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£64.99The Soulful Sixties
The music of the '60s was just about as diverse as musically imaginable. And in the midst of it all, Motown continued to crank out hit after hit of catchy rhythm-based tunes. Here is a medley that is sure to be enjoyed by all agesthat includes: I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Land of a Thousand Dances, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman and Ain't No Mountain High Enough.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£137.99Suite of Old American Dances (Deluxe Edition) - Robert Russell Bennett
MusicWorks - Grade 4 Score and Parts One of the band repertoire treasures of all time, this uniquely American work by Robert Russell Bennett continues to stand the test of time as it moves triumphantly into its sixth decade! This marvelous new printing features a full score detailing all parts, as well as program notes and extensive historical background information. Carefully researched by Dr. Edward Higgins from the original editions, many inconsistencies and part errors have also been corrected. This beautifully engraved deluxe edition is destined to become a staple in every band's library of serious works.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£57.50Hambone - Libby Larsen
Libby Larsen used three inspirations from her life to write Hambone. First, she was inspired by early rock 'n roll rhythms, particularly those written by Bo Diddley, from her high school days when she had her own rock band. The second inspiration is the African-American tradition of hamboning - clapping and slapping to create fun, new rhythms, and finally the melodies of the traditional cakewalk, reminiscent of Debussy's Golliwog's Cakewalk. The curriculum explores all three of these inspirations with various musical and visual examples, and explains African American oral traditions, linking this piece to places all over the world, from Ghana and the Ivory Coast to Paris, France. A free downloadable interdisciplinary curriculum for teaching Hambone is available at www.BandQuest.org. Learn more on YouTube! 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.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.99X Factor - Michael Oare
Composed entirely in a single fast tempo, this distinctive work uses a 2-measure rhythmic pattern as the underlying unifying element. Intensity and pacing are skillfully created using dynamics along with instrument groups added in layers, all culminating in an exciting finish.Featuring some unpredictable twists and turns, this one is fun for all sections of the band!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£57.50Motown Forever
Motown Records is responsible for some of the most remembered and cherished songs in all of popular music. Here is a medley of hits from some of Motown's biggest names including Stop! In The Name Of Love (Diana Ross and the Supremes), I'll Be There (The Jackson 5), and Shop Around (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles). This one will be popular with audiences of all ages.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£47.50First Concepts Warm-ups - Larry Norred
This is one or the most interesting, useful teaching aids ever developed for beginning bands. It's full of chorales, exercises and rounds, all designed to reinforce concepts you are trying to teach in day to day work. The percussion section gets special emphasis, with parts that will keep the players' attention without being too difficult. The PENTATONIC TECHMIQUE BUILDER section can be used in many ways. Since it is all pentatonic, you can even craft your own approaches using any Orff-style techniques you may prefer.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£32.50Jingleosity - James Curnow
James Curnow's clever arrangement of Jingle Bells masterfully keeps the range and rhythm demands at a pre-grade 1 level while assuring that all the players have fun in the preparation and performance. Every section is fullyinvolved, and the low woodwinds and brass get a little special time all their own. Great step dynamics are the perfect opportunity to make sure your players show a significant difference at each change. That's the kind ofpreparation that will pay off down the road at festival time in the spring. There's also plenty to keep your fledgling percussion section busy. Cool!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.80Solemnity - Alexandre Carlin
Solemnity was composed when the composer came back from his first Midwest Clinic in Chicago. Inspired by all the concert bands performing there, and all the fellow composers met at this occasion, he decided to write a kind of fanfare work, leading to a fast theme on a driving rhythm.The piece begins like a fanfare with a solemn character which gives the title of the work, the brass here have a nice part to play. Then, a new theme full of energy, using the same rhythmic motive as the fanfare theme, is exposed by the high woodwinds and finally by more instruments. The central part is a slow one, where a melancolic theme is exposed by the oboe, and finally the rest of the band. After a fugato section, the energic theme is back to lead to a brilliant coda.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£169.99Huckleberry Finn Suite - Franco Cesarini
American author Mark Twain spent seven years writing Huckleberry Finn - the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on the Mississippi provides a panoramic view of Southern society, which Twain saw as beset by greed, violence and coldhearted brutality in the guise of virtue. At the end of the book, Huck definitively abandons the hypocrisy and cant on which he has been raised when he makes the shocking decision to go to hell rather than betray his friend Jim and send him back to slavery. This suite portrays all the adventure of this great romantic novel and will delight performers and audiencealike.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.95
Olympia - Brian Balmages
This fanfare captures the spirit of Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. The Games began in 776 B.C. in honor of Zeus. Since then, they have become the central location for heroes and champions to compete for the highest honors in the world. This work also serves as a reminder that heroes are all around us - in teachers who stay after school to help students, in parents who strive to give their children the best possible lives, and most of all in students themselves, the young champions of our world who see nothing between them and their dreams. The mallet part calls for multiple sets of bells (or other metallic instruments such as the vibraphone). Certainly,two to three players can really make this an effective part. There are two Percussion 1 parts included: a normal part and an advanced part. The level of the snare drummer will determine which part should be used. However, both parts may be used simultaneously if percussionists are available.
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