropical Winds
Take your beginning band to a tropical island! Using simple patterns based on Caribbean rhythms, this is an excellent lighter selection for your spring concerts. Low instruments are featured in the middle section, but all sections get a chance to perform the melody. Develop breathing and phrasing technique while also introducing students to easy and fun Latin rhythms.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£39.00Sunrise March
Named for the opening motif, which quickly ascends like the rising sun, this march offers several teaching moments. Students get to work on independent parts playing in imitation or call and response, dynamic development, staccatos, accents, and minimal accidentals. Every section plays the melody at some point which makes this an excellent choice for demonstration or recruitment concerts. Perfect for concerts and contest, and even graduation as a processional.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£39.00Dance of the Crows
Composed with Renaissance style dances in mind, the composer imagined attending a dance where everything is beautiful, but the dancers are actually crows! With a melody that is simple and primarily on the beat, the compositions starts calmly but gradually becomes more aggressive. Use this to develop the characteristic low clarinet sound, counting and listening skills, easy dynamic contrasts, and independent percussion playing. A fun opportunity for beginning bands to stretch their wings!
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£37.006-Note Santa
This arrangement of Jolly Old Saint Nicholas is perfect for the beginning band winter concert. Based on the first 6 notes of the concert Bb scale, the scoring ensures every instrument gets a chance to play the rhythmically simple melody. The only eighth notes appear in the snare drum part. Written with the composer's typical expertise for a great sounding and easy-to-put together composition, try this for a jolly good time.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£39.00The Lizard King
Inspired by the composer's son's fascination with lizards, this beginning band piece uses at most eight notes in each instrument's range, perfect to end the first year of instruction. Featuring many opportunities for dynamics and articulation development, this composition will help develop those essential skills. With plenty of percussion parts to keep players interested and every section playing the melody, this piece is sure to become a student favorite!
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£48.00Jingle Wish March - James Pierpont
What would a concert be without a march? This holiday toe-tapper has a familiar melody, tuneful harmonies, an easy-to-play countermelody, and a typical march bass line. A trio spells out the words "Jingle Bells" before the band transitions into "We Wish You A Merry Christmas". Use this arrangement to teach all the march-style elements while also entertaining audiences at holiday concerts.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£48.00Gayle Force
Gayle Force is a spirited and uptempo piece filled with accents, ostinato rhythms, and continuous melody. Use this to help young musicians play with a well-balanced and controlled sound.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£48.00The Holly and the Ivy
This setting of the beautiful holiday classic is accessible for very young bands. Its memorable melody, notated in a comfortable range, is passed around the sections of ensemble as the other parts play accompaniments that are interesting, yet not difficult. Written in bridge form, the piece begins softly, with soft sleigh bells and clarinets below the break, adding flutes, then brass, then building to a minor section and a very short percussion feature, making it a great opportunity introduce students to this form!
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£52.00Rider of the Mountain
This exciting concert and contest composition for young musicians features driving percussion with strong melodic material. The melody is passed through every section creating listening and balance skill development opportunities. Short solo passages combined with unique harmonic moments will interest and entertain your students and audiences.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days