SKU: KJ.WB529F
UPC: 084027053072.
Enhance your bandâ??s articulation technique with this stately march. Articulation Station features simple quarter note rhythms and a limited range, providing a pefect setting to display accented, slurred, and separated notes. Correlates with Tradition of Excellence Book 1, page 12.
About Tradition of Excellence: Excellence in Performance
Excellence in performance is a concert band repertoire series correlated with the Tradition of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method by Bruce Pearson and Ryan Nowlin. The compositions in the series correlate to a specific page in Tradition of Excellence Books 1, 2, or 3 and reinforce and expand on skills and concepts introduced in the method./Selections include exciting parts for every player, grade-appropriate cross-cueing, accessible ranges and rhythms, creative percussion writing, electric bass and rehearsal piano parts, and full conductor scores with rehearsal suggestions, program notes and composer biographies. In addition, the Grade 1 works provide an Advanced Snare Drum part for percussionists who have achieved a higher level of ability, playable simultaneously with the more basic Snare Drum part to facilitate differentiated learning.
SKU: KJ.WB534F
UPC: 084027053195.
Shiver Me Timbers takes the ensemble to the high seas under the Jolly Roger. Inspired by the composerâ??s life-long fascination with pirate tales and the seafaring lives of pirates, this exciting piece in ¾ time takes you on a rollicking adventure. Yaaarrrgh!!! Correlates with Tradition of Excellence Book 1, page 33.
SKU: KJ.WB529
UPC: 084027053065.
SKU: KJ.WB535
UPC: 084027053201.
Tantrum depicts a full-blown emotional meltdown with stomping rhythms from percussion, grumpy melodies from the low brass, and whiny cries from the woodwinds and trombones! Engaging contrapuntal lines will help develop independent playing in your young band all while staying within a limited range of pitches. Correlates with Tradition of Excellence Book 1, page 30.
SKU: KJ.WB535F
UPC: 084027053218.
SKU: AP.98-RWS225875
SKU: AP.98-RWS231100
Inspired by Theodore Rooseveltâ??s famous speech, The Man in the Arena, To Dare Greatly is the perfect opener for your beginning bandâ??s first concert! This energetic work features bold fanfares, clever non-traditional harmonies (using only six notes!), and superbly scored ensemble moments that will make your beginners sound like experienced musicians and feel like rock stars!
SKU: AP.98-RWS232600
Composed in the style of an Olympic processional, Greet The Champions celebrates your program, school, or community's many victories. This work features memorable melodies and rhythmic patterns, and is written to be accessible to any beginning band. It is appropriate as a concert opener any time of the year. Letâ??s celebrate!
SKU: AP.98-RWS221100
Man Against Machine, inspired by the folk tale of John Henry, offers an opportunity for your students to practice musical storytelling. This legendary story is an opportunity for SEL (social emotional learning) in your classroom as you discuss grit and work ethic with your students. The educational possibilities are endless with this well written and crafted composition for the young band!
SKU: AP.98-RWS204675
SKU: AP.98-RWS190501
A Rocket To The Sun is an inspiring concert opener or closer for your beginning band! Written to commemorate NASAâ??s Parker Solar Probe, this piece offers the opportunity to connect students and audiences with current scientific discovery about the Sunâ??s corona and solar weather. Using the notes of the Bb concert scale and keeping the clarinets under the break, A Rocket To The Sun will reinforce technique and contrasting performance styles.
SKU: AP.49116
UPC: 038081563411. English.
This version of Escape from Thunder Mountain by Scott Watson is part of our Alfred FLEX offerings and is designed with maximum flexibility for use by any mix of instruments---wind, strings, and percussion, including like- or mixed-ensembles with as few as 4 players. The suggested instrumentation and a customizable Teacher Map will help you plan out how to best assign parts to suit your ensemble's needs. The 4-part instrumentation will support balanced instrumentation of the lower voices. It also comes with supplemental parts for maximum flexibility. With the purchase of this piece, permission is granted to photocopy the parts as needed for your ensemble. A percussion accompaniment track is also available as a free download. String parts have been carefully edited with extra fingerings and appropriate bowings to support students in mixed ensembles playing in less familiar keys. The tropical island volcano, Thunder Mountain, has lain dormant for years. As a party of adventurous researchers work atop the legendary mountain, it begins to shake with pre-eruption tremors! Check out this original composition by Scott Watson! (4:40) Percussion Accompaniment Track Downloads: with click without click.This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: KJ.WB512
UPC: 8402705058.
SKU: KJ.WB508
UPC: 8402704983.
SKU: KJ.WB504
UPC: 8402704968.
SKU: CF.FAS133F
ISBN 9781491165164. UPC: 680160924073. Key: D major.
Written within the range of the D major scale, this adventurous piece uses only quarter, half, and whole notes. Frequent unison rhythms will help young players build confidence as they venture into independent harmonic lines and expanding dynamic range. With Violin 2 doubling Viola and Cello doubling Bass, the simple scoring and scale-based passages will give even a small ensemble a big, full sound. Melodic material is passed to all sections and players can practice maintaining a steady tempo during a brief pizzicato section. Have fun exploring!
SKU: CF.FAS133
ISBN 9781491164761. UPC: 680160923670. Key: D major.
Written within the range of the D-major scale, this adventurous piece uses only quarter, half, and whole notes. Frequent unison rhythms will help young players build confidence as they venture into independent harmonic lines and expanding dynamic range. With Violin 2 doubling Viola and Cello doubling Bass, the simple scoring and scale-based passages will give even a small ensemble a big, full sound. Melodic material is passed to all sections and players can practice maintaining a steady tempo during a brief pizzicato section. Have fun exploring!
SKU: CF.BAS88
ISBN 9781491164730. UPC: 680160923649. Key: G major.
Using just 6 notes, Arco Echo explores G major in first position using only easy quarter- and half-note rhythms. A smooth detaché call-and-response between upper and lower string sections will help young students learn to listen across the ensemble, building confidence in simple three-part harmony with doubled Violin 2/Viola and doubled Cello/Bass. Optional piano is included for additional support, making this a fun first venture into independent counting.Arco Echo is a lighthearted piece for beginning string orchestra. It falls within the range of the first-year player. Young musicians can work on basic detaché bowing skills with a nice mix of half- and quarter-note rhythms, including some rests and minimal dynamic changes. All of the sections get a chance to play parts of the melody with an echo game of call-and-response between upper and lower string sections. The harmonies are very clear and direct, resulting in a solid concert selection that will give the young orchestra a big, confident sound.
About Carl Fischer Beginning String Orchestra Series
This series of Grade 1 pieces is designed for first year string groups. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
