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£67.50
Horse of la Mancha - Mike Hannickel
Cross-curricular connection at its best! Your music students can bring Don Quixote's faithful but ramshackle horse Rozinante to life with this delightful new concert band piece by young band specialist Mike Hannickel. You will find lots of articulation and dynamic contrasts, along with other important teaching considerations. Don Quixote is one of the world's great comic heroes. Shouldn't his horse get a little credit too?
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£62.95
Through Courageous Eyes - Brian Balmages
This innovative work makes use of an optional piano part that is most likely playable by someone already in the band. It was written in honor of Matt Rhodes, a student at John T. Baker Middle (Damascus, MD), who passed away during a battle with spina bifida. It represents his kindness, courage, and determination despite his confinement to a wheelchair. An opening ethereal section and chorale moves into an exciting portrayal of life which concludes with a humorous ending that was very characteristic of Matt. A very musical new composition which teaches much more than notes.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£72.99Celebration On a Theme by Saint-Saens - James Curnow
Celebration was written for and dedicated to a promising young musician and leader whose life was needlessly taken by a drunk driver. To capture the spririt of this fine young person, Curnow uses excerpts from the Saint-Saens 'Organ Symphony' in three contrasting variations, An imaginative piece that is inspirational for both players and audiences alike.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£292.00Marco Polo (French text) - Antonio Rossi
Marco Polo (Venice, 1254), son of Venetian merchants, left in 1271 with his father Niccol and his uncle Matteo, towards the distant China at the court of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. The long journey, which lasted three and a half years, led the Polos to cross Turkey, Central Asia, the Pamir, and the Gobi desert. The intelligence of the young Marco and his curiosity towards new customs and languages raises the interest of the emperor so much that he decides to keep him at his court by appointing him ambassador. This assignment takes him to newly conquered southern China and other parts of southern Asia. In 1292, the Great Kublai Khan agrees, albeit reluctantly, to let him go.Marco, after 17 years at his service, can finally return to Venice, but not before completing a last mission for the Grand Khan: accompanying his niece, Princess Kokachin, to Persia, where she would marry. A few years after his arrival in Venice, Marco finds himself involved in a naval battle against the Genoese people in which the Venetians are defeated. Consequently, Marco is captured and taken to prison in Genoa. There, he meets the storyteller Rustichello da Pisa to whom he tells the story of his adventurous journey. After his release, Marco returned to Venice and led a comfortable life until his death in 1324.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£280.50Of Strife (1. From A Time Of Strife) - Eric Ewazen
A commission by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West allowed Ewazen to consider the ten years following the events of 9/11/2001, resulting in A Time of Strife, a Time of Peace. The first movement considers the long wars and the losses entailed through soaring lyrical lines above a rhythmic, pounding accompaniment, as Ewazen puts it. The second movement is a bittersweet celebration on the death of the perpetrator and a future of joy, peace, and life. Ewazen says, A burst of joyous energy bringing this chapter in our history to a close.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Haunted House - John Prescott
From the composer who brought us Aliens Landing, the stage is now set for some ghostly fun! Like the soundtrack to a scary movie, listeners will experience sounds and effects that create a spooky atmosphere - and if thats not enough, add some effects of your own! Spooky laughter or the sound of creaking doors - students and directors are encouraged to add additional sounds to help bring this haunted house to life!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50Ragansong - Robert E. Foster Jr.
A beautiful ballad written for the composers daughter, Ragan, the songs is a reflection of her quiet and unassuming demeanor and the beauty and love of a fathers bond to his child. This moving and lyrical work begins with a gentle lullaby presented by the woodwinds which represents her at sleep. As the work progresses, it gradually builds until the full ensemble depicts Ragans dynamic personality and joy of life. It then unwinds as it began, as though you are watching your child gradually fall asleep in your arms. An effective, slower piece that will showcase musicianship and musicality through lush lines and beautiful phrases.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99Emoji Festival - Jerry A. West
These delightful ideograms have become a standard feature of everyday life! They show up everywhere, so why not on your beginning musicians concert programs? This lighthearted and upbeat music reflects the fun aspect of these memorable characters and is sure to captivate your young players and their audiences.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99New Horizons - Jay Taylor
An impressive work for beginners to play on their very first concert. This majestic work is carefully written so young players can learn quickly while sounding confident and accomplished. The music conveys the feeling of excitement at the start of a new experience - like the exuberance of that very first concert, or the beginning of their journey in life - growing and exploring new horizons.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£289.99Poema Alpestre - Franco Cesarini
For Franco Cesarini, who was born in a country where the majestic Alps dominates all horizons, mountains are a natural part of life. This majesty is reflected by the words of Alan Hovhaness: "Mountains are symbolic meeting places of the material and spiritual world." In seven successive parts, Cesarini has alternated moments of reality and matter with moments of intangible spiritualism.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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