Every conductor knows the importance of using excellent teaching materials to aid in the development of all aspects of musical growth. The quality of the band's performance must be continually improving. Each component of the ESSENTIALS OF MUSICIANSHIP series is designed to focus on a specific area of musical performance. By using these materials during the warm-up period the conductor can mazimize this time and focus on specific areas that are important to the performance of the music being prepared. This is not a book but rather it is a sheet music publication just like any other band publication.

Fantasy for Band-One can only imagine what it might be like if the animals ran the zoo! This and other questions will be considered in this programmatic original work for band incorporating all manner of animal and jungle noises.Young bands students will love the opportunity to use some of those carefully rehearsed vocal monkey and bird sounds they’ve been diligently working on for years. You can almost see an imaginary sci-fi movie as the music progresses. Your band will have an elephant good time playing this one! Don’t miss out!

Heavy Metal is a powerful piece that holds a lot of energy. Rock rhythms and melodies and a funky bass line help to create an exciting rock style.

Tone Poem for Band-The mighty conflict between the great Civil War ships the Monitor and the Merrimac plays out once again on your concert stage! Dramatic and inventive heroic themes and rhythmic undercurrents bring the historic battle to life. It's a programmatic work with powerful percussion effective use of dissonance and distinguished writing for the entire band. It's also quite playable for bands at the medium-easy level!

Curnow Music Press proudly presents a way to enrich your quality of playing material whilst helping you administer your library efficiently and save money! THE YOUNG BAND COLLECTION is a compilation of some of our best pieces for youth band published as individual part books. You?ll find pieces by James Curnow James Hosay Mike Hannickel Brian Connery Paul Curnow and Douglas Court. These works have all proven to be very successful as teaching material but also will keep your students interested and guarantee a happy audience! Curnow Music Press is known for its quality music for youth bands and that?s certainly what you?ll find in this publication.

A collection of 32 fun-to-play familiar melodies for the beginning instrumentalist-Big sister plays the flute? Little brother plays the saxophone? Dad plays bassoon? Buy all three solo books and they can play together. Mum plays the piano? She can accompany them using the piano accompaniment book. These books contain loads of popular Christmas tunes including Jingle Bells Silent Night O Christmas Tree O Come All Ye Faithful The First Noel and many more.

This regal and stately fanfare-opener is a sterling new offering for band. Sixteen opening bars of thrilling fanfare lead inexorably to a theme expressing dignified momentum. Frequent but simple meter changes help to make this an interesting and educational piece that both the band and the audience will enjoy. A recap of the opening fanfare brings the piece to an exciting finish that will set a noble yet festive tone for your concert or special event. It even makes a great graduation recessional.Let FANFARE BRITANNICA be the crown jewel of your next performance!

18 Favorite Classics for Young Players-Eighteen favourite classics for young players. Now all musicians can play along to the classics with this fantastic book and CD. Includes works by Handel Haydn Mozart Beethoven Schumann Brahms and many others. An inspirational collection of classics arranged for Tenor Saxophone by James Curnow. The CD contains Piano backing tracks.

Basée sur une fanfare remplie d’énergie à partir de laquelle se développe ensuite une ligne mélodique fluide cette pièce est inspirée par la campagne verte et boisée qui entoure la maison de James Curnow dans le Kentucky.

In the early days of the United States a main source of transportation was the many waterways rivers and the Great Lakes. From this focal point of commerce and social activity came many wonderful folk songs. Shore to Shore uses two of these sailing songs. Blow ye winds blow and Leave her no more.

Curnow Music Press proudly presents a way to enrich your quality of playing material whilst helping you administer your library efficiently and save money! THE YOUNG BAND COLLECTION is a compilation of some of our best pieces for youth band published as individual part books. You?ll find pieces by James Curnow James Hosay Mike Hannickel Brian Connery Paul Curnow and Douglas Court. These works have all proven to be very successful as teaching material but also will keep your students interested and guarantee a happy audience! Curnow Music Press is known for its quality music for youth bands and that?s certainly what you?ll find in this publication.

Cette pièce possède le caractère léger et joyeux d’une agréable promenade à pied par un bel après-midi d’été. Le compositeur utilise différents styles et différentes nuances pour créer une intéressante série de variations sur un thème original.

Solos for Beginning through Early Intermediate lev-This 1st recital series presents high quality solo/recital literature appropriate for performers from beginner to early intermediate standard. A professionally recorded CD is included with each book providing a demonstration of each piece followed by an accompaniment track which can be used for performance or rehearsal. A separate piano accompaniment book is also available.

This contemporary-sounding work makes a fine concert opener or festival selection! Your band will demonstrate a wide variety of styles in less than three minutes. There is plenty of enjoyable flight time for the upper woodwinds exciting passages for the brass and a fetching liberally-cued brass ensemble section.

Heavy Metal is a powerful piece that holds a lot of energy. Rock rhythms and melodies and a funky bass line help to create an exciting rock style.

Here’s a delightful folk song of Irish origin with a hint of nostalgia thrown in for good measure. It was probably once played on the Bagpipes and is definitely emulated that way in this arrangement.

An ideal first play-along book of classical pieces suitable for players who have only been playing for a few weeks. There are 18 classic melodies many of which will be instantly recognized even by beginners due to their wide use on television.

For Winds And Percussion-L’une des périodes les plus significatives de l’histoire du continent américain est celle de la fondation des colonies qui ont donné naissance aux États-Unis et au Canada au XVIe siècle. Basée sur les traditions musicales européennes et américaines de l’époque cette œuvre colorée évoque trois des principaux styles de la vie musicale de la jeune Amérique : la musique militaire avec les tambours et les fifres les danses traditionnelles et les hymnes chrétiennes. Subtile et élégante combinaison de rythmes et de mélodies cette œuvre est à l’image du continent qu’elle représente : une mosaïque de sons et de couleurs.

This concert work is based on melodies from Kenya which originate in two children's counting games. Using Wakarathe from the Kikuyu tribe and Tangewou from the Kipsigis tribe this work is an excellent adventure into multi-cultural programming.

This delightful piece describes the robust nature of the many beautiful scenic lakes formed around the Cumberland River in Kentucky USA. An enchanting short concert work for beginner bands.