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£71.50Recorder Rag - Sandy Feldstein
Feature students from the elementary Recorder class playing along with your Band in this fun ragtime-style piece that's perfect for recruitment! Place the Recorder section at the front of the Band so they can be heard and seen by their parents. This will be a smash hit!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£56.50
Emergence - Grant Michel
Emergence is a positive and uplifting composition for the youngest of concert band students that uses only the first six notes of the Bb concert scale. The sheer joy and excitement beginners exhibit from the discovery inherent in learning their instruments is a wonderful thing. This piece was written as a representation of that joy as these young students emerge from their first foray into music and glimpse of the musicians they can become.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£48.95The Good Life - Rob Grice
The Good Life was written to honor the music teachers that make a positive difference in the lives of their students. Their actions inspire students to imagine their own potential to become the best that they can be. (2:15)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£78.99They're Off! - Fred Jewell
Here's the perfect "chaser" or encore for any concert performance! This fun-filled, rollicking galop from the golden age of the circus is accelerated excitement for performers and audience alike. Suitable at a range of tempos (all fast!) your band will love seeing just how fast they can go! Certain to become a favorite!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£65.99
The Jazz/Rock Explosion - Bob (Robert) Lowden
This one's a gas! Features a small jazz combo backed up by the concert band. There are written solos for the combo players or they can do their own thing. Very Hip!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£76.80Huntsman's Holiday - Terry Kenny
The huntsman goes on a holiday and takes it easy.There are no agitated horns, but there is a quiet hunting-motif instead. A few moments later the horns want to sound off again, but they can be coaxed back to the holiday mood.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.90Many a Little makes a Mickle - Erik Waerts
Look for some variation in the concert program of your youth wind band and put your best clarinettists to the fore. In 'Many a little makes a mickle' they can prove that the 'little ones' have more strings to their bow.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£228.70Pulsar - The Metamorphosis of a Star - John Brakstad
4th July in 1054 AD one of the most spectacular events was witnessed in the Cosmos. A massive star blew out; a supernova explosion.From the Earth it appeared as a new, bright star; the most brilliant in the sky. It was visible for three weeks, also in daylight, before it then faded away.But what was left of it is spectacular. Today we call it the "Crab Nebula".And in the very centre of the Nebula lies the remnant of the star; the core crushed by the force of gravity.This is a rotating neutron star, a pulsar, just 20 kilometres across, but so dense that it weighs more than our sun.As the neutron star spins, ejected particles stream out from its poles at almost the speed of light.These jets create powerful beams that sweep around as the star rotates.When the beams sweep across the Earth, they can be heard as regular pulses. We call them pulsars.In this piece there are three percussion parts. In addition there is an "optional part" to replace the marimba and vibraphone written in the three original percussion parts if desired. This fourth part is shown in the full score.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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Apex - Peter Meechan
Apex is a solo which can be played on any instrument (the recording on this page is with the Chinese Er-hu). It was originally commissioned by Mark Bousie and David Armitage (President of Sellers International Ltd.) for the Sellers International Youth Band to perform at the Action Research Entertainment Contest in Blackpool, 2007.The accompaniments parts are simple, and they feature singing, as well plenty of percussion!Apex takes its title from the literal meaning of the word - the highest point.First performance:Sellers International Youth BandMark Bousie - ConductorJoe Murray - CornetPerformance notes:The singing parts are written in transposed pitch, and should be sung to an "ah" soundThe percussionists should feel free to add instruments (Such as bongos) and treat section C to the end as a guide, which they can change and build onFrom section C until the end, percussion parts 1 and 2 may be played by one percussionist on a drum set
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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£69.95Aylesbury Dances (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
The suite Aylesbury Dances was commissioned by the Aylesbury Concert Band to mark the occasion of their 25th Anniversary in 2019. Its three movements depict different aspects of Aylesbury: I. Pavane: The Town - Having read something of the town's history and its architecture I decided I wanted to write something ceremonial with the feel of music from Tudor times. Aylesbury was given its charter and borough status in 1554 by Mary Tudor so I took that as my starting point but then added some harmony that moves forward in time. This fits with the town's motto: Semper Prorsum (Always forward) and also with the Band's evolution from Aylesbury Town Band to Aylesbury Community Concert Band to Aylesbury Concert Band. The music can be defined as a pavane, or a cortege. The sense of procession is slightly disturbed by a 'Blue Leanie' moment. The Blue Leanie is an iconic Aylesbury building, an oblique rhombic prism which stands at an angle of 17% inclination. I took a quaver out of the time signature (I know the maths don't work!) to reflect this and added some bluer harmony at that point. This opening movement gives a sense of the grandeur and heritage of Aylesbury town and a chance for my friends from the brass section to warm up! II. Siciliana: Waterside - To balance the outer two movements, the middle movement of the suite has a slow lilting 6/8 rhythm. It is in the style of a Siciliana, a dance form originating in the baroque era. It is a graceful, tender and melancholic dance, cast here in a minor key and featuring the dark voice of the cor anglais. The Siciliana was often linked with pastoral scenes and Aylesbury itself sits amid some beautiful countryside. It may, therefore, seem a bit of a stretch to call this movement 'Waterside', especially as Aylesbury is so far from the sea, but the town has a theatre of that name and that was the genesis for this particular music. There is a statue of Ronnie Barker in the grounds of the Waterside theatre as he started his career in repertory theatre in Aylesbury, so I included a fleeting reference to the theme music of the comedy programme 'Open all Hours'. III. Frolic: Ducks in a Row - It was impossible to write a piece connected with Aylesbury without considering the famous Aylesbury ducks. Duck rearing was a major industry in the town in the 19th century. The white Aylesbury Duck is a symbol of the town, appearing on its coat of arms and in the logo of the Aylesbury Concert Band! This movement is all about trying to get the little darlings in a row so they can sing their 'Duck Chorus' together but they keep on scattering, flying off or swimming away as quickly as they can manage. It's a bit like watching ducks disperse when my dog jumps into the stream after them. Eventually we get more of them in a row - even though they protest. Hidden amongst the ducks is a reference to Erica Miller, saxophonist and chairman of the band, and there's even a veiled reference to a shark in the hope of getting them out of the water. Ducks in a Row is a fun romp bringing this suite of Aylesbury Dances to a suitably celebratory conclusion.- Rob Wiffin.Duration: 9.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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