SKU: HL.48011117
UPC: 073999266870.
Session Time is an album of solos that expand to create opportunities for exciting group music-making. Each piece can be played as a solo or as a group piece. The optional ensemble parts extend the harmonic and musical structure of each piece, enabling each performer to play an important part in the group. Keyboard parts are available in a separate accompaniment book.
SKU: CL.012-1715-01
An exquisite setting of the 4th Prelude from The Well-Tempered Clavichord. It is the first of the Bach Keyboard works to be transcribed in terms of the modern wind ensemble/concert band, and represents another high point in making available to wind players some of the greatest of Bach’s music originally conveived for other media.
SKU: CL.012-3175-01
Envision a musical sleighride through the upper peninsula of Michigan. Playful and energetic, the opening evolves into a plaintive and sensitive segment of the piece that provides great contrast and expressive opportunites. This exceptional piece has several solo passages for alto saxophone, piccolo, flute, oboe, trumpet and clarinet, and is an excellent choice for concert or contest use. Includes a Piano/Keyboard part that adds color to the composition and allows you to feature a budding pianist with your group.
About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series
The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.
SKU: CL.RWS-2317-00
The well-known Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is orchestrated here for winds and percussion with the mallet instruments in the forefront. Show off your best glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone or marimba player at your next holiday concert. Or, you can have them all play at once, or maybe even pass the tune around! There are lots of possibilities with this one. It is a real crowd pleaser with an instantly recognizable theme.
SKU: CL.RWS-2317-01
SKU: CL.015-2656-01
The regal sounds of this effective Ed Huckeby composition will make your very young band sound like a bunch of pros. A stately tempo and solid scoring make it accessible for young players and Huckeby’s knack for writing memorable melodies makes it an excellent choice for any young band performance. Playable with limited instrumentations and includes an optional Keyboard part is included that can be used as a rehearsal aid or as a performance enhancer with very small groups. A Winner!!
SKU: CL.015-2656-00
SKU: CL.015-2665-00
Strong and energetic! Excellent choice for any young band performance or contest. Accessible and appealing, this piece will challenge your younger students to a higher level of performance. The band set also includes an optional keyboard. VERY NICE!
SKU: CL.RWS-2241-00
A highly energetic concert opener, High Vibration is a bright and fast fanfare that will leave your audience in awe. This brilliantly scored fanfare will showcase the intensity of the brass section, the sweeping flourishes of the woodwind section, and the metallic nature of keyboard and auxiliary percussion. High Vibration emphasizes consistent transitioning from compound meter to simple meter exposing the ensemble to multiple time signatures and metric modulation.
SKU: AP.98-RWS224101
SKU: CL.015-2773-00
This delightful piece based on the familiar Christmas carol that is perfect for very young bands at their first holiday concert appearance. Gives a nice big sound while remaining accessible to developing players at this grade level. Includes an optional keyboard part which can be used as a rehearsal aid or as a performance enhancement when performing it with very small groups.
SKU: CL.015-2773-01
SKU: CL.015-2596-01
An excellent concert piece for very young featuring tempo and style changes making it a perfect teaching tool as well. Also includes an optional keyboard part. Very strong from the first note to the last.
SKU: CL.015-2596-00
SKU: CL.015-3092-00
Here’s a piece that attacks the age old problem of how to challenge your best beginning students while not leaving behind the students of lesser abilities. The first Flute/Oboe, Clarinet, Alto Sax and Trumpet parts all contain a variation on the melody which should be performed by your best students. The 2nd parts to those same instruments are written at the regular beginning band level. Contains an optional keyboard part to help out in bands with instrumentation problems. It’s a great motivator and will keep your best students challenged. Very Highly Reccommended!
SKU: FJ.HX102PNO
ISBN 9781530882854. UPC: 682500374678. English.
A collection of six charts for small jazz groups at grade 2 - 2.5. All charts are scored in three-part writing, with flexible instrumentation provided by all three parts in each wind book. Solo sections are provided with changes, and also a mini-clinic for each tune with a break down of the spelled-out chord progression and suggested scales to use throughout each solo. Twelve transcribed solos match the recordings note-for-note, and twelve suggested solos give younger players a starting point with themes taken from the recorded solos. 49 downloadable play-along tracks provide every instrument a chance to sit in with the recorded band. Contents Include: Porto Alegre; Time Will Tell; Leap Day; Bohemian Groove; Avalon; Steam Punk Funk.