Format : Score and Parts
SKU: FJ.FJH1415
ISBN 9781569393529. UPC: 674398213962. English.
The sights and sounds of a festive parade come alive in this collection: Fife and Drum, Tuba Tune, Holiday Fanfare, Walking on Stilts, Riding a Float, Clowns and much more. Traditional scale and chord patterns make these pieces easy to learn (keys of C, F, and G), and provide a good supplement to any piano method.
About FJH Composers in Focus
Composers in Focus is a series of original piano collections celebrating the creative artistry of contemporary composers. It is through the work of these composers that the piano teaching repertoire is enlarged and enhanced.
SKU: AP.98-RWS230100
Shout For Joy is an iconic opening fanfare for your holiday celebration. This brilliant opening statement for concert band and choir has thrilled audiences for decades in Central Florida as part of a traditional concert program performed over 90 times each holiday season.
SKU: CL.RWS-2301-01
SKU: CL.RWS-2220-01
Fanfare for the Festival of Lights weaves two traditional Hanukkah melodies, Ma’oz Tzur and The Dreidel Song into a colorful, rousing celebration! Evan VanDoren has masterfully crafted an approachable, mature-sounding composition that will challenge your best performers while meeting the needs of your developing players. Get your next holiday concert started with energy and excitement!
SKU: CL.RWS-2220-00
SKU: CL.024-4358-01
Look no further for the perfect holiday concert opener for young band. A sparkling opening fanfare based on Oh Come All Ye Faithful sets the stage for a festive musical celebration. A variety of textures and styles makes this musically rewarding, while being easy to put together with limited rehearsal time. Appropriate for young bands all the way up to adult groups. Bring on the holidays!
SKU: AP.28697
UPC: 038081312415. English.
A rhythmic piano ostinato grows into an exciting choral celebration for the changing seasons of the year. Modal harmonies and accented rhythms contribute to the contemporary sounds of this joyful fanfare and tribute to nature. Program with other Andy Beck seasons songs to create a choral song cycle.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
SKU: CL.024-4289-01
Your next holiday concert will sparkle from the opening notes of this vibrant holiday fanfare! Using the melody of Joy to the World as a foundation, the composer takes the listener through a flurry of styles and sounds, building to an energetic conclusion that will get your program off to an exhilarating start!
SKU: AP.38109
UPC: 038081425818. English.
This triumphant opener or closer is sure to make an impact with its fanfare-like phrases and percussive handclaps. Subito dynamics and scattered syncopations energize the piece, while legato lines and choral echoes provide musical contrast. Accompaniment available on PianoTrax 4 CD (00-35870).
SKU: AP.48930
UPC: 038081562544. English. Words by Deborah Craig-Claar; music from March of the Toys by Victor Herbert.
Presenting Victor Herbert's instantly recognizable March of the Toys with all-new hilarious lyrics! This festive feature reads like a wacky to-do list of holiday preparations with non-stop punchlines from the choir and a couple cameo soloists. Your fullest sounds, brightest faces, and biggest personalities are on full display with this theatrical celebration of the season. Get ready to giggle when handheld percussion instruments and sound effects (played by choristers) introduce a parade of unwanted out-of-town guests. It's a crazy cast of characters and Christmas chaos straight out of a comedic holiday movie. Mark Hayes provides a showy piano reduction and a grand orchestration (on the SoundTrax or SoundPax) from fanfare to finish.
SKU: AP.48928
UPC: 038081562520. English. Words by Deborah Craig-Claar; music from March of the Toys by Victor Herbert.
Presenting Victor Herbert's instantly recognizable March of the Toys with all-new hilarious lyrics! This festive feature reads like a wacky to-do list of holiday preparations with non-stop punchlines from the choir and a couple cameo soloists. Your fullest sounds, brightest faces, and biggest personalities are on full display with this theatrical celebration of the season. Get ready to giggle when handheld percussion instruments and sound effects (played by choristers) introduce a parade of unwanted out-of-town guests. It's a crazy cast of characters and Christmas chaos straight out of a comedic holiday movie. Mark Hayes provides a showy piano reduction and a grand orchestration (on the SoundTrax or SoundPax) from fanfare to finish. Visit to download free staging suggestions: alfred.com/countdownstaging.
SKU: AP.48929
UPC: 038081562537. English. Words by Deborah Craig-Claar; music from March of the Toys by Victor Herbert.
SKU: AP.49561
ISBN 9781470648909. UPC: 038081569680. English.
Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner, three well-known secular carol tunes are showcased in this big and brassy, bright and flashy seasonal extravaganza, especially suited as a concert opener. Beginning with a cascade of chimes, soaring woodwind runs, and bold brass lines, Deck the Hall and Here We Come A-Caroling are presented with dynamic flair, interspersed with brief fanfare-like episodes. The mood transitions to a jaunting sleigh ride across the winter landscape, partnering the second time through with Jingle Bells, as the spirited celebration closes with a short coda, drawn from musical materials heard in the opening measures of the work. (2:55) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: AP.49561S
ISBN 9781470648916. UPC: 038081569697. English.
Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner, three well-known secular carol tunes are showcased in this big and brassy, bright and flashy seasonal extravaganza, especially suited as a concert opener. Beginning with a cascade of chimes, soaring woodwind runs, and bold brass lines, Deck the Hall and Here We Come A-Caroling are presented with dynamic flair, interspersed with brief fanfare-like episodes. The mood transitions to a jaunting sleigh ride across the winter landscape, partnering the second time through with Jingle Bells, as the spirited celebration closes with a short coda, drawn from musical materials heard in the opening measures of the work. (2:55).
SKU: BT.DHP-0920450-030
9x12 inches.
In Japan, July the 7th is a holiday known as Tanabata, for which large celebrations are held throughout the country. The holiday is based on a legend about a young man and a young woman who are separated by the Milky Way and can only see each other once a year on this night. The Seventh Night of July is Itaru Sakai’s musical interpretation of this romantic legend. The flugel horn and euphonium solos during the middle movement represent the two main themes from the legend.In Japan vindt op 7 juli jaarlijks het feest Tanabata plaats, met vele festiviteiten in het hele land. Volgens een legende mogen een jonge man en vrouw in de vorm van twee sterren die door de Melkweg van elkaar gescheiden zijn elkaar alleen op deze ene avond in het jaar ontmoeten. The Seventh Night of July is Itaru Sakai’s muzikale weerspiegeling van dit romantische verhaal. De bugel- en euphoniumsolo’s in het middelste deel staan symbool voor de hoofdpersonen uit de legende.Der 7. Juli ist in Japan ein Feiertag namens Tanabata, zu dem im ganzen Land große Feste gefeiert werden. Er geht auf eine Legende zurück, der zufolge ein junger Mann und eine junge Frau, die durch die Milchstraße voneinander getrennt sind, sich nur in dieser einen Nacht sehen dürfen. In The Seventh Night of July vertonte Itaru Sakai diese romantische Legende. Die im mittleren Satz eingeschobenen Flügelhorn- und Euphonium-Soli symbolisieren die beiden Hauptthemen der Erzählung.Au Japon, de grandes célébrations ont lieu travers tout le pays le 7 juillet, l’occasion du jour férié connu sous le nom de Tanabata. Il est basé sur la légende d’un jeune homme et d’une jeune femme qui sont séparés par la Galaxie et ne peuvent se voir qu’une fois par année, ce jour-ci. The Seventh Night of July est l’interprétation musicale d’Itaru Sakai de cette légende romantique. Les solos de bugle et euphonium du mouvement central représentent les deux thèmes principaux de la légende.
SKU: AP.50131
UPC: 038081573014. English.
Celebrate the joy of making music all life long with this powerful ode to our art. With lyrics about the many ways that music makes a difference in our lives, singers will embrace the message and be inspired to share it. Bookended by a resonant choral fanfare and including an optional flute obbligato, it's a dynamic opener or closer for all who love music!
SKU: AP.50132
UPC: 038081573021. English.
SKU: HL.4007917
Palaces, castles and chateaus -- we associate music with all these buildings, whether for exhilarating celebrations, high holidays and tournaments: these are all occasions that would have been unthinkable without music and for which there were dances in many different rhythms. This is exactly the kind of music we find in this newly written composition. Pieces include: Canzone, Menuett, Fanfare, and Rondino.
