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.

Young bands love to play rhythmic music. Audiences love to tap their feet. Directors want to keep BOTH the young players and their listeners happy. What better way than a BARN DANCE to bring people together?! Carefully scoring gives first and second year players the thrill of performing energetic and joyful music. Let's step back to a simpler time. Put on your best overalls! It's time for a hoedown!

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.

James Curnow's brilliant opener A Christmas Flourish is the inspiring and spirited fanfare needed to start your next holiday concert with flair. Based on Angels We Have Heard On High this flourish works its way through several style and mood changes including themes from several other well-known carols. Dazzling!

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.

for Euphonium with piano accompaniment-Through variations in tempo and tone the Symphonic Variants bring forth the sonority of the euphonium and the skills of the soloist. The work begins with an allegro con espressivo statement of the theme and alternates with adagio and allegro con spirito variations. Lento presto and pesante treatments add further interest to the composition. This version for Euphonium and Piano is a must for all advanced Euphonium players. For Treble or bass clef Euphonium (or Trombone Tuba) with Piano accompaniment by James Curnow. Grade 5.

Now is the chance to introduce your young band to the music of Carmine Pastore! This outstanding composer has written many fine and memorable works. In HANUKKAH CELEBRATION he applies his considerable skill to the Grade 1 arena! Composed to honor all the families who get together each year in celebration of Hanukkah this new Grade 1 piece gives every band director the chance to program a more pleasing and culturally diverse winter concert.Considerations such as light percussion playing a light legato style in the winds and subtly shifting moods make this a great style study tool for young bands as well as the perfect holiday performance piece.If you add this one to your musiclibrary you’ll use it again and again.

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.

erfect for a combined Choral/Band concert as an opener closer or anywhere in between. This medley of familiar tunes is tied together by the recurring concept that MUSIC SHALL LIVE. A swingin' WADE IN THE WATER a soulful NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN and an inspiring BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC make it a crowd pleaser. The unison choral part makes sure the chorus can come through loud and clear and the performance can be prepared without a great deal of combined rehearsal time. Big bold and powerful! (String parts and Beginning Band (simplified) parts are also available for large All-City Band Orchestra and Chorus performances)

This is one your developing players can take to the bank! This piece is meticulously scored with beginners in mind. Young players who have mastered only the first twelve or fourteen pages of any popular band method book will be on solid ground. Avenues for cross-curricular study are also opened via THE GAMES DOWN UNDER. You'll want this one as a staple of your beginning band library.

This light hearted fun arrangement starts out in a mellow jazzy mambo - rock ballad and then goes into a sizzling hot driving mambo that will give your audience and maybe even your band dancing in their seats.

from Andrea Chanier-It has been said and wisely so that if you wish to find TRULY dramatic music look to opera. This is an essentially complete transcription of Act IV of Umberto Giordano's tragic opera ANDREA CHENIER. One night before French poet Andrea Chenier's impending execution his lover Madeleine comes to the prison at St. Lazare and wishing to die rather than live without him through bribery manages to exchange places with a young woman who is like Chenier scheduled to mount the scaffold the following day. James Curnow fully utilizes his considerable orchestration skill with this immensely powerful transcription. Well performed the ending is absolutely awe-inspiring. If yourgroup has the skill to play at this level you definitely MUST explore this significant transcription.

This exciting work reflects the panoramic beauty of the mountains deserts lakes streams and open range of the Wild Old West. It presents the rhythmic heartbeat of the early settlers and the energy they needed to survive and prosper.

Kum Ba Yah is one of the most popular and loved of all American folk songs. It is sung in places of worship around campfires and at social gatherings all over the world. This bright and happy arrangement makes use of African percussion and rhythm underneath velvety-smooth chords and flowing lines. It can also be enhanced by the use of an optional electric bass part.

Interesting counterpoint brings the minor key Ballad of John Riley to your band with style. Allowing for some good melodic playing from the tenor instruments (Trombone F Horn Tenor Saxophone) and later including the Bass Instruments in the melody each section is important in this treatment of the somber folk tune. Great vehicle for studying phrasing and controlled performance at this level!

Yiddish Rhapsody-This moving and beautiful Yiddish Rhapsody includes the songs Hine' Ma Tov Black Cherries and Why Is The Sky?”. This skillful arrangement for intermediate level concert band will add drama to your concert or special event and raise your student's awareness of the importance of basic human rights. Drawn from arrangements of Holocaust songs he has done over the years for the Washington D.C. U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) James L. Hosay's REMEMBRANCE helps to keep us mindful of that tragic time in our history. The three songs provide very effective contrast and the James Hosay's masterful orchestration skills are readily evident throughout. A powerful piece forconcert or contest!

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!

This sparkling arrangement of Ding Dong Merrily On High is full of the festive sounds of bells that ring from church steeples street corners and stores throughout the holiday season! It's a vibrant work that captures the jubilant and triumphant sounds of Christmas! Wonderful!

At Fort Walton Beach (North California) you can find an Indian Temple Mound and a large collection of artifacts which is protected as a historic site. In Fort Walton Adventure the composer seeks to recreate the atmosphere that must have surrounded the prehistoric temple mound.

Kum Ba Yah is one of the most popular and loved of all American folk songs. It is sung in places of worship around campfires and at social gatherings all over the world. This bright and happy arrangement makes use of African percussion and rhythm underneath velvety-smooth chords and flowing lines. It can also be enhanced by the use of an optional electric bass part.