Our First Band Concert

Score and Parts-Samuel Barber's First Essay arranged by Joseph Levey for Concert Band. Score/parts. Previously only available on rental this new publication of Barber's FirstEssay (ca. 1930) is a welcome addition to the literature. This edition includes newly discovered historical information on Barber's personal edits and revisions - including adding original music - to thearrangement prior to his approval for publication. Set in the original orchestral key this arrangement by Joseph Levey has been performed by several of the most prestigious concert bands. This deserves a seriouslook for mature groups.    

You only have had a couple of months of lessons and already you are to play a solo at your band's annual gala concert. in a big concerthall on a huge platform and in front of people from your own town or village. Now there's something ! This circumstance inspired Jerry Bensman into writing your very first solo piece with band accompaniment. The solo part may be played by various instruments and was kept very simple indeed. Parts are available in various transpositions and keys.

Ensemble Concepts-Introducing the first-ever curriculum for high school band! Essential Musicianship for Band is the perfect tool to assist your ensemble in developing the skills needed to read rehearse and perform band repertoirewith precision and artistry. Using proven methods for superior sound production and ensemble technique your students will transform printed notes into a meaningful musical experience. Fits easily into the traditional concert bandsetting. Ensemble Concepts is designed to help ensembles to acquire maximum performance skills while increasing overall musicianship. Every aspect of ensemble development is introduced individually in developmentalorder then combined for more advanced practice.Also available in the Essential Musicianship curriculum: • Masterwork Studies (HL00960078 – 00960095) focuses on six landmarkcompositions for band (score/parts not included). Two CD-ROMs are included featuring: 1. Exemplary recordings of each work performed by some of the world's finest ensembles 2. Practice “loops” onthe more difficult passages for each individual instrument including tempo adjustment software on-screen assessment and a built-in metronome 3. Scale arpeggio and articulation studies in all keys• Ensemble Concepts – Fundamental Level (HL00960110 – 00960127)• Ensemble Concepts – Intermediate Level (HL00960129 – 00960146)

First published in 1964 this dynamic work endures as a classic for young concert bands. Heavily influenced by the modal folk idiom found in early Welch and British band works this new edition features a full score and isdedicated by the composer to the memory of Dr. Frederick Fennell. Dur: 5:35 (Includes full performance CD)

based on The First Noel-Using a beloved carol as a point of departure John has crafted a marvelous piece for holiday concerts. Sensitive and lyrical in nature it also features nice emotional pacing and superb scoring for young bands. Dur: 2:40

My First Christmas Concert-La nouvelle collection Essential Elements European Band Series offre des pièces de concert idéales pour les Classes d?Orchestre les Orchestres Juniors ou les Orchestres à l?école. Ces pièces ont été conçues parallèlement et en complément de la méthode Essential Elements mais peuvent également être utilisées de manière indépendante. Chaque set est livré avec un CD sur lequel est enregistrée la version intégrale du morceau. Essential Elements European Band Series est une collection efficace pour progresser avec plaisir et satisfaction.MEIN ERSTES WEIHNACHTSKONZERT : My First Christmas Concert (Mon premier concert de Noël) s?ouvre avec uneIntrada festive suivie de la mélodie du chant Venez mes enfants. Le développement offre une mosaïque de quelques célèbres noëls d?ici et d?ailleurs. Le medley se conclut par un finale joyeux : Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann (Le père Noël vient demain). Réjouissons-nous ! / Œuvre accessible à partir de la page 9 Essential Elements 1

This exciting concert opener will thrill your audience and musicians alike. The energetic opening and robust theme make a strong statement as you kick off your young band concert. Plenty of expression details make this one an excellent choice for the young band's first festival as well. In James Curnow's SUNCATCHER truly exciting music is available even for your developing band.

Peter Kleine Schaars a composé First Concerto (?Premier Concerto?) à la demande de plusieurs amis chefs d?Orchestres à Vent. La partie solo est écrite pour flûte(s) à bec. Cette pièce de concert à quatre voix pour ensemble à instrumentation variable est disponible dans deux tonalités différentes. Cela permet d?accompagner un instrument soliste (ou groupe d?instruments) autre que la flûte à bec. First Concerto se compose d?une marche d?une ballade et d?un rock.

Anniversary Overture was commissioned in 1968 as a twenty-first birthday piece for Hong Kong Philharmonic Society and is a four-minute firework display for orchestra. Within the framework of a two-four Allegro giubiloso Arnold alternates two major themes one breezy the other tender developing them extensively and landing resoundingly in F major. This new transcription brings an exuberant work to the field of symphonic wind band for the first time.

Score-The suggestion that I write my autobiography was made at a time when anyone who did not write one risked being called eccentric. It became and still is a major sport among the oldsters. Some of the contemporary books are goodreading indeed. One of the best of them is the result of an enormous research job as is brought out in the introduction to the work. Imagine spending long hours and traveling many miles to find out about oneself: I am sure Iwould be one of the first to be utterly bored by the subject. It was not so easy however to dismiss the whole idea as my friends presented it.The only answer I could think of with any degree of enthusiasm was this one written purely for whatever pleasure it could give. My own part of the pleasure is mostly in utilizing the musical language of the concert band with its apparently inexhaustible colors and its fabulous vitality.The form(if the term has any right being here) is seven short pictures each about two minutes long of my own personal seven ages. The two-minute idea may be the result of the loudspeakers spread all over the hotel in Arizona where thepiece was composed. There was no getting out of ear-shot of those two-minute gems - in the dining rooms around the swimming pools by the putting green everywhere-but I honestly do not believe any of them crept into what I waswriting. I do not believe I paid much more than passing attention to them.Part Two:IV. 1916: Mo. to N.Y.V. 1919: The Merrill MiracleVI. 1926: A Parisian in ParisVII. 1935: What Was theQuestion?The three of my seven ages in Part One took us to the legal end of my youth. Gathering up my unspectacular belongings including my entire fortune of less than two hundred dollars I swooped down on New Yorkfor no more reason than that it was New York and had a street in it called Broadway. The music borrows two or three rhythms from the era but the only note-for-note quote is what the bugler at Camp Funston played every morning

Score-From Samuel Barber's acclaimed First Symphony here is a masterful adaptation for band of the stunningly beautiful lyric movement. While carefully preserving Barber's original intent Richard L. Saucedohas created a setting that effectively suits the band medium.

Add a Latin-rock touch to your first Christmas concert with this terrific arrangement. A great way to introduce Latin percussion instruments and rhythms to your beginning band.

Jay Bocook has demonstrated his inventive arranging touch in this collage of traditional carols each with a striking new treatment. This outstanding arrangement can be the centerpiece of your Christmas concert for years to come.Includes: Adeste Fidelis; O Come O Come Emmanuel; Good King Wenceslas; The First Noel; and Angels We Have Heard On High.

First Jazz est une pièce aux rythmes du swing. André Waignein compositeur et arrangeur à succès a structuré cette pièce selon la forme musicale A-B-A. First Jazz est idéal pour se familiariser avec le jazz. Laissez-vous séduire par l?art du swing.