Fun and impressive! Perfect for the beginning band concert, Atlantic Coast Overture piece pairs rhythmic motives throughout several sections of the band and utilizes each instrument to the fullest.
Grade Level: 1 Copyright: 2001 Number of Players: Standard…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
John D. Newsome
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
from Quatre Pièces Caractéristiques, Op. 5, No. 2
Caprice à la Boléro combines a driving rhythmic undercurrent with lyrical melodicism, and as a marimba duet allows the performers to have a turn at each. Despite the division of labor, the virtuosity of the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Clara Schumann, Martin Blessinger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Discata Mexicana is a great piece for early band with plenty of flavorful percussion parts to spice it up. Maracas and claves give it the Mexican flair, while clever use of syncopation makes this piece sound as impressive as is it fun to play.
Grade Level: 1…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
John D. Newsome
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Jump to the head of the class with the ever-catchy Excel Overture by John Newsome. The slow & lyrical middle section is surrounded by two majestic march-like sections that are scored in such a way that your Grade 2 band will sound great!Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
John D. Newsome
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
March
The Fighting 50th Regiment is a delightfully patriotic march featuring the trumpet section and the upper woodwinds on the melody throughout and has a couple of drum breaks to keep the percussionists on their toes. With a trio section that is reminiscent…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
John D. Newsome
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
"The Bullfighter"
Olé!!! La Pelea del Toro (or "The Bullfighter") captures the spirit of this Spanish tradition complete with the red cape and silly hat of the toreador. Perfect for your young band.
Grade Level: 1 Copyright: 2003 Number of Players: Standard…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
John D. Newsome
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Patriot's Point March is a 6/8 march written for maximum effect with a young band. A snappy march evoking patriotism from beginning to end. Ideal for teaching and reinforcing 6/8 march style that an audience will hum throughout the evening.Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
John D. Newsome
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Water colour country. Here the hills
rot like rungs beneath enormous skies
and all day long the shadows of the clouds
stain the paddocks with their running dyes.
In the small valleys and along the coast,
the land untamed between the scattered farms,…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Don Kay, Simon Reade
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Depicting two Tasmanian scenes - Bruny Island where shearwaters and penguins gather in great numbers; and People's Park in Strahan the site of many a family picnic and brass band performance, Two Places provides two musically challenging movements for the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Simon Reade
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Two Places was composed to mark the bicentennial of the European settlement at Risdon Cove and Hobart Town in 2004. Representing two contrasting Tasmanian locations, this work reflects the character of Two Places: The Truganini Memorial on Bruny Island and…
Style:
Brass Band
Composer:
Simon Reade
Publisher:
Brolga Music