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£84.99Humanos - Jan Van der Roost
Jan Van der Roost was commissioned to write this hymn by the "International Association for Human Rights" in Frankfurt. The commission specified that the instrumentation of this simple hymn should be so, that it can be performed by a variety of combinations of players. The piece starts with an "intrada" for brass ensemble based on the first bars of the hymn, but is "ad libitum" and can therefore be omitted. The coda can also be left out, depending on the available instrumentation. The piece should be played "legato" to accentuate its hymn-like character.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£76.99Paper Cut - Alex Shapiro
Composer Alex Shapiro's piece Paper Cut is reminiscent of a movie soundtrack to which the musicians can imagine their own dramatic scene. Paper Cut is written to make the players themselves part of the action with choreographed maneuvers that look as compelling as they sound. In fact, the band members don't even play their instruments until halfway into the piece - instead they play paper along with a prerecorded track! The unusual element of paper and the myriad sounds that can emerge from something so simple offers a fresh view of what music-making can be and opens everyone's ears to the sonic possibilities found among everyday objects. Although Paper Cut was composed with middle schoolers in mind, it's also suited to more advanced musicians, since the paper techniques and the skill of playing against a prerecorded track are interesting for all ages. To perform the piece, you'll need an audio system capable of playing the prerecorded audio tracks from a laptop computer via a small digital audio interface connected to an audio mixer. Download information is provided in the printed piece. A free downloadable interdisciplinary curriculum for teaching Paper Cut is also available for download 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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£149.40Stjernen og Rosa - John Philip Hannevik
The Star and a Rose is a big-scale Christmas piece for band, featuring four seasonal chorales.The first is a Gregorian-like chant Hodie Christus natus est.In this section of the piece, a soloist can be placed away from the band, maybe on a gallery. The soloist can be a tenor instrument, maybe trombone, or you can feature a vocal soloist.After this, the music leads us on to the old German Christmas chorale Lo, how a rose e'er blooming. This song is given a fairly rhythmical treatment, but make sure that the melody is presented in a cantabile style.An interlude follows, before the piece presents one of the most used and loved Scandinavian Christmas chorales, Mitt hjerte alltid vanker (My Heart will always wander), composed by the Danish bishop Hans Adolph Brorson around 1732. This song is building towards a climax, before the solo horn brings it all down to the Stable view described in the lyrics.Then comes a transition that brings us in to the final section of the piece, which presents the international Christmas Carol Adeste Fideles. As many will notice, I have borrowed a section from David Wilcocks majestic harmonization towards the end.The title of the piece has its background form the lyrics in My heart will always wander, where the text speaks about the stars in the sky. But also in the latin text for Adeste Fideles:Stella duce, Magi, Christum adorantesThe Rose is of course from the lyrics in the chorale Lo, how a Rose.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£57.50Carrying You from "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" - Joe Hisaishi
New Sounds in Concert Band Series(NSB) for small band with 2-part choir Duration: approx.4'10" Arranged by Eiji Suzuki"Carrying You" was composed as a theme song to Castle in the Sky, an animated film produced by Studio Ghibli and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, released in 1986. The composer for Castle in the Sky was originally not Joe Hisaishi, but the director Miyazaki strongly requested him. The director told Hisaishi his vision for the film, and based on the world he imagined, Hisaishi made a collection of music called the Image Album. The melody that later becomes the basis for "Carrying You" was born from this album. However, the director Miyazaki was not planning on including a theme song in this film. Isao Takahata, the producer, proposed including a song, for the audience to think over the film at the end. He wanted the audience to think, "While the protagonists sought for the treasure, they didn't obtain any treasure. What did they obtain instead?" They thought, if they are going to create a theme song, it should be something organically connected with the entire film. Takahata requested the director Miyazaki to write the lyrics for the theme song. And to Hisaishi, he gave instructions to create a melody for the theme song using an instrumental piece called "Pazu and Sheeta" from the image album mentioned above. Director Miyazaki handed a piece of memo with lyrics to Takahata. "Carrying You" we hear now is this lyrics with some changes, set to Hisaishi's music. The melody is used at the opening of the film as well as the scene where Laputa is destroyed, and the song is used for the ending. Performance Advice from Arranger Suzuki: This is an extremely simple arrangement that can be performed by lower grade bands and singers. Of course, it can be played without singers and chorus, but the contents of the lyrics are very tasty so if possible, we recommend that you perform using the voices. Depending on your resources, the voice parts can be done as all solo, all female chorus, and so on.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.99The Spirit of Christmas - Jacob de Haan
The Spirit of Christmas is a medley of charming Christmas carols, all with an international character. The medley consists of the following five carols: Away in a Manger - The First Noel - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - O Come, All YeFaithful and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. A four-part choir part in English has been added which can be used ad lib. or you can also opt for singing the melody line only, for example with a soloist and/or the congregation. The arrangementis not too high pitched so that the work can also be used in combination with a children's or High School choir.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£65.99Intervalic - Sandy Feldstein
This festival-style piece was written to teach students to recognize most of the major and minor melodic intervals through the two main themes presented. As a bonus, the back page of the parts includes both melodies written out for all instruments so that you can use the piece to teach this concept. Lesson plan materials are included with the score. This piece correlates to Book 2 in "The Yamaha Advantage" band method, but can be used with any program of study.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£72.99Jazz Cocktail Suite - I. Spicy - Marc Jeanbourquin
Jazz Cocktail Suite is a sparkling work in three movements where every note is an explosion of flavours! The light and festive first movement (Spicy) begins with sparkling brass and dancing rhythms, then we're off to Latin America, with its bewitching rhythms and sunny melodies, for the second movement (Caliente). Finally, the third movement (Xplosion) tops it all off with a musical explosion of swing, groove, solos, and pure energy.This piece can be performed as a whole, but it is also possible to play just one of the movements, which can be ordered by way of the following edition numbers:2260-26-010 MI. SPICY2261-26-010 MII. CALIENTE2262-26-010 MIII. XPLOSION
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£76.99Jazz Cocktail Suite - III. Xplosion - Marc Jeanbourquin
Jazz Cocktail Suite is a sparkling work in three movements where every note is an explosion of flavours! The light and festive first movement (Spicy) begins with sparkling brass and dancing rhythms, then we're off to Latin America, with its bewitching rhythms and sunny melodies, for the second movement (Caliente). Finally, the third movement (Xplosion) tops it all off with a musical explosion of swing, groove, solos, and pure energy.This piece can be performed as a whole, but it is also possible to play just one of the movements, which can be ordered by way of the following edition numbers:2260-26-010 MI. SPICY2261-26-010 MII. CALIENTE2262-26-010 MIII. XPLOSION
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£68.99Jazz Cocktail Suite - II. Caliente - Marc Jeanbourquin
Jazz Cocktail Suite is a sparkling work in three movements where every note is an explosion of flavours! The light and festive first movement (Spicy) begins with sparkling brass and dancing rhythms, then we're off to Latin America, with its bewitching rhythms and sunny melodies, for the second movement (Caliente). Finally, the third movement (Xplosion) tops it all off with a musical explosion of swing, groove, solos, and pure energy.This piece can be performed as a whole, but it is also possible to play just one of the movements, which can be ordered by way of the following edition numbers:2260-26-010 MI. SPICY2261-26-010 MII. CALIENTE2262-26-010 MIII. XPLOSION
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£62.95Looking Up - Patrick Roszell
Going through a major life change can be tough, but it can show you strengths you never knew you had. Written with flowing melodies and lush harmonies, Looking Up, by Patrick Roszell
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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