SKU: FL.FX072849
Instruments: Soprano Saxophone Solo (1 part) Alto Saxophone Solo (1 part) Tenor Saxophone Solo (1 part) Baritone Saxophone Solo (1 part) Flute 1 (1 part) Flute 2 (1 part) Flute 3 (1 part) Oboe 1 (1 part) Oboe 2 (1 part) Bassoon 1(1 part) Bassoon 2(1 part) Bb Clarinet 1 (4 parts) Bb Clarinet 2 (4 parts) Bass Clarinet (1 part) Alto Saxophones 1&2 (2 parts) Tenor Saxophones 1&2 (2 parts) Baritone Saxophone (1 part) Bb Trumpet 1 (1 part) Bb Trumpet 2 (1 part) Bb Trumpet 3 (1 part) F Horn 1 (1 part) F Horn 2 (1 part) F Horn 3 (1 part) Trombone 1 (1 part) Trombone 2 (1 part) Bass Trombone (1 part) Bb Baritone / Euphonium B.C. (1 part) C Tuba (1 part) Double Bass (1 part) Vibraphone & Timpani (1 part) Glockenspiel & Xylophone (1 part) Suspended Cymbal/Tambourine/Bass Drum (2 parts) Triangle/Cymbal/Chimes/Snare Drum/Wood Block (2 parts)Additional Parts: C Baritone / Euphonium T.C. (1 part) Bb Baritone / Euphonium T.C. (1 part) C Euphonium B.C. (1 part) Bb Tuba (1 part) Eb Tuba (1 part); Difficuly Level: Grade 4; Duration: 11 mn 30 s; Musical Style: Classical; Category: Original Composition; Composer: Gilles ARCENS;.
SKU: PR.16500077F
UPC: 680160039272. Key: Bb major. English.
ABOUT THE MUSIC: From the moment that the woodwinds introduce the spritely theme to the concluding statement, the theme undergoes a variety of treatments with constantly changing instrumental textures. This work was written for Kenneth Snapp and the Arizona State University Symphonic Winds. ABOUT THE COMPOSER: David Cohen was born in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1927. He was educated at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and The Julliard School where he received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. He continued his education at the Paris Conservatory and the University of Southern California where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition in 1966. Cohen has taught at the University of Alabama and Arizona State University and is presently Director of the Arizona State University Electronic Music Studio. He has been the recipient of the Coolidge Chamber Music Prize, a Fulbright Scholarship, University of Alabama Research Grant and a Research Grand from the IBM Corporation.ABOUT THE MUSIC: From the moment that the woodwinds introduce the spritely theme to the concluding statement, the theme undergoes a variety of treatments with constantly changing instrumental textures.This work was written for Kenneth Snapp and the Arizona State University Symphonic Winds.ABOUT THE COMPOSER: David Cohen was born in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1927. He was educated at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and The Julliard School where he received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. He continued his education at the Paris Conservatory and the University of Southern California where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition in 1966.Cohen has taught at the University of Alabama and Arizona State University and is presently Director of the Arizona State University Electronic Music Studio.He has been the recipient of the Coolidge Chamber Music Prize, a Fulbright Scholarship, University of Alabama Research Grant and a Research Grand from the IBM Corporation.
SKU: PR.11540193F
UPC: 680160020355.
SKU: PR.155000390
UPC: 680160033973.
SKU: PR.115402070
ISBN 9781598063103. UPC: 680160596164. 9 x 12 inches. Key: G minor.
A nation without a country is the best way to describe the nomadic tribes known as gypsies, or properly called, the Romani. Their traditions, their language (Roma), legends, and music stretch all over the globe, from the Middle East, the Mediterranean region, and the Iberian peninsula, across the ocean to the Americas. Commissioned by the CBDNA, ROMA is a tribute to that culture, in five descriptive themes, as told through the eyes and hearts of Romani women everywhere: “Romani Woman,†“Mystic,†“Youth,†“Trickster,†and “History.†The melodies and rhythms are a fusion of styles and cultures: Malagueña of Spain, Argentine Tango, Arabic music, Turkish folk songs, 3/2 Latin claves, and Jazz).
SKU: PE.EP68748
ISBN 9790300762289.
Shawn Okpebholo's Heritage, in the Edition Peters Concert Band Series, evokes moods, events and sounds (including West African drumming and indigenous melodies) from an ethnomusicological research visit the composer undertook to Nigeria. One of the primary musical themes of the work is an adaptation of a song that comes from the Esan people, a small ethnic group in the southern part of Nigeria and the tribe to which the composer has deep historical and family ties.
The Esan language is poetic in nature and, at various moments in the work, the musicians chant the text from an Esan song:
Ekine leleyea do obhimen la doeki nalo.(My investment in you is paid off. Because of your hard work, your future is bright)
Heritage is a revised version of a work previously entitled This is Africa, which was commissioned by Professor Marcellus Brown and the Boise State University Symphonic Winds for the 2011 National CBDNA Convention and is dedicated to the memory of Dr Harry Begian.
Orchestration:
1 Piccolo, 2 Flute 1, 2 Flute 2, 1 Oboe 1, 1 Oboe 2, 1 Clarinet in E-flat, 3 Clarinet 1 in B-flat, 3 Clarinet 2 in B-flat, 3 Clarinet 3 in B-flat, 2 Bass Clarinet 1 and 2, 1 Bassoon 1, 1 Bassoon 2, 1 Alto Saxophone 1, 1 Alto Saxophone 2, 1 Tenor Saxophone, 1 Baritone Saxophone, 1 Trumpet 1 in B-flat, 1 Trumpet 2 in B-flat, 1 Trumpet 3 in B-flat, 1 Trumpet 4 in B-flat, 1 Horn 1 in F, 1 Horn 2 in F, 1 Horn 3 in F, 1 Horn 4 in F, 1 Trombone 1, 1 Trombone 2, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Euphonium 1, 1 Euphonium 2, 2 Tuba 1 and 2, 1 String Bass, 1 Percussion 1, 1 Percussion 2, 1 Drum Kit, 1 Bongos, 1 Congas, 1 Horn 1 in E-flat, 1 Horn 2 in E-flat, 1 Horn 3 in E-flat, 1 Horn 4 in E-flat, 1 Trombone 1 (B-flat treble clef), 1 Trombone 2 (B-flat treble clef), 1 Bass Trombone (B-flat treble clef), 1 Euphonium 1 (B-flat treble clef), 1 Euphonium 2 (B-flat treble clef), 2 Tuba 1 and 2 (B-flat treble clef), 2 Tuba 1 and 2 (E-flat treb.
SKU: PR.16500092L
UPC: 680160039531. 11 x 17 inches.
Zion is the third and final installment of a series of works for Wind Ensemble inspired by national parks in the western United States, collectively called Three Places in the West. As in the other two works (The Yellowstone Fires and Arches), it is my intention to convey more an impression of the feelings I've had in Zion National Park in Utah than an attempt at pictorial description. Zion is a place with unrivalled natural grandeur, being a sort of huge box canyon in which the traveler is constantly overwhelmed by towering rock walls on every side of him -- but it is also a place with a human history, having been inhabited by several tribes of native Americans before the arrival of the Mormon settlers in the mid-19th century. By the time the Mormons reached Utah, they had been driven all the way from New York State through Ohio and, with tragic losses, through Missouri. They saw Utah in general as a place nobody wanted, but they were nonetheless determined to keep it to themselves. Although Zion Canyon was never a Mormon Stronghold, the people who reached it and claimed it (and gave it its present name) had been through extreme trials. It is the religious fervor of these persecuted people that I was able to draw upon in creating Zion as a piece of music. There are two quoted hymns in the work: Zion's Walls (which Aaron Copland adapted to his own purposes in both is Old American Songs and the opera The Tender Land) and Zion's Security, which I found in the same volume in which Copland found Zion's Walls -- that inexhaustible storehouse of 19th-century hymnody called The Sacred Harp. My work opens with a three-verse setting of Zion's Security, a stern tune in F-sharp minor which is full of resolve. (The words of this hymn are resolute and strong, rallying the faithful to be firm, and describing the city of our God they hope to establish). This melody alternates with a fanfare tune, whose origins will be revealed in later music, until the second half of the piece begins: a driving rhythmic ostinato based on a 3/4-4/4 alternating meter scheme. This pauses at its height to restate Zion's Security one more time, in a rather obscure setting surrounded by freely shifting patterns in the flutes, clarinets, and percussion -- until the sun warms the ground sufficiently for the second hymn to appear. Zion's Walls is set in 7/8, unlike Copland's 9/8-6/8 meters (the original is quite strange, and doesn't really fit any constant meter), and is introduced by a warm horn solo. The two hymns vie for attention from here to the end of the piece, with the glowingly optimistic Zion's Walls finally achieving prominence. The work ends with a sense of triumph and unbreakable spirit. Zion was commissioned in 1994 by the wind ensembles of the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Oklahoma. It is dedicated to the memory of Aaron Copland.
SKU: KJ.JB96F
UPC: 084027044308.
In Prelude and Dance, composer Jack Stamp incorporated many of the techniques found in his more difficult works to create a piece for younger bands without full instrumentation. This edition adds parts for oboe, bassoon, alto clarinet, electric bass, and rehearsal piano, to meet the needs of full bands.
About Kjos Concert Band Legacy
The Neil A. Kjos Music Company's legacy of producing superb literature for concert band spans its entire 80 year history. We're proud to honor that legacy by continuing to publish compositions of the utmost quality at all grade levels in the Kjos Concert Band Legacy series. Each composition is carefully selected and edited to provide the best in wind band literature by both celebrated and rising composers of today. Skillful engraving with logical page turns, measure numbers, rehearsal marks, essential cueing, and other useful indications ensure that the rehearsal process runs smoothly, so bands can focus on making great music.
SKU: BC.24189
SKU: PR.165000700
UPC: 680160039098. Key: C major. Text: Anonymous. Anonymous.
SKU: BC.43749