The Clinton 12-In August 1956 Clinton Tennessee was the the site of one of the most significant events of the American Civil Rights movement as 12 courageous teenagers walked into history becoming the first students to desegregate astate-supported high school in the south. Commissioned by the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association Richard Saucedo captures the mood of this monumental event along with its sense of anger and frustration but alsowith feelings of hope and determination as the nation struggles to defeat bigotry and fear. Dur: 5:45 (Grade 5)

It wouldn't be the holidays without a sing-along! This unique Christmas collection features 20 songs with eight pull-out sets of lyrics so that everyone can sing along. Includes: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth It wouldn't be the holidays without a sing-along! This unique Christmas collection features 20 songs with eight pull-out sets of lyrics so that everyone can sing along. Includes: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Originally scored for brass choir composer John Stevens brings us this marvelous version for full band featuring flowing melodies and counterlines in a rich chorale-like setting. The solo part at the beginning and end is scoredfor euphonium but is cued for clarinet trumpet or trombone. Great for teaching a lyric style of playing and also as an effective performance piece. Dur: 3:30 Originally scored for brass choir composer John Stevens brings us this marvelous version for full band featuring flowing melodies and counterlines in a rich chorale-like setting. The solo part at the beginning and end is scored for euphonium but is cued for clarinet trumpet or trombone. Great for teaching a lyric style of playing and also as an effective performance piece. Dur: 3:30

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It's a celebration! The supersong from the 2014 World Cup by Ricky Martin is a bilingual extravaganza that will energize your stage with dance and color and life!

From Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare this artful setting of this haunting song by Annie Lennox features a soloist with choral background and percussion. This long-anticipated edition will enhance many concert programs.

Expressing Music from the Inside Out-Express the music in you with groovin' and movin' percussive dance from the Master of Moves John Jacobson! Great for reinforcing beat and rhythm these eight original body percussion routines are presented from easy to moredifficult in a variety of exciting musical styles. For expanded challenge and learning encourage your students to make up their own routines! The Book/CD provides the routines in printed format along with hip and motivatingaccompaniment tracks on the enclosed CD. For additional visual learning a separate DVD features John demonstrating all the moves sometimes all at once! Save budget dollars with the Classroom Kit. Step clap and rap in theclassroom and on stage all year with this unique musical expression your students will beg to perform again and again! Available separately: Book/CD (with reproducible pages) demonstration DVD Classroom Kit (Book/CD and DVD).Suggested for grades 4-8.Express the music in you with groovin' and movin' percussive dance from the Master of Moves John Jacobson! Great for reinforcing beat and rhythm these eight original body percussion routines are presented from easy to moredifficult in a variety of exciting musical styles. For expanded challenge and learning encourage your students to make up their own routines! The Book/CD provides the routines in printed format along with hip and motivatingaccompaniment tracks on the enclosed CD. For additional visual learning a separate DVD features John demonstrating all the moves sometimes all at once! Save budget dollars with the Classroom Kit. Step clap and rap intheclassroom and on stage all year with this unique musical expression your students will beg to perform again and again! Available separately: Book/CD (with reproducible pages) demonstration DVD Classroom Kit (Book/CD and DVD).Suggested for grades 4-8.

16 hit singles from this popular award-winning country star in arrangements for piano voice and guitar. Includes: Country Girl (Shake It for Me) - Crash My Party - Drink a Beer - Drunk on You - Huntin' Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day - I Don't Want This Night to End - Kick the Dust Up - Play It Again - Strip It Down - That's My Kind of Night - and more. 16 hit singles from this popular award-winning country star in arrangements for Piano Voice and Guitar. Includes: Country Girl (Shake It for Me) Crash My Party Drink a Beer Drunk on You Huntin' Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day I Don't Want This Night to End Kick the Dust Up Play It Again Strip It Down That's My Kind of Night and more.

A Musical Celebration of America's Westward Expansion- There's gold in them thar hills! Gold has been discovered in the hills of California. Land is being given away to settlers willing to make a fresh start in the newly explored regions of the American West. Cowpokes andminers farmers and trappers gamblers and adventurers of all kinds are making their way west to chase the promise of the American Dream. They come by way of wagon train horseback stream boat and rail. Go West combines music history and drama to explore important facts about the westward expansion of early United States and discovers that real gold is not always the kind made into ingots and baubles. Real gold is discovered in the ideas andinspiration derived from new lands fresh starts and attainable dreams abundant in the promises of the land of the free. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school performers this historic and entertaining 35-minute musicalfeatures 7 original songs connecting script John Jacobson's choreography and a helpful production guide. The Teacher Edition includes full script accompanied songs Production Guide and choreography suggestions. Available:Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals only) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 Singer books P/A CD). Performance Time: Approx. 35 minutes. For Grades 4-8. There's gold in them thar hills! Gold has been discovered in the hills of California. Land is being given away to settlers willing to make a fresh start in the newly explored regions of the American West. Cowpokes andminers farmers and trappers gamblers and adventurers of all kinds are making their way west to chase the promise of the American Dream. They come by way of wagon train horseback stream boat and rail. Go West combines music history and drama to explore important facts about the westward expansion of early United States and discovers that real gold is not always the kind made into ingots and baubles. Real gold is discovered in the ideasandinspiration derived from new lands fresh starts and attainable dreams abundant in the promises of the land of the free. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school performers this historic and entertaining 35-minute musicalfeatures 7 original songs connecting script John Jacobson's choreography and a helpful production guide. The Teacher Edition includes full script accompanied songs Production Guide and choreography suggestions. Available:Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals only) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 Singer books P/A CD). Performance Time: Approx. 35 minutes. For Grades 4-8.

A Practical Approach to Teaching Pitch and Rhythm-This popular music classroom series now offers an advanced collection of songs and teacher lessons sequentially organized to teach the basics of pitch and rhythm through singing and games for upper elementary and middle schoolstudents. The song material consists of 20 folk and well-known children's songs. Teacher lessons are easy to follow and do not require previous training in Kodaly methodology. Pitch and rhythm concepts expand to include alltones of the scale syncopa dotted rhythms and combinations of eighth & sixteenth notes. The collection includes lesson plans reproducible singer sheets and activities. Available: Teacher Edition (with reproducible songsheetsand activities Performance/Accompaniment CD and Classroom Kit (Teacher and P/A CD). For Grades 4-8.This popular music classroom series now offers an advanced collection of songs and teacher lessons sequentially organized to teach the basics of pitch and rhythm through singing and games for upper elementary and middle schoolstudents. The song material consists of 20 folk and well-known children's songs. Teacher lessons are easy to follow and do not require previous training in Kodaly methodology. Pitch and rhythm concepts expand to include alltones of the scale syncopa dotted rhythms and combinations of eighth & sixteenth notes. The collection includes lesson plans reproducible singer sheets and activities. Available: Teacher Edition (with reproduciblesongsheetsand activities Performance/Accompaniment CD and Classroom Kit (Teacher and P/A CD). For Grades 4-8.

Singing songs and playing games are a fundamental part of a child's life no matter where we live or what language we speak. Experience Hispanic-American heritage and traditions with this well-crafted collection of children'sfolksongs. Playfully illustrated with original Uruguayan art this collection of thirty-four songs for early childhood through the elementary grades features page-after-page of reproducible singable melodies andgame instructions with their cultural background. Both authors are of Cuban origin and have collected songs that will appeal to a wide audience whether or not you can read music speak Spanish or in the case of small children read at all. English translations a pronunciation guide and curricular indices are also included. The enclosed CD provides quality demonstration recordings of children singing the songs unaccompanied asthey are traditionally performed. Perfect for school or home this collection provides parents and teachers with all the necessary tools for teaching the basic elements of music and Hispanic culture which will be fun for childrentoday and for generations to come. Available in Book/CD format. Suggested for PreK-Gr.6.

The opening of this unique and masterful work for band places the wind players out in the audience as the listeners are surrounded by the effect of a swirling dance of celestial lights and sounds. Onstage the percussion sectionintroduces a driving ostinato pattern later picked up by the entire ensemble. A delicate and beautiful middle section almost suspends time as soloists provide a bluesy interaction with the rich background texture and each other.The frantic pace returns leading to a stunning chorale played by the winds while the percussion continues simultaneously at a separate tempo! A creative and magical addition to the repertoire! Dur: c. 9:30

HLSPL Showcase Solos NFMC 214-216 Selection Early Elementary - Level 1-As its title suggests this early elementary solo with teacher accompaniment combines jazzy rhythms with a catchy Bohemian flavor. A lively solo that remains in five-finger position throughout. As its title suggests this early elementary solo with teacher accompaniment combines jazzy rhythms with a catchy Bohemian flavor. A lively solo that remains in five-finger position throughout.

Take a tour around the world with these fun and stylistic Piano duets written for students at the late-elementary level. The sheer variety combined with the original compositional style of Eug‚nie Rocherolle make this an attractive collection suitable for recitals or auditions. Take a tour around the world with these fun and stylistic Piano duets written for students at the late-elementary level. The sheer variety combined with the original compositional style of Eugénie Rocherolle make this an attractive collection suitable for recitals or auditions.

Six transcriptions from the 'Art of Trio' recordings. Six transcriptions from the 'Art of Trio' recordings.

(A Rhapsody for Band)-Dating from the 1600s the folk song O Waly Waly (commonly known as The Water is Wide) forms the basis for this well-crafted rhapsody for band. The lyrical opening section features solos on flute andeuphonium as a four-note motif common to this song and also Carolina (South Caroline's official song) is developed. This motif unifies the entire work. A Celtic flavored Allegro takes over using this fragment whichleads ultimately to a grand Maestoso section for the entire ensemble. A creative and dynamic work for contest or festival! Dur: 5:00

A Musical Play for Young Singers. A Tuna Fish who can't carry a tune? A Star Fish who can't get an acting job? A seven-legged Octopus? A Zebra Fish with spots? A Tiger Shark who wants to be friends with everyone? Join in theaquatic fun as little Tiger Shark and his unique collection of friends discover how their differences make them each special. This 25-minute musical for primary grades features 5 original songs easy rhyming dialog a castload ofparts choreography and helpful production hints. Performance Time: Approx. 25 minutes. For Grades K-3. Available: Teacher Edition Reproducible Pak (vocal lines lyric sheets dialog) Performance/Accompaniment CD Preview CD Classroom Kit (Teacher/Repro/PACD).

This easy yet exciting composition for young players captures the energy and forward motion of a whirlwind. James Curnow creates musical diversity through melodic development and rhythmic contrast plus a brief bit of calm beforethe frantic pace and windstorm returns. Sure to be an engaging work for your band.

A Musical About Tony-Award Winning Songwriter Edward Kleban-A Musical About Tony-Award Winning Songwriter Edward Kleban. Edward Kleban is best known for writing the lyrics for A Chorus Line. A collection of his most-loved songs was posthumously framed in a story of his life in this Broadway musical which was nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Score. The music and lyrics are charming touching traditional musical theatre. This songbook features 13 songs in all: Better ú Broadway Boogie Woogie ú Charm Song ú Don't Do It Again ú Follow Your Star ú Light on My Feet ú Mona ú The Next Best Thing to Love ú One More Beautiful Song ú Paris Through the Window ú Say Something Funny ú Self Portrait ú Under Separate Cover. Also includes great photos and a listing of songs by Kleban. A Musical About Tony-Award Winning Songwriter Edward Kleban. Edward Kleban is best known for writing the lyrics for A Chorus Line. A collection of his most-loved songs was posthumously framed in a story of his life in this Broadway musical which was nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Score. The music and lyrics are charming touching traditional musical theatre. This songbook features 13 songs in all: Better · Broadway Boogie Woogie · Charm Song · Don't Do It Again · Follow Your Star · Light on My Feet · Mona · The Next Best Thing to Love · One More Beautiful Song · Paris Through the Window · Say Something Funny · Self Portrait · Under SeparateCover. Also includes great photos and a listing of songs by Kleban.

Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax - this original weaves in fragments of carols in an expressive and accessible work for mens or treble voices. With a reflective text and a warm C instrument obbligato this is a wonderful selection for schooland community groups in their Christmas programming.