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Curnow Music Press
This arrangement is an energetic march that provides a spirited setting for the familiar bell melodies of the season. The main tunes featured are Carol of the Bells I Heard the Bells and Jingle Bells but you will also hear several other tunes woven into the music.

13.25 £
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Descriptive and adventuresome James Curnow’s A Day in Space is the perfect performance piece for the modern age. The inspiring opening brings the excitement of a momentous event to your concert stage. The thrilling lift-off carries the listener high above the planet into Earth-orbit where magnificent views a space-walk the re-entry and finally the celebration of a job well-done bring this fanciful excursion to a rousing climax. This piece provides wonderful possibilities for cross-curricular teaching with the science department.Galvanizing!

37.99 £
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Kids can make weird sounds. Every conductor of young bands has discovered this maxim time and again. Why not put those skills to good use? Barnyard Bagatelle mixes well-known barnyard folk songs likeMary Had a Little Lamb Old MacDonald The Old Grey Mare Shoo Fly and more with the animal sound effects your students have studiously perfected over the years. Auditionyour band for vocal imitations of a Pig a Big Dog a yappy Little Dog a Cow a clucking Chicken and many more; then have some real musical fun.

107.00 £
Curnow Music Press
This work is based on the 19th century American hymnmelody ‘Resignation’ which is also known as Psalm Tune(Psalm 23) based on the words ‘The Lord Is My Shepherd”.It is in the form of a theme and variations with each ofthe four variations evoking different moods using afragment of the original tune. An evocative and joyful workthat will make a welcome addition to your concert repertoire.

68.00 £
Curnow Music Press
All right. Admit it. When you were a kid some of your favorite music came from cartoonland. Who knows? It may have been cartoons that first introduced you to your favorite classical masters. Would Rossini's William Tell Overture be what it is today had there been no cartoons? Isn't the glissando the REAL reason your Trombone section decided to play that particular instrument? Treat yourself your band and your audience to some good old animated goofiness a few merry melodies and a lot of slapstick fun. They'll love it. What could be more fun than Stephen Bulla's CARTOON CAPERS?

17.25 £
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This solo for trumpet showcases both the fanfare-like qualities as well as the warmer melodic sound of the instrument. The music is written in the A-B-A form in one continuous movement. A brief cadenza for the soloist provides an opportunity for expressive technique following a lyrical middle section.

63.00 £
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Handel's masterpiece The Messiah is perfect for holiday concerts and the chorus For Unto Us A Child Is Born is one of the best known. James Curnow's careful arrangement will challenge young players at the Easy level but his attention to detail assures you that the results will be wonderful! A dignified and substantial choice for your concert!

87.00 £
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Un seul nom suffit pour évoquer la magie des plus célèbres comédies musicales : Broadway. Le long de cette avenue new-yorkaise regroupés autour de Times Square 38 théâtres produisent depuis près de 80 ans des spectacles au succès planétaire signés par des noms légendaires : Berlin Porter Gershwin Bernstein Sondheim Hammerstein Loewe Cohan Lloyd-Webber Plamandon Schönberg… Dans cette œuvre en hommage à Broadway Elliot del Borgo a rassemblé trois des plus célèbres mélodies du compositeur américain George Michael Cohan qui a marqué Broadway dans les années 20.

107.00 £
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Your program will definitely improve with this set of 14 studies designed to aid in the teaching and development of good rhythmic reading abilities! These carefully crafted musical mini-compositions begin with simple time signatures and rhythms and work to more complex rhythms and meters. Musically rewarding these pieces are meant to be studied on a daily basis and will help your students develop basic rhythmic skills.

73.00 £
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Based on JS Bach’s chorale ‘Sleepers Awake’ this very dignified work presents the chorale and then in turn an exciting treatment of reworked fragments of the melody in a colourful and contemporary harmonic setting.

11.25 £
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Carmine Pastore's simple hymn A Call for Peace is dedicated to the year 2000. In his lyrical work A Call for Peace the composer expresses his hope that with the turn of the millenium the global community will strive to achieve world peace.

58.00 £
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This one is just right for the encore march at your next young band concert or anywhere a bright march is appropriate. Some carefully chosen accidentals keep things interesting but there are no more than one or two for any given instrument keeping the technical demands easily within the abilities of a Grade 1 band. If your school mascot happens to be the Eagle you may wish to keep this spirit march in the folders year around for use at assemblies and rallies as a peppy mascot tune.

90.00 £
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Wagner on Stage uses extracts from four best-loved of Wagner’s operas: Tannhäuser Götterdämmerung Lohengrin and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg . Richard Wagner certainly wrote the most dramatic operas of his time. His works are full of passion dynamic but also sentimentality. James L. Hosay’s arrangement offers therefore a great insight into the creative world of Wagner whose 200th birthday is celebrated in 2013.

58.00 £
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This exciting medley of American spirituals is sure to please! Mike Hannickel's carefully crafted THREE AMERICAN SPIRITUALS helps young bands develop those all-important listening skills. They'll hear how each tune contrasts and complements the others when “Go Tell It On The Mountain” “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” and “Who did Swallow Jo-Jo-Jonah” all come together in rousing counterpoint! THREE AMERICAN SPIRITUALS works wonderfully with the unpredictable instrumentation of so many youth bands while it's contrapuntal nature allows every section to shine. THREE AMERICAN SPIRITUALS allows each parent to say honestly to their child I HEARD you play your part!

11.25 £
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Based on the African-American spiritual “Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit” Feel the Spirit captures the essence of the traditional spiritual. These songs were created by African-Americans oppressed by slavery. A deeply religious people the slaves would use singing as an expression of both their enthusiastic joy and profound sadness. Feel the Spirit enables you to play a great gospel song with your band

58.00 £
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Based on the Italian folk song 'Tiritomba' this entertaining work is a musical vehicle to take you on a ride on an 'Italian Carousel'.

152.00 £
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This work has been dedicated to the victims and survivors of the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19 1995. To Bind the Nation’s Wounds seeks to portray through music some of the emotions and thoughts associated with the hours and days surrounding this terrible act. In writing this piece James Curnow sought to emphasize the inspiring courage and faith shown by the people of Oklahoma as they bonded together and responded to the stark cowardice and terror that confronted them.

119.00 £
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The circus is in town! Come and join the fun as we present your band in a circus extravaganza. A Day at the Circus takes you on a musical tour where you will meet clowns who will make you laugh breathtaking acrobats lion tamers and even the Human Cannonball. So sit back relax and enjoy the show.

58.00 £
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This heroic march strives to capture the spirit in which young musicians make music. The stately and joyous introduction underlies this factor. Following the introduction a triumphal second theme tells us in music how this was accomplished. Through practise the band has reached its musical goal. Let your band take you on its triumphant tour.

58.00 £
Curnow Music Press
Based on the Italian folk song 'Tiritomba' this entertaining work is a musical vehicle to take you on a ride on an 'Italian Carousel'.