Expert Level (correlates with Book 2 p. 30)

This musical classic has found a new voice with a recent revival on Broadway. Filled with energetic music by Leonard Bernstein and great lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green the story of moving to The Big Applehas never been better. Includes: Christopher Street Ohio One Hundred Ways to Lose a Man (I Want) a Quiet Girl Swing and It's Love .Available separately: SATB SAB and 2-Part. ShowTraxCD and I-Pak also available. Performance time approx. 9:30

Available in TTBB a cappella. This silky traditional spiritual as sung by the King's Singers arranged for TTBB a cappella by Robert Sells.

A collection of Christmas arrangements which can be played by full band or by individual soloists with optional CD or tape accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific page in the Essential Elements Method Books. Includes: Jingle Bells - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - The Chanukkah Song - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - and many more!

A Multicultural Holiday Musical-'A Multicultural Celebration of the Season.' Staging by John Jacobson. Orchestrated by John Higgins. Celebrate the wonder the joy...and the diversity of the month of December with this imaginative 30-minute all-school revue forelementary or middle school performers by Roger Emerson. A group of young people while collecting canned goods for a food bank discovers holiday traditions of other cultures. Through their experiences they grow to understandeach other better and learn that peace joy and hope are holiday traditions that can be shared by all. Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition (5-Pak) Preview CD (full performance only) Performance/Accompaniment Cassetteand CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For gr. 1-8.'A Multicultural Celebration of the Season.' Staging by John Jacobson. Orchestrated by John Higgins. Celebrate the wonder the joy...and the diversity of the month of December with this imaginative 30-minute all-school revue forelementary or middle school performers by Roger Emerson. A group of young people while collecting canned goods for a food bank discovers holiday traditions of other cultures. Through their experiences they grow to understandeach other better and learn that peace joy and hope are holiday traditions that can be shared by all. Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition (5-Pak) Preview CD (full performance only) Performance/Accompaniment Cassetteand CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For gr. 1-8.

Ride the Chariot is a joyous and rejoicing African-American traditional Spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan one of America?s most gifted pianists and arrangers. It was commissioned to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers. This a capella version is set for unaccompanied SATB divisi choir. Ride the Chariot is a joyous and rejoicing African-American traditional Spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan one of America’s most gifted pianists and arrangers. It was commissioned to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers. This a capella version is set for unaccompanied SATB divisi choir.

Guitar Play-Along Volume 78-The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

from In the Heights-The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical In the Heights is filled with energy exuberance and a freshness that is instantly appealing! This stand-out duet sung by the romantic leads Nina and Benny begins tenderly and buildsto a powerful Latin-flavored climax making it an excellent choice for pop and show groups! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available digitally (tpt 1 tpt 2 tsx tbn gtr b dm). Duration: ca.2:00.The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical In the Heights is filled with energy exuberance and a freshness that is instantly appealing! This stand-out duet sung by the romantic leads Nina and Benny begins tenderly and builds to a powerful Latin-flavored climax making it an excellent choice for pop and show groups! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available digitally (tpt 1 tpt 2 tsx tbn gtr b dm). Duration: ca. 2:00.

Intermediate to Advanced Studies-A technique-building program for any band Essential Technique 2000 is also an excellent tool for individual or small group study. This is Book 3 of the Essential Elements 2000 beginning band system andfeatures: Key-Centered System - 9 major and related minor keys - Scales etudes short chorales and music technique exercises Individual Instrument Studies -Demonstrated by a professional soloist on your instrument - Accompaniments on the included CD are professionally recorded (not synthesized) Special Studies Section Reading Skill Builders Rhythm Pages Jazz Style and Improvisation Full Chorales Rubank Scales and Arpeggios - all included on CD Integrated History Theory and Creativity Exceeds the National Standards for Arts Education More GreatMusic Classical world music folk and more

Instrumentalists will love these collections of 130 popular solos including: Another One Bites the Dust Any Dream Will Do Bad Day Beauty and the Beast Breaking Free Clocks Edelweiss God Bless the U.S.A. Heart and Soul I Will Remember You Imagine Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Satin Doll United We Stand You Raise Me Up and more. Instrumentalists will love these collections of 130 popular solos including: Another One Bites the Dust Any Dream Will Do Bad Day Beauty and the Beast Breaking Free Clocks Edelweiss God Bless the U.S.A. Heart and Soul I Will Remember You Imagine Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Satin Doll United We Stand You Raise Me Up and more.

This wonderful book contains a collection of dances and ayres from the Renaissance period arranged for the harp. Most of the pieces were written in the 1500's and were originally intended for keyboard lute or voice. All of the arrangements can be played on a folk harp although some do have accidentals which may require the use of sharping levers. This is an excellent book designed to bring the harpists of today the music of the Renaissance. This wonderful book contains a collection of dances and ayres from the Renaissance period arranged for the harp. Most of the pieces were written in the 1500's and were originally intended for keyboard lute or voice. All of the arrangements can be played on a folk harp although some do have accidentals which may require the use of sharping levers. This is an excellent book designed to bring the harpists of today the music of the Renaissance.

Bass Play Along Volume 41-The Bass Play-Along Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD to hear how the bass should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! The Bass Play-Along Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD to hear how the bass should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

Features selections from Bleach In Utero Nevermind Incesticide and Unplugged in New York. Includes 16 songs: About a Girl · All Apologies · Come as You Are · Heart Shaped Box · Lithium · Rape Me · Smells Like Teen Spirit · more. Features selections from Bleach In Utero Nevermind Incesticide and Unplugged in New York. Includes 16 songs: About a Girl · All Apologies · Come as You Are · Heart Shaped Box · Lithium · Rape Me · Smells Like Teen Spirit · more.

Blow your heart out with this collection of 13 Glee standouts arranged for the Recorder - complete with a helpful fingering chart! Blow your heart out with this collection of 13 Glee standouts arranged for the Recorder - complete with a helpful fingering chart!

Choral Medley-Celebrate the music of Stephen Schwartz from Broadway's wunderkind to a bona fide musical legend! This 23-minute medley will take you and your audience into his creative world with spectacular award-winning songs from such showsas Godspell Wicked Children of Eden Pocahontas The Prince of Egypt The Hunchback of Notre Dame Working and more including All Good Gifts Colors of the Wind Day by Day Defying Gravity For Good God Help theOutcasts It's an Art Just Around the Riverbend Meadowlark Popular The Spark of Creation Topsy Turvy We Beseech Thee When You Believe. Available separately: SATB SAB 2-Part ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available as adigital download (fl cl tpt 1-2 tsx tbn vc syn gtr b dm). Total duration: ca. 23:30.

One of the king'singers' most requested arrangements in a lush a cappella setting - Billy Joel's hit ballad arranged by Bob Chilcott. Available SATB a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00. In a 2010 interview Billy Joel was asked which song is his best work that is least appreciated to which he started playing And So It Goes . As part of the King's Singers Choral Series this ballad is arranged for SATB (Soprano Alt Tenor Bass) a cappella with Piano accompaniment included for rehearsals only. The harmonious hymn-like sound makes And So It Goes perfect for a variety of occasions. Performance time is ca. 3 minutes. The King's Singers is a Grammy Award-winning British male sextet founded in 1968 at King's College Cambridge. The group has always consisted of six singers in total with their membership constantly changing. Over the decades the ensemble has reached an ever-widening international audience and popularity today appearing in around 125 concerts each year mostly in Europe the US and the Far East.

Here is the ultimate collection of Patriotic songs arranged to be played by either full band or by individual soloists (with optional accompaniment CD). For each song in the individual student books there is a page for the fullband arrangement as well as a page for solo use. In the same popular format as Michael's Movie Favorites and Broadway Favorites each arrangement in Patriotic Favorites is correlated witha specific page in the Essential Elements 2000 Band Method. However you don't need to be using this particular method to enjoy these wonderful arrangements! Includes: America The Beautiful; America (My Country 'Tis of Thee);Armed Forces Salute; Battle Hymn of the Republic; God Bless America; Hymn to the Fallen; The Patriot; The Star Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes Forever; This Is My Country; Yankee Doodle/Yankee Doodle Boy.

Instrumental Play-Along-Learn to play 15 favourites from the Great White Way with this exciting new collection of Broadway Hits for Cello from the Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-along series. Features solo Cello arrangements of songs such as: Backwoods Barbie • Breathe • Expressing Yourself • Find Your Grail • Follow Your Heart • Ireland • Mama Who Bore Me • and more! Includes CD accompaniment with backing tracks. Learn to play 15 favourites from the Great White Way with this exciting new collection of Broadway Hits for Cello from the Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-along series. Features solo Cello arrangements of songs such as: Backwoods Barbie • Breathe • Expressing Yourself • Find Your Grail • Follow Your Heart • Ireland • Mama Who Bore Me • and more! Includes CD accompaniment with backing tracks.

Guitar Chord Songbook - 50 Songs-50 songs that every gigging musician should know including: All I Ask of You; Ave Maria; Butterfly Kisses; Endless Love; Have I Told You Lately; Longer; The Lord's Prayer; Sunrise Sunset; Through the Years; Truly; We've Only Just Begun; When You Say Nothing at All; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; You Decorated My Life; You Light Up My Life; You Raise Me Up and more. 50 songs that every gigging musician should know including: All I Ask of You; Ave Maria; Butterfly Kisses; Endless Love; Have I Told You Lately; Longer; The Lord's Prayer; Sunrise Sunset; Through the Years; Truly; We've Only Just Begun; When You Say Nothing at All; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; You Decorated My Life; You Light Up My Life; You Raise Me Up and more.

Violin Play-Along Volume 9-The Violin Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the CD to hear how the violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With themelody and lyrics included in the book you may also choose to sing along. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to elaborate on the melody. The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac & PC users canadjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! This volume includes the songs: Boot Scootin' Boogie Born to Fly Chattahoochee Friends in Low Places Guitars Cadillacs What Hurts theMost Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? Wide Open Spaces.The Violin Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the CD to hear how the violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With themelody and lyrics included in the book you may also choose to sing along. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to elaborate on the melody. The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac & PC users canadjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! This volume includes the songs: Boot Scootin' Boogie Born to Fly Chattahoochee Friends in Low Places Guitars Cadillacs What HurtstheMost Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? Wide Open Spaces.