12 flute pieces in Latin music styles-12 exciting pieces in a samba and tango style for intermediate players. The accompanying CD contains a demonstration versions and playalong tracks and also piano accompaniments for printing - perfect for practice and performance. Chord symbols above the notes allow for live accompaniments and optional percussion parts completes the Latin feel! Piano accompaniments available separtely: DHP 1125345-401

10 Strauss favourites arranged for solo violin with backing track CD-10 favourites from the Strauss dynasty arranged for instrumental solo with fully orchestrated backing tracks Play along with your favourite Viennese classics. With fully orchestrated backing tracks on the accompanying CD you can take your moment in the orchestral spotlight! 10 favourites from the Strauss dynasty arranged for instrumental solo with fully orchestrated backing tracks. Play along with your favourite Viennese classics and take your moment in the orchestral spotlight!

As performed by Earth Wind & Fire-This song was released in 1977 and is one of the famous songs from the legendary band Earth Wind and Fire . Because of its popularity it was used in movies and TV series' and was also covered many times throughout the years with the 1990 version of Black Box being one of the most successful covers. Richard Johnson created this solid arrangement for concert band.

Nico Dezaire and Peter Kleines Schaars have selected five internationally known Christmas carols and arranged them into a pop style medley for four saxophones: When a Child Is Born • Let It Snow • Jingle Bells • When a Child is born • Deck the Hall .

A seasonal selection of Christmas pop classics for string quartet.De Haske's best-selling Pops for String Quartet series offers excellent arrangements for intermediate string quartets who want to bring some classic pop to their performances.

This work brings fragments from three of Giuseppe Verdi’s operas together in a single composition. Opening the work is the Triumphal March from Aida . Next come two notable motifs from La forza del destino before the famous Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore . Wil van der Beek’s arrangement for concert band is a rousing hit with opera melodies that everyone knows and loves.

Play with a real band!-This exciting book with CD accompaniment featuring real musicians covering many styles of light music including swing country rumba slow rock disco mambo cha-cha and rock. This book can be used together with a keyboard or piano (book available separately) for a concert performance or as a short audition item.

Junior Rock depicts two children a brother and sister who despite all their differences are both filled with the joys of life. The piece opens with a lively graceful theme depicting the light and good-natured mood that characterizes the two children playing. The music then becomes more calm and romantic in the middle passage. The piece comes to a cheerful and youthful close with the extended restatement of the earlier thematic material. It has been arranged for beginner bands and can be played with a minimum of six players (+ percussion).

This is the dream of every young hippopotamus… to wake up in the sun have a bath eat something play in the water and… to fall asleep again…! The composer Pascal Proust has many years’ experience as a musician and music teacher. His output includes several hundred compositions for the most diverse instrumentations. He wrote Little Hippo for euphonium players at the level of approximately one year’s study and paid special attention to an easy-to-follow attractive musical style. As a result Little Hippo is an ideal performance or competition work for young musicians.

Based on Die Forelle Op. 32 by Franz Schubert-The Austrian composer Franz Schubert wrote his famous song The Trout (D550) in 1817. This song reappeared as the basis of a set of variations for the fourth movement of the renowned Trout Quintet so-named as a reference to the title of the song. Robert van Beringen used the lively theme for The Trout Fantasy which he has written for a five-part clarinet ensemble.

À travers les siècles et de nos jours encore Noël a été un thème d’inspiration privilégié pour les compositeurs. A Classical Christmas (“Noël classique”) rassemble des œuvres de trois grands compositeurs français du XIXe siècle.Le premier mouvement nous fait découvrir César Franck (1822-1890) grand organiste et brillant compositeur qui a donné une réelle valeur artistique à certains chants de Noël français traditionnels. Ce mouvement apaisé au charme captivant offre de nombreuses possibilités en termes de nuances et d’expression. La percussion intervient mais ne tient qu’un rôle modeste.Le thème de l’oratorio L’Enfance du Christ d’Hector Berlioz(1803-1869) est au centre du deuxième mouvement. Le thème est conçu comme une ode à la sainte Famille. Ce deuxième mouvement expressif et tendre possède un caractère intimiste.Le thème du troisième et dernier mouvement est extrait de l’Oratorio de Noël de Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). Il s’agit d’une page bien connue le célèbre chœur final Tollite Hostias . La puissance et l’intensité donnent à ce finale le ton festif qui caractérise Noël.

The Banana Boat Song otherwise known as Day-O is Harry Belafonte’s interpretation of the classic Jamaican folk song and has come to be well known all over the world. Roland Kernen has created an uplifting arrangement for a variable wind line-up in five parts.

Method for Baritone / Euphonium BC-Edited by acclaimed educator Philip Sparke these exciting method book/CD packs for beginners contain songs music puzzles games to increase your understanding of music information about your instrument and lots of fun pieces to play - either with the CD provided or with other students. Books include helpful diagrams and fun illustrations throughout.

20 Selected Melodic Studies for Trumpet & Piano-The 20 Vocalises written by singing master Ferdinand Sieber were chosen arranged and recorded for this edition by the solo trumpeter Frits Damrow. The pieces focus on the - often neglected - middle and lower register. The book is a sequel to Bel Canto for Brass another vocalise method offering suitable exercises for breathing sound quality intonation and endurance. Demo and play-along CD included.Piano Accompaniments available separately: DHP 1125311-401The 20 Vocalises written by singing master Ferdinand Sieber were chosen arranged and recorded for this edition by the solo trumpeter Frits Damrow. The pieces focus on the - often neglected - middle and lower register. The book is a sequel to Bel Canto for Brass another 'vocalise' method offering suitable exercises for breathing sound quality intonation and endurance.

Opus 2- Arachnophobia - fear of spiders - is the title of one of Maxime Aulio's first compositions for saxophone quartet (SATB). It is a simple musical amusement and a humorous allusion to the composer's fear of spiders. Come forth intrepid saxophone players!

Satoshi Yagisawa has lived in Ichikawa City Chiba Prefecture in Japan since he was in elementary school. Around Christmas time every year in Ichikawa City seven Chiba high school bands hold a joint concert. For the 20th anniversary the composer was asked to write a piece to be performed to close the concert. This piece was first performed in 2010 by Tadashi Yoshida conductor and close friend of Satoshi Yagisawa with a combined wind orchestra from Chiba Prefectural Kokubun High School Chiba Prefectural Ichikawa Nishi High School Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Mutsumi High School Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Akiyama High School Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Yakiri High School Chiba Prefectural Funabashi Nishi High School and Chiba Prefectural Shiroi High School. The title was chosen from suggestions submitted by participating students. Dream Cruise was chosen by Satomi Otsu a junior in Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Mutsumi High School Wind Orchestra. The composer skillfully scored this piece and created the chorus part so that all the hundreds of students could participate in the performance. This version has been revised so it can be played without the chorus part.

Following Malletino and Fun-4-All this work is the third in a series of compositions for five mallet instruments and five percussion instruments (including bongos and timpani). Malletino was written specifically for beginnerpercussion ensembles whereas the technical and musical level required for Sequenza Percussola is clearly higher. In short this work is a challenge for the ensemble-and a great pleasure for the audience.

Dreaming of love. This is the theme of the folksong on which the composition was based. Its characteristic melody inspired Jacob de Haan to this instrumental romance with a transparent structure consisting of an introduction the folk-melody a development of the theme the folk-melody accompanied by ornamental triplets followed by the final bars.

Sonata from die Bänkelsängerlieder-A cantastoria or Bänkelsänger – German for busker – was a travelling musician who made music in streets and squares together with his colleagues. Die Bänkelsängerlieder (buskers songs) originally stem from the seventeenth century. Robert van Beringen who is known for his attractive arrangements of classical melodies created a colourful transcription for wind band based on this characteristic music.

Seven solos for trombone with written improvisations. Suitable for players of a moderately advanced standard this album comes with a CD which includes play-along backing tracks together with complete versions of each piece by a live jazz band.