The holiday season is a time of joy, merriment, excitement, and traditions. One such time-honored tradition is the holiday string concert, which is often the debut performance for young musicians. This event is a celebration, not only of the holidays, but…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Matthew R. Putnam
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Liam Ramsey-White is an up and coming composer that is writing fresh music for string orchestra. With Chariot Race he gives the student the opportunity to play dramatic music that is very idiomatic for the instruments because of his knowledge as a string…
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String Orchestra
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Publisher:
Wingert-Jones Publications
Trains are a part of Christmas, whether on a “trip” to the North Pole or around the Christmas tree. With train effects and a happy melody interspersed with familiar carols this will be a favorite of players and audience alike.
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2022…
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Concert Band
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Publisher:
Wingert-Jones Publications
Every fall, flocks of up to a million starlings create fluid formations of wheeling and darting birds called murmurations. Composer Peter Terry depicts this sea of birds, whose beautiful, hypnotic motions move as a vast single cloud that can block out the sun…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Peter Terry
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Flagship is a great teaching piece for bands wanting to explore 3/4 time. John knows how to score a band to sound big and full!
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2022 Publisher: Wingert-Jones Publications Series: Achievement Series Category: Concert Band
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Concert Band
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Publisher:
Wingert-Jones Publications
Take a wild ride through a haunted house with this new work perfect for Halloween concerts. John Dupuis has given us an accessible work with lots of stuff to chew on…well, that is, if Ghosts had teeth!
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2023 Publisher: Wingert-Jones…
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Concert Band
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Publisher:
Wingert-Jones Publications
Gothic Quest sounds like it’s from another time but powerful! Composer Emily Golan draws from her experience in the classroom to deliver an aggressive composition for younger students that takes them on a musical journey that is first aggressive, but then…
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String Orchestra
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Publisher:
Wingert-Jones Publications
The definition of gravitas (dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner) perfectly describes the style of this piece. It contains some carefully placed descending dissonance in the introductory material that is used throughout the piece to make even the…
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Concert Band
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Publisher:
Wingert-Jones Publications
Picture yourself in the town square as marching bands pass by celebrating a patriotic event. That heart pounding pulse, the shine of brass bells…it is infectious! This new, standard-form march from Chris Ferguson has all the trappings of the great marches of…
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Concert Band
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Publisher:
Wingert-Jones Publications
George Sweet’s harmonic palette is still one of our favorites out there. It is unique and fresh, but still throws back to a time long gone…making it hard not to love.
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2023 Publisher: Wingert-Jones Publications Series: Achievement…
Style:
Concert Band
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Publisher:
Wingert-Jones Publications