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£78.95Japanese Festival - Quincy C. Hilliard
This is an excellent contest work that explores the style and flavor of Japanese music. Characteristic scales and harmonies are coupled with extensive percussion that mimics authentic Japanese instruments. The scoring is bold and colorful, and challenging enough to please adjudicators and audiences alike!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£78.95Tall Cedars - Eric Osterling
This is incredibly good! It's a quite easy-to-play, fresh, sparkling concert march in the best tradition of melodic Eric Osterling marches. Absolutely perfect for contest, festivals or any other occasions where it is critically important to show your young band in the best possible light.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£72.95
Fughetta
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 7-14 working days
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£84.50
Jubilant Festival - Bill Calhoun
Jubilant Festival is a joyous piece that begins with a fanfare-like gesture and then leads to an uplifting melody in the woodwinds. This is followed by excellent counter-melodies melody in the woodwinds. This is followed by excellent counter-melodies in the middle voices and well-scored lyrical lines. A showcase piece for the young band that can be used at contest or festival performance, Jubilant Festival will impress the judges for sure!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£84.50
Mustangs - The Spirit of the West - Larry Clark
This piece was written by composer Larry Clark to depict the majesty of mustang horses that roam free in the American West. It is cast in a standard overture form with an opening section reminiscent of the music of western movie soundtracks. Followed by a lush and beautiful contrasting slow section, Mustangs - The Spirit of the West depicts the grace and power of these wonderful animals. This is a great choice for contest and festival performance for the young band.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£78.95
Hiland - Harold Bennett
The yearly release of a Larry Clark arrangement of a classic Harold Bennett (aka Henry Fillmore) young band march has become a tradition at Carl Fischer. These wonderfully tuneful marches are great choices for contest/festival and for teaching the standard American march form and style to your students. Larry has been a champion for getting young bands to play in this important style and has successfully brought us another lost gem by Henry Fillmore.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£78.95
Castlebay - Gene Milford
This fresh new setting of two traditional Scottish folk songs, Will Ye No Come Back Again and Keel Row, was written in honor of its namesake, the Scottish village Castlebay. Composer Gene Milford has crafted a well-scored offering for contest/festival performance that is reminiscent of English-style band pieces. After the striking opening, the piece moves to the more fiddle-like Keel Row in a lilting 6/8. All of the sections of the ensemble get to shine and the band will sound formidable with this piece.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£78.95
Echoes of the Cape - Alan Lee Silva
You will hear elements offerish 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 7-14 working days
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£84.50
Elation - Sean O'Loughlin
Elation's celebratory nature is contrasted by a thoughtful minor section in the middle of the work. This piece is musically challenging, but well worth it for your band. Alert your contest list committee. This has all of the makings of a standard for young bands!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£84.50
Everest - Top Of The World - Elliot Del Borgo
A musical tribute to the tallest mountain on the earth, this brilliant mono-thematic work has striking bell-like effects in the brass and makes superb use of a large percussion section. Contrasts in texture and articulation are numerous and the music is alternately bold, aggressive and haunting. This is another fine selection that can be considered for contest and festival use. Duration: 5'30"
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days