Rare is the drummer who is both influwntial and essential to a genre but Billy Cobham is just that in regards to jazz and consequently to music in general. He's performed with Miles Davis - displaying his ambidextrous drumming on classic recordings. This play-along package features selections from Spectrum where the individual instrument tracks are remixed so that the musician/student can play along in essence filling in for any key member of the London Jazz Orchestra with whom this project was recorded. The experience is one that Cobham describes as 'accessible yet challenging'.

Score and parts to this mock serenade for brass instruments and percussion. One can only imagine the wild reverberations that echoed throughout the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Bernstein's Shivaree was played to commemorate its Centenary!

‘Biberussa’ the old name of the small town of Beverst in Belgium is a combination of the words ‘biber’ and ‘ussa’ meaning beaver and river. This concert march was composed for the 100th anniversary of the Koninklijke Harmonie (Royal Concert Band) ‘Ons Verlangen’ from Beverst a place where the composer had his first musical training. After the opening passage a proud heroic theme is heard. As a contrast it is followed by a simple chorale melody and both themes then appear simultaneously in a grand tutti passage. This is followed by a cantabile trio with a majestic reprise of the main theme bringing the work to a close.

La sirène vient de retentir les pompiers décalent. Nous les suivons en mission de nuit. Rapidement la situation se révèle dramatique le tempo s’accélère et les sonorités dissonantes se multiplient. Le jeu des percussions et des instruments graves est marqué tandis que les lignes mélodiques offrent une certaine fluidité. Les contrastes recherchés sont réussis les contours descriptifs palpitants !

A Christmas Suite est une œuvre élégante et festive du compositeur néerlandais Jan de Haan né en 1951 à Warns aux Pays-Bas. Noël jour de joie et d’allégresse. Noël jour de fête pour les Hommes. Noël en musique annonce avec solennité la naissance du divin Enfant.

for Piano- This edition contains five of Erwin Schulhoff 's jazz-inspired Piano cycles with a total of thirty-five pieces ranging from the relatively easy Esquisses de jazz (1927) to the fairly demanding Cinq études de jazz (1926). This is the first Urtext edition of this music and draws on the original prints comparing them with the surviving handwritten sources. Errors have been corrected and distinctive traits of Schulhoff ’s notation retained. Erwin Schulhoff was a German-speaking composer who was born in Prague in 1894 and died in the Nazi concentration camp in Wülzburg (Bavaria) in 1942. In the 1920s he returnedto his native Prague to teach at the local conservatory. His compositions with their blend of traditional genres jazz syncopations dance rhythms and moderately expanded tonality were fully attuned to the tenor of the times. First Urtext edition of these jazz-inspired works for Piano. Foreword (Ger/Cz/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng).

10 Etudes (English text)

A new edition of this catchy minimalist piece composed in 1989 and now firmly established in the repertoire of leading performers such as Thomas Trotter John Scott and David Sanger. There have been four CD recordings to date. Ad Wammes (born 1953) studied composition with Ton de Leeuw Theo Loevendie and Klaas de Vries piano with Edith Lateiner-Grosz and electronic music with Ton Bruynèl. He played keyboard with the symphonic rock group Finch and is an established composer for television and for the stage. Miroir (Mirror) was first composed in 1989 for Stephen Taylor upon his appointment at the Nicolaïkerk in Utrecht. This catchy piece is written in a minimalist style with the right hand playing the same pattern in every bar while the left hand and pedal add extra detail and little wisps of melody. The shimmering textures create a hypnotic effect like dancing rays or light reflected in the glass. This is the revised edition first published in 2007. Ad Wammes (b. 1953) is a Dutch composer and pianist. He is best known for his electronic music and compositions for Organ many of which have received international acclaim.

Variationen auf ein ungarisches Volkslied-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 704. Kodaly Z

Couperin 's Concert Pieces for Cello and String Quartet accompaniment is an exciting addition to the string repertoire for its slightly unusual instrumentation. François Couperin (1668-1733) is often nicknamed 'Couperin the Great' to distinguish him from other members of the musical family. Concert Pieces is made up of five movements; 1) Prelude 2) Sicilienne 3) The Trumpet 4) The Complaint and 5) Devil's Air. Couperin 's moods are expressed through choices of keys adventurous harmonies and discords. With a significant amount of variation and inspiration Concert Pieces isessential to the repertoire of aspiring advanced String Quartets and solo cellists.

Wind ensemble plus double bass.

An organ album commissioned by The Percy Whitlock Trust to celebrate the 90th birthday of Dr. Francis Jackson CBE

Carol of the Ladder is a limpid andante whose transparent texture and tone of sweet melancholy creates a meditative calm. Although technically unsophisticated on the surface this arrangement offers many opportunities for phrasing blending word painting and subtle interpretation. SAB. Hatfield S

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1274-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 1274. Goldschmidt B

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 971-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 971. Ginastera A

Gershwin's immortal Rhapsody In Blue arranged for Concert band by Ferde Grofe.

This hit for English group Dario G was the unofficial 1998 World Cup anthem that cunningly exploited the musical traditions of the many countries involved and featured a joyful face-painted video. Add a little football fever to your concert with this great arrangement by Stefan Rabe.

Start Of Something New: Breaking Free: We’re All In This Together-Ask any child what their favourite film has been over the past few years and a large number will say High School Musical . The music is full of energy and emotion and has been an essential part of the films success. This fun-filled medley features three songs from the original film: Start Of Something New Breaking Free and We‘re All In This Together .

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A Fantasy on the Hymn Tune 'Helmsley'- With Clouds Descending is a fantasy on the powerful Advent hymn Helmsley which is long associated with another Advent hymn - Wesley’s Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending . The hymn tune is divided into an introduction and three completeverses of Helmsley which surround a slower central section whose melody is derived from the last line of the hymn tune. Philip Sparke’s grade 4 arrangement of this majestic piece for Concert Band is equally suitable as a concert opener or amain concert piece.