SKU: HL.1152178
UPC: 196288119371. 6.75x10.5x0.062 inches.
Poet Langston Hughes writes, “A long time ago, an enslaved people heading toward freedom made up a song: Keep Your Hand on the Plow! Hold On! The plow plowed a new furrow across the field of history. Into that furrow, the freedom seed was dropped. From that seed a tree grew, is growing, will ever grow. That tree is for you, and me and everybody.†This is for an advanced choir with an accomplished accompanist.
SKU: HL.114464
UPC: 884088872670. 8.5x11.0x0.525 inches.
Quotes of the beloved spiritual “Hold On†are combined with excerpts from “Freedom's Plow†by Langston Hughes in this powerful and dramatic work commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony. Themes of the struggle for liberty and justice throughout America and the world make this a magnificent concert closer for festival and community performances with keyboard, bass and drums or the optional orchestral accompaniment! Available separately: SATB divisi, Orchestra score and parts (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt 1-3, tbn 1-2 [btbn], bells, perc 1-2, vn 1-2, va, vc, db). Duration: ca. 5:00.
SKU: HL.860547
UPC: 073999605471. 9.0x12.0x0.019 inches.
Explorer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 11) Get your beginning band off to a great start on their first concert! This impressive-sounding composition has bold lines for brass and contrasting melodies for woodwinds all with nothing faster than quarter notes (8ths in percussion). Guaranteed success. (1:50).
About Essential Elements Band Method
Abo ut Essential Elements Band Method: Essential Elements Band Method provides a complete system of books and accompanying materials that make the educator's job easier, and the students' learning more thorough and enjoyable. By Tom C. Rhodes, Donald Bierschenk, Tim Lautzenheiser, John Higgens, Linda Petersen.
SKU: MB.30762M
ISBN 9781513465692. 8.75x11.75 inches.
Civil War Suite for Classical Guitar is a collection of ten Civil War-era songs arranged in standard notation for the advanced solo classical guitarist. The suite includes music from the Confederacy and the Union, along with soldier's songs, parlor songs, and an African American spiritual. The sequencing of the pieces is designed to create a musical narrative, with songs grouped in a manner that shows various perspectives of the war before ultimately celebrating Union victory. Throughout the suite, extensive passages feature delightful special effects that emulate period instruments such as the banjo, snare drum, and fiddle. Includes access to online audio.
SKU: HL.4007728
UPC: 196288085126. 9.0x12.0x0.025 inches.
From the acclaimed album We Are by Jon Batiste (Grammy Award for album of the year), the New Orleans flavored hit song Freedom exudes a sense of joy and optimism rare in today's music. Paul Murtha's outstanding arrangement for band features plenty of rhythmic energy and powerful scoring.
SKU: HL.238676
ISBN 9781495098437. UPC: 888680700409. 9.0x12.0x0.425 inches.
Some of the most famous and enduring songs from “the great American songbook†have been selected and edited especially for singers in this landmark series, with songs from George & Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and many others. The music all dates from the 1920s to the early 1960s, in a musical style that pre-dates the rock era. The majority of the songs appear in all four volumes, though some songs are uniquely in the women's volumes or men's volumes. Unlike standard piano/vocal sheet music, the edition does not have the melody in the piano accompaniment, which gives the singer more vocal freedom. Keys have been carefully chosen for each voice type. Each volume also includes a historical note about each song, often citing recording artists who became associated with a song.
SKU: HL.238675
ISBN 9781495098420. UPC: 888680700393. 9.0x12.0x0.424 inches.
SKU: HL.48023006
UPC: 884088955113. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Written at a song-writing workshop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, this song explores the importance of looking inside one's heart to find real freedom. The gentle, reflective opening is followed by a powerful chorus and bridge, and then the piece closes quietly.
SKU: HL.4492887
UPC: 196288091288. 9.0x12.0x0.028 inches.
Jonathan Batiste's Grammy-award winning anthem to freedom comes to life in this sparkling G major string orchestra arrangement by Paul Murtha. With all the verve and spirit of the original, you'll soon have students doing Batiste's famous dances moves as part of the performance!
SKU: HL.3746599
UPC: 196288089162. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches.
From the acclaimed album We Are by Jon Batiste (Grammy Award for album of the year), the New Orleans flavored hit song Freedom exudes a sense of joy and optimism rare in today's music. This is a great simmering groove for dance groups or just rockin' the stands.
