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£41.00Secret Mission
Inspired by spies and superheroes, both serious and humorous, this cinematic depiction of a spy on a mission to defeat a nefarious villain will entertain both students and audiences. An accessible melody, driving percussion parts, generous doubling of essential parts and limited ranges, will let you teach important musical concepts while engaging student interest. A sure winner for concert, contest or festival performances.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£68.00Cascabeles
With a fresh Latin American groove, this adaptation of the holiday favorite "Jingle Bells" will be a unique addition to any holiday concert. Although a holiday choice, the articulation and rhythmic accuracy demands will let you teach while students enjoy. With expanded percussion, plenty of syncopation and interesting melodic and accompaniment twists, this almost leaps off the page!
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£41.00Autumn in the Park
This light concert selection, with contrasting tonal colors and dynamics, reflects the beauty of warm days, cool nights and the vivid colors of this favorite time or year. Shared melodies between woodwinds and brass with the careful addition of percussion make this an easily prepared, yet educational and musically fulfilling, concert or festival selection at any time of the year.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£71.00The Quest
Taking the listener on an epic musical journey, this modern composition with strong melodic lines, expanded percussion opportunities, and moments of musical reflection will challenge and develop your Grade 3 band's expressive and technical abilities. Featuring several tempo changes, this is an excellent festival or contest programming choice that also works as a concert opener or closer.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£75.00Bandology - Eric Osterling
Using rich, full dance band chords and interesting rhythms, this standard of school and community bands for over 50 years, has been re-edited and corrected with the modern concert band in mind. A stop-time section for brass and percussion and a pleasingly lyrical trio have made this light concert march a perennial audience and performer favorite. This new edition will be a valuable addition to any band's library.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£41.00Start Your Engines
Start Your Engines plays homage to the iconic phrase "Gentlemen, start your engines," traditionally used at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This exciting concert selection for young band features the percussion section with opportunities for doubling parts if needed. The band "revs up" right at the beginning as the opposing eighth notes in the drums evoke a race car engine at the starting line. As the piece continues, the winds have opportunities to shine in comfortable ranges with reasonable technical demands. Start Your Engines is great for helping young bands sound their best at concert and beyond.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£53.00The Snake Pit
Everyone remembers the first time that they saw a snake. Though fascinating to some and terrifying to others, few animals are as universally mesmerizing. Composer Tyler Arcari has crafted a very fun piece making use ofauxiliary percussion instruments to emulate a snake's hiss or ominous rattle. With very strong and interesting melodic material, and scored to make a developing band sound great, this piece is sure to be a favorite among students.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£41.00Ballet of the Dinosaur Hatchlings
Ballet of the Dinosaur Hatchlingsisan imaginative and funselection for a beginning band with less than one year of instruction. Wind parts use only five pitches and only the percussion partsuse eighth notes. Two sound effects are required in the piece.First, the hatching eggs are portrayed by a ratchet, and second, the snapping dinosaurs jaws are represented by a slapstick. Ballet of the Dinosaur Hatchlings isan intriguing piece that beginning students are sure to love.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£56.00Arachnophobia and Fugue
Imagine Bach trying to compose in his studio while being pestered by a spider! Arachnophobia and Fugue exposes students to the Baroque style of music using dramatic contrasts, light articulation, chorale-style sections, and multiple references to Bach's works. The spider is represented by the xylophone and/or marimba supported by the flutes. As a humorous bonus, auxiliary percussion includes rolled-up newspapers to swat the pesky spider throughout the piece.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£53.00Ulterior Motifs - Matthew R. Putnam
The title, Ulterior Motifs, is a play on words but composer Matt Putnam had his own ulterior motives in mind when writing this piece. He wanted a piece that was fun to play and helped developing musicians work on their rhythmic skills. Putnam uses the feel of action film soundtracks to create the mood of this intriguing piece.Interesting grooves in the percussion part add to the mystery and thrill.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days