America's most beloved songwriter is showcased in this outstanding medley for symphonic band. John Higgins has selected some of Irving Berlin's greatest melodies and given each a refreshing touch in his own skillful style. Includes: 'Puttin' On The Ritz' 'Cheek To Cheek' 'Shaking The Blues Away' 'Steppin' Out With My Baby' and 'There's No Business Like Show Business'.

Originally recorded by Eartha Kitt in the '50s this tongue-in-cheek holiday favorite has also been recorded by a wide variety of artists including Madonna Faith Evans and Taylor Swift. Michael Brown's clever arrangement foryoung bands is the perfect lighter touch for the holidays.

Score-Charles Ives' Third Symphony ‘The Camp Meeting’ is the most concisely-scored of his five symphonies. Containing only Strings a few Winds Horns and Trombone this is a clear and uncluttered reminiscence of nineteenth centuryAmerica as viewed through some of its traditional hymn tunes and in doing so evokes the old 'camp meetings' which were such a feature of pioneer life. The first movement ‘Old Folks' Gatherin'’ is a patchwork of hymntunes drifting through an unpredictable constantly changing harmonic orientation. After a climax is reached a quiet passage opens with oboe and flute over hushed distant strings. Ives reintroduces part of the middle section and settles down to a quiet coda ending the movement almost imperceptibly. The second movement ‘Children's Day’ opens with strings in two parts over Haydnesque eighth notes in the horns. ‘There is a Fountain Filled withBlood’ ‘Happy Land’ ‘Naomi’ and ‘There's Music in the Air’ all are heard. As this is a movement depicting children at play Ives is playful himself weaving hymn tunes into one another in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner. Thethird movement ‘Communion’ is darker in tone than the others and provides a psychologically satisfactory close to the work as a whole. This is the 1990 edition of the Score The Charles Ives Society Critical Edition edited byKenneth Singleton and reprinted in 2001. It contains substantial notes on Ives and this work.

Qu'advient-il lorsque nous mélangeons Père Noël, la tradition et violon vieux temps? Bien sûr, nous obtenons Fiddler sur le toit! Dans cet arrangement tongue-in-cheek et complètement jouable, les jeunes instrumentistes à cordes joueront comme de l'Est violoneux européennes, puis tourner dans une version violon américain optimiste et la conduite de la norme de vacances. Que ce soit un membre de l'orchestre ou le public, voici un humoristique, arrangement taper du pied de 'Up sur le toit' comme vous ne l'avez jamais entendu parler avant! / Orchestre A Cordes

based on Up On The Housetop-Based on Up on the Housetop John Moss' tongue-in-cheek arrangement cleverly mixes this familiar carol with a foot-stomping barn dance style. A rousing country Christmas all the way!

Reminiscent of the great Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band this tune settles into a nice groove after a tongue-in-cheek intro that's sure to bring back visions of the Groove Merchant. Rachel has scored this fine original to feature the saxes on the head and later the tenor in the solo spotlight complete with changes and a suggested written-out part for the developing jazz musician. Check it out for your festival program.

This tongue-in-cheek approach to the classic tango will keep your percussion section busy with lots of Spike Jones type comic effects including siren whistle bulb horn slapstick vibraslap guiro and clapping. To aid with performance flexibilty an alternate optional snare drum part is provided for more accomplished players. This is one ?fun tango? that literally has all the bells and whistles! (2:10)

Great medium-tempo funk that entertains and is fun to play. It opens with a tongue-in-cheek bari sax and bass bone soli with everyone involved in five short measures.

One of the memorable sequences from The Simpsons Movie features Homer and his favored swine. Here's a tongue-in-cheek musical moment for the ages based on the familiar Spider Man theme.

Concert Band - Grade 3 From the epic comedy/adventure movie The Great Race Henry Mancini captured the essence of the film's tongue-in-cheek slap-stick style with this terrific razzmatazz march. Including short segments of musical Americana this is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser! (2:15)

One of the memorable sequences from The Simpsons Movie features Homer and his favored swine. Here’s a tongue-in-cheek musical moment for the ages based on the familiar Spider-Man theme.