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Refining The March Style
Based on our popular New Bennett Band Book series, we have compiled march-style warm-ups in a separate publication so they may be used by all bands wishing to learn from them. These innovative warm-ups and fundamental drills are the ultimate method of teaching and reinforcing the March style.
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£78.95
Have A Reggae Christmas Mon
We Three Kings, Silent Night and Jingle Bells are given colorful, laid-back treatment in this great new seasonal medley by Larry Clark. Each carol gets its own "Reggae" groove, with a slightly different tempo. The inventive Caribbean-styled percussion writing will make this piece a real crowd-pleaser. Duration: 3'
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£84.50
March in The Shadows - Ed Kiefer
If you are looking for a different type of march to play this coming year, look no further. Here is a serious, yet quirky little march from composer Ed Kiefer for young bands. Beginning very quietly and in a minor key, it reminded the composer of something lurking in the shadows, hence the title. We know your students will like it.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£64.99
A Coventry Christmas - Paul Curnow
Three engaging carols unite in this novel Christmas setting from Paul Curnow. The beautiful "Coventry Carol", the resounding "First Noel" and the joyful "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" are skillfully interwoven to make this arrangement fit anywhere in your young band's winter program. It even works as a Christmas concert finale!Carefully controlled ranges and rhythms and simple modulations make A COVENTRY CHRISTMAS accessible to most young bands and entirely appropriate percussion writing keeps everyone involved during rehearsals.Let these cherished carols ring out at your winter concert this year!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£67.50
Celebrate the Gift - Douglas Court
Modern sounds of syncopation and colorful harmonies adorn this inventive medley of traditional Christmas songs. Four carols are featured, including: Good King Wenceslas; Jingle Bells; The First Noel and Angels We Have Heard On High. Bands at the easy level will master this with no trouble in time for your holiday concert! Very nice!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£69.99
Celestial Odyssey - Timothy Johnson
The pure excitement of space exploration and discovery are proclaimed in the moving work for young band. We follow the progress of the astronauts from their launch, through a tranquil space walk, and back into our atmosphere for a dramatic ending, stopping for a brief saxophone solo on the way. The tempo never lags, even in the contemplative portions of the piece, and there is plenty of technically challenging yet playable passages to go around.
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£141.99Inventions from the Sacred Harp - James Curnow
We urge you to look at this important new composition by James Curnow. This symphonic variant style treatment of themes based on the shape-note tune Resignation is a magnificent compositional exploration. Once your group has achieved the ability to perform at this level of difficulty, they deserve to play music with the challenge and masterful quality that Inventions from the Sacred Harp presents. Even a brief analysis of the score reveals composition and development techniques that are reserved for pieces on an impressive scale. A more thorough analysis lets you appreciate the complexity of the compositional processes found in the very fabric of this major work.The historical significance of The Sacred Harp provides the opportunity for some cross-curricular work as well.
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£69.99Rejoice and be Merry - James Curnow
This heart-warming Christmas selection makes use of three complementary carols Rejoice and Be Merry, The First Noel and We Wish You a Merry Christmas in creative and artistic ways. While preparing for your winter concert, this is a perfect vehicle to establish the foundational concepts of good phrasing and balance with your young group. Bringing these items into focus early in the academic year will pay dividends as your year progresses. In addition there are enough contrasting style considerations to make this a remarkably good teaching tool on many levels. Quality!
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£154.99Symphonic Variations - Jacob de Haan
This composition is based on a passacaglia theme, in which artistic perfection, symphonic drama and oriental melody lines play a role. The passacaglia is originally a dance made up of a series of variations above a bass line constantly present as an ostinato. It is not in this sense that the "Symphonic Variations" are in the passacaglia form but in the sense of the open form of the variations. Jacob de Haan, himself originally an organist, took his inspiration for this piece from the famous passacaglia for organ in C-minor by J.S. Bach. Following the introduction of the passacaglia theme (in the bass) the entry by the trumpets and trombones forms the majestic start to amusical adventure, in which this theme (often fragmentary) returns in variations. Then there follow two faster movements with dramatic contrasts and virtuose passages. Particularly striking here is the use of two characteristic intervals from the beginning of the theme namely the minor second and the augmented fourth. An apause in the composition comes in the slow bridge where a syncopated bourdon (perfect fifth) is constantly repeated. The tension grows in dynamics and harmony, and the oriental-flavour becomes obvious in the melody. We arrive at a faster movement via an accelerando, in which a perpetuum mobile based on the passacaglia theme is central. Finally the whole flows into a martial theme, in which the ostinato accompaniment n the descant derives from the passacaglia theme.
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£67.50Four Chants about Saint Stephen the King
Jnos Galli (1921-2006) was a conductor, composer, music teacher, a well-known and highly respected personality in Hungarian wind music life. As a music teacher he directed numerous string and wind ensembles and choirs, made hundreds of transcriptions for wind orchestras, and instrumented works for ensembles of all sizes and formations. The most important of his works are his series of volumes of marches, folksong arrangements and church music. He was excellent at instrumentation. For its fine sound and easy playability we recommend to youth wind bands and their conductors this work of his composed in memory of the king who founded the Hungarian state.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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