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£56.00Japanese Pictures
Japanese Pictures draws inspiration from both traditional and modern Japanese music. The harmonies are western as suggested by the accompanying melodies, and the percussion is styled to give the sounds of a taiko drum ensemble. Young bands will find this piece intriguing and different. Use this work as part of your multi-cultural approach to teaching music appreciation. Also a good choice for contest or festival performance.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£56.00Echoes of the Cape
You will hear elements of Irish and Scottish music in this magnetic new composition from composer Alan Silva. There is a bardic nature to the piece, with low brass punches, strong percussion and flowing melodic lines in a modal style, plus hints of jigs and reels throughout. Alert your contest music committee about this strong new young band piece.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£56.00Fughetta - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Taken from piano repertoire, arranger Andrew Balent uses his long career of experience to provide bands with an exceptional teaching piece. Fughetta acts as an introduction to the Baroque style, and also teaches young students how to play contrapuntal music, a difficult and important skill. This piece has great potential for inclusion on contest/festival required lists.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£56.00Song of India - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
This sultry classical favorite from Rimsky-Korsakov is faithfully arranged for young bands by Andrew Balent. Andy has a knack for retaining the essence of standard classical repertoire, while toning the technical difficulties down to the students' ability levels. Paying close attention to dynamic changes and ensemble balance will make this a winner in contest and festival settings.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£71.00Winter On Emerald Bay
Bold music in the Celtic style from composer Alan Lee Silva, Winter on Emerald Bay has a rollicking 12/8 feel with lots of shifting textures and timbres. Emotions go from aggressive fanfare-like figures to flowing woodwind lines, punctuated by unique percussion scoring. This definitely has contest/festival potential.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£56.00Advance - Harold Bennett
Larry Clark continues to dig through all of the wonderful marches of Henry Fillmore (using the pseudonym Harold Bennett) to provide young bands everywhere excellent marches for contest/festival. These tuneful little gems are some of the best young band marches ever written and Advance is no exception. Directors have been eagerly awaiting yearly installments in the Bennett march series for over ten years.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£53.00Promised Land
Promised Land is a serious-sounding, new piece for the developing band that sounds much more difficult than it plays, allowing your students to show off while remaining at their ability level. The title has its roots in the ideals of John Humphrey Noyes, who founded the Oneida community in the late 1840s. He built a thriving agricultural and spiritual community that became his "promised land." The music depicts the struggles and triumph of those first settlers in the area, who worked the land and fought for their ideals through much persecution. Promised Land contains all of the rhythmic interest and memorable motives that Sean's music is so known for. It is also an excellent choice for contest/festival.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£56.00Oceania Dances
Oceania Dances uses traditional music from Tahiti and Hawaii, islands located in the geographic region of the Pacific Ocean commonly referred to as Oceania. The recurring rhythms, prominently presented in the percussion solo sections, are derived from frenetic percussion music used to accompany Tahitian dancers.This piece gives you the chance to include the music of other cultures, but yet still has all of the traits of solid band literature. You can't go wrong with this selection for contest/festival.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£34.95Maneno Ya - Dan Price
Commissioned in 2012 by the Penicuik Silver Band and included in their programme for the Borders Entertainments Contest, Maneno Ya is an African-themed anthem for band. Following the success and popularity of the work for brass band here is the...
Estimated dispatch 5-7 days
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£59.95Nocturne - Rolf Løvland - Ray Farr
No other Norwegian contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest has received more attention than this song did, back in 1995. Rod Franks, Co-principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra gave the premiere of this arrangement, with brass band accompaniment, with...
Estimated dispatch 5-7 days