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.

Charming! Paul Curnow's COME DANCE AND SING combines a cheery melody with delightful harmonies. Briskly entertaining you'll want to brighten up your band room and concert with this one. All parts are skillfully tailored to the specific needs of the Grade 1 band and your students will particularly love the ending. COME DANCE AND SING will add a spark of joy to your concert no matter where you program it.

Inspired by THE PIRATE-Your band in black eye-patches gaudy finger-rings and golden ear-hoops? With cutlasses in their teeth? Arrrrgh ! Maybe not but they wouldn't look too out of place when they play MARINERS OF FORTUNE. Inspired by Sir Walter Scott's historical novel THE PIRATE this accessible Grade 2 swashbuckler works for concert and contest alike. Make a bold statement with your young band by programming the dramatic MARINERS OF FORTUNE!

This gentle pastorale-style composition portrays the pastel colours of the Arizona desert. It was at dusk that the composer’s inspiration for the piece came as the quiet atmosphere and distant mountain ranges created a sense of peace and tranquillity. In this piece’s middle section you may sense the calm slow-riding cowhand returning to the ranch after a long day’s work

Why not try something different with your concertband? Rough Mix is a poprock tune that incorporates elements of punk and alternative rock. It contains optionalparts for two electric guitars and synthesizer. With or withoutthe optional parts this is a solid and fun arrangementthat will have particular appeal for young musicians and audiences.

If there is one set of music any beginner band should own this is it. It is made up of 24 short contrasting pieces which are a mixture of folk songs well-known classics Christmas items and original works each of which is aimed to reinforce an aspect of learning. A must for all beginner bands.

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.

Galaxies may be considered as theme music to an imaginary science-fiction movie. The contrasting heroic romantic and reflective styles and themes will hopefully conjure up familiar images of inter-stellar heroes and heroines battling the alien forces of darkness!

You'll be a-wearin' the green with CELTIC DANCE by Douglas Court. The unmistakable Galway Piper opens the piece and through artful variation playfully comes a-visitin' now and again while original thematic material leads us on a tour of a lovely emerald musical countryside. The energetic joy of Irish dance and the internationally appealing flavor of Irish folk music come together in CELTIC DANCE to form a jewel of young band literature. Court's unerring sense of young player's abilities makes this one a pot o' gold!

Completing the Essentials Of Musicianship trilogy is Scale Builders For Developing Bands geared to bands at the Very Easy to Medium Easy levels. Specifically designed to help you teach and review scales in an interesting and exciting manner Scale Builders will help you to reinforce the concept that it really is important for students to learn their scales! The twenty-four studies included in this set are designed as mini-compositions that are based on scales. This will give your students interesting music to play and practice.

Véritable symbole de la période de Noël la musique entonne son chant joyeux et résonne tant dans les lieux sacrés que dans les rues. A Christmas Celebration (« Célébrons Noël ») de James Curnow est un arrangement de huit noëls qui convient à différents ensembles grâce à son instrumentation variable.

This gentle pastorale-style composition portrays the pastel colours of the Arizona desert. It was at dusk that the composer’s inspiration for the piece came as the quiet atmosphere and distant mountain ranges created a sense of peace and tranquillity. In this piece’s middle section you may sense the calm slow-riding cowhand returning to the ranch after a long day’s work

This simple but effective melody by Brian Connery creates the Latin- American style through the use of basic Latin American instruments such as the Guiro Claves Cowbell and Maracas. Your players will love this short fin to play piece.

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.

Fish Flew Like Birds is a great piece of entertaining band music based on Gospel and Blues music which are two of America’s most influential contributions to the world’s musical palette.

Certain to become a standard Patriotic selection the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States and the Pledge of Allegiance come together to make a stirring statement with your combined band and one or two-part chorus. Inspirational! Scored to work with bands large or small you can even use this one at combined mass band/choral concerts. Consider using I PLEDGE MY ALLEGIANCE as the finale to your individual school's combined band and choral concert. The old technique of involving ALL the musicians at the end of the concert guarantees a full sized audience for every group on the program! Sneaky but it works! There are so many ways to use I PLEDGE MY ALLEGIANCE you'lldefinitely want to add it to your library.

Full Spectrum attempts to capture the beautiful spirit and diversity of Washington D.C. Varying meter complex and countering rhythms percussion instruments of various ethnic origins and authentic international rhythmic groovcs are all combined by James Hosay to portray the vast diversity of one of the world’s great cities.

Jamaica is a small island with a rich musical heritage. This short work interpreted the relaxed feel of the island using syncopation which is so natural to Caribbean music. Your percussion section is sure to love their exciting prominent role in this work.

Marching Band Grade 4 Score

for Bb Cornet and Bb Flugel with Brass Band