For Vocal and Concert Band-Having already set to music two poems by Hermann Hesse ( Stufen and Besinnung ) Jacob de Haan has now made a musical arrangement of this famous poem by Kurt Tucholsky. It deals with life in the city brief encounters loneliness people’s yearnings and the all-consuming lack of time. Jacob de Haan’s work can be performed either with a male or female voice and the use of a microphone is recommended.

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.

Method for Trombone 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. Part 1 - Trombone Bass Clef (Book And CD)

22 Pieces in various styles-In Double Bass Starter you will find a variety of tunes for beginner double bass players - young as well as old. It is a fantastic album with a solid methodical structure. A range of styles is featured from classical to jazz and pop. The tunes can be picked or bowed. The CD features demo tracks together with play-along tracks for each piece. In Double Bass Starter you will find a variety of tunes for beginner double bass players – young as well as old. It is a fantastic album with a solid methodical structure. A range of styles is featured from classical to jazz and pop. The tunes can be picked or bowed. The CD features demo tracks together with play-along tracks for each piece.

The Japanese composer Satoshi Yagisawa is known for writing beautiful and colourful melodies. This moving slow piece is suitable as a warm-up piece or a quiet moment in your concert programme. It also allows you to work on intonation phrasing and musicality.

for Clarinet Choir- Hungarian Rhapsody N° 2 is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt and is by far the most famous of the set. Few other piano solos have achieved such widespread popularity offering the pianist the opportunity to reveal exceptional skill as a virtuoso while providing an immediate and irresistible musical appeal for the listener.Both the original piano solo form and the orchestrated version of this composition have found widespread use in animated cartoons. Its themes have also served as the basis of several popular songs.Composed in 1847 and dedicated to Count László Teleki Hungarian Rhapsody N° 2 was first published as a pianosolo in 1851. Its immediate success and popularity on the concert stage soon led to an orchestrated version arranged by the composer in collaboration with Franz Doppler. The Japanese composer Tohru Takahashi has made a splendid transcription of this great music for clarinet choir. A wonderful piece of music for an advanced ensemble!

12 Easy Trios for Clarinets-This varied selection features simplified arrangements of famous compositions through the ages starting with a cheerful 16th century piece by Henry VIII.

2011 was a disastrous year for Japan: on March 11 the northeast of the country suffered a violent earthquake which triggered a huge tsunami and caused massive damage to people and the environment. The ensuing problems with the nuclear reactor atFukushima only increased the misery: a black day in the country's history... One almost inevitable consequence of such dramatic circumstances is the particular damage suffered by the cultural arts. And so it was in Japan: various high school wind orchestras in the effected areas lost their practice rooms and/or instruments.It will take a long time before the damage suffered is repaired - and it will take great effort to overcome the psychological effects too. Focusing on the latter Yutada Nishida (director of The Bandwagon radio program) asked a few composers fora simple work that could be played by many orchestras. It just so happened that the Osakan Philharmonic Winds (with whom Jan Van der Roost had conducted a concert exclusively of his own works on September 25th) had had a similar idea. This concert saw the baptism of Song of Hope . This pieceimmediately struck a chord with musicians and audience alike: it begins bleakly in the low register and evolves to a more open optimistic close. There really is hope for better times!

This work in four sections is written for a four-part variable instrumentation together with drums. We start off_x001E_ in the _x001F_first movement on an adventurous safari. In the second and third movements we’re on the hunt for great beasts of Africa which can also be heard with all their stomping screeching and yelling. A wonderful musical safari that all musicians and listeners alike will enjoy!

10 Strauss favourites arranged for solo accordion 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 and take your moment in the orchestral spotlight!

Grand Overture- Crescent Moon is a festive overture composed by Jan Van der Roost and was commissioned by a Japanese wind band. The piece begins solemnly in the middle register but gradually becomes brighter and more brilliant as the moon rises in the sky and begins to give more light. After this somewhat stately introduction a virtuoso allegro emerges displaying technical prowess in all registers before the piece culminates with a joyful mood of optimism. An ideal concert opener Crescent Moon will fill your ears with joy and happiness!

Four Shepherd Songs (“Quatre chants de bergers”) est une suite de quatre noëls traditionnels allemands. L’harmonisation à quatre voix avec percussion offre un vaste choix de combinaisons instrumentales. Pour réaliser cet arrangement brillant Jacob de Haan a rassemblé les chants Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht Inmitten der Nacht Kommet Ihr Hirten et Ihr Hirten erwacht . Cette pièce peut également être interprétée avec un Chœur mixte (SATB). Le set chœur [texte en allemand] est vendu séparément (réf. : DHP 1012653-050).

KYO-WA is a suite in three movements - Fanfare Chorale and March which composer Satoshi Yagisawa wrote individually year on year between 2008 and 2010 for a symphonic wind band. The word KYO in the title can mean resonance but also togetherness working together and competition. WA means peace and harmony. These ideas together with a broad palette of emotions from sadness and fear to hope and rapture have been woven into a piece that is typical of his new compositional style.

Ten progressive trio pieces for early-intermediate players-A collection of varied performance pieces for three percussionists. Discover different styles together: from classical to pop rock blues and world music. You will progress step by step since the pieces are increasing in difficulty - from beginner to intermediate level. What makes this book really special is the application of all sorts of unusual effects and playing techniques sometimes even with a simple choreography. You will also encounter complementary rhythms sound waves or mirrored rhythms resulting in continuous patterns. The pieces are suitable for a range of purposes including exams and performance evenings. Supersonic!

The title of this piece gives a clue as to how it came about: Jan de Haan took the setting of psalm 149 from the Geneva Psalter of 1562 and created from this simple beautiful melody a glorious lively opening work for concert band. So it was that from a psalm and an intrada (prelude) a Psaltrada was born - for you to begin your next concert in splendid fashion.

Unknown Land- Download the Digeridoo sound file here. In five musically and thematically continuous parts this composition transports us to foreign fascinating places - stepping into the shoes of the explorers who set off to discover unknown lands centuries ago. The test piece for the Dutch Brass BandChampionships 2015 (Challenge Section) holds interesting solo parts for flugelhorn and trombone. An exciting musical journey!

Grand Overture-In 2014 Philharmonic Winds OSAKAN (Japan) celebrated its fifteenth anniversary for which this work was composed. From the very beginning Yoshihoro Kimura has been the artistic leader of the ensemble. Jan Van der Roost became the band’s first guest conductor in 2013. In this spectacular work the composer looks back at one of his most famous earlier works ‘Apollo' and to Adolphe Sax the Belgian inventor of the saxophone.

as performed by Queen-De Haske's best-selling Pops for String Quartet series offers excellent arrangements for intermediate string quartets who want to add some classic pop to their performances.

Are you looking for a duet book full of surprises? Then Klezmatic Duets is just the right book for you! It is available for violin viola and cello and each book can be combined with each other making these truly flexible duets. The book contains a selection of well-known traditional melodies which are very different in character. These skilful arrangements allow violinists and viola players to play within the first position. Cello players play up to the fourth position.Are you looking for a duet book full of surprises? Then Klezmatic Duets is just the right book for you! It is available for violin viola and cello and each book can be combined with each other making these truly flexible duets. The book contains a selection of well-known traditional melodies which are very different in character.

Graded Concert Studies-These 18 dances by the jazz master Allen Vizzutti were written to be used as study pieces or unaccompanied solos which can be grouped together in any number or order. Each piece is inspired by its title and contains endemic rhythmic and melodic elements. Titles include - Waltz Ballad Flamenco Irish Reel and many more. Allen Vizzutti's Dynamic Dances - graded concert studies for Flute. These new compositions were written to be used as study pieces of unaccompanied solos which can be grouped together in any number or order. They are challenging and yet idiomatic and above all fun to play!