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New Beginning Band Grades 1/2 thru 1-1/2
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| Grade 1/2 Beginning Band | ||||
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Fun
music for the Pre-Grade 1 Band! Trombone
glissandos, Flexatone, Ratchet, Flute "head joint" effects,
ghostly howls, and so much more ensure that your beginners will love
playing this comically "scary" arrangement.
Easily achieved ranges and rhythms mean that any band can prepare
this lighthearted novelty for a performance early in the school year. How
about a short concert in late October?
Band arrangements like Rats, Bats and Spiders (Hannickel) ,
Specto Leviosa (Bulla), Along Came A Spider (Hannickel), Pumpkin Polka
(Toms), Mechanical Mice (Toms), Carnivore (Bulla), and The Ant Farm (P.
Curnow) could all be used in such a concert. You might also include a Tuba soloist performing Grieg's In
The Hall Of The Mountain King or a Xylophone soloist on the Hitchcock
theme song Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) which are found in the
excellent CMP 1st Recital Series collection of Play-along books. Curnow
Music Press has a wealth of music in countless styles for Concert Band
as well as a leading
collection of beautifully executed Play-along books to meet any concert
or recital need. Check it out!
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Performance Time |
Full Recording |
| Set (Score and Parts) |
44007435 |
$ 39.00 |
02:00 |
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| Score Only |
44007436 |
$ 9.95 | ||
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Heroic
Fanfare & March
Grade
1/2 |
Mike Hannickel | |||
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Perfect
for that first festival experience or as a graduation
processional/recessional, the regal quality of Heroic Fanfare and March
fits the young wind ensemble to a tee.
Appropriate ranges and a stately tempo means you will be able to
prepare this majestic statement in a reasonable amount of time, even if,
like so many young bands, you get only one or two rehearsals per week.
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Performance Time |
Full Recording |
| Set (Score and Parts) | 44007404 | $ 39.00 | 02:00 | Download |
| Score Only | 44007405 | $ 9.95 | ||
| Yuletide Spirit Grade 1/2 | Timothy Johnson | |||
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An easy and enjoyable Pre-Grade 1
offering, you'll want to program this new work by Timothy Johnson on your
upcoming holiday concert. It makes a nice contrast to other Christmas fare
while serving well as a teaching piece for things like staccato and
accented articulations, dynamic subtleties, simple slurred passages, and
many other things that will help you raise your young band's maturity
level. Timothy Johnson has
composed many successful pieces for Young Band. Written with your nascent
musician's success in mind, this is one you are sure to like. Fun
and educational! |
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| Item |
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Performance Time |
Full Recording |
| Set (Score and Parts) | 44007432 | $ 39.00 | 02:00 | Download |
| Score Only | 44007433 | $ 9.95 | ||
| Grade 1 Beginning Band | ||||
| African Portrait Grade 1 | James Curnow | |||
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Let
the rhythmic joy of these African folk songs invigorate your audience at
your next concert.
The young band will enjoy performing this excellent arrangement by
James Curnow with foot stomping and hand clapping as well as accessibly
enjoyable
instrumental parts.
Good, easy band arrangements of authentic African melodies are
somewhat rare considering the immense wealth of styles of music that
infuse the continent.
This new piece is sure to become standard literature for young
bands. Lively! |
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Performance Time |
Full Recording |
| Set (Score and Parts) | 44007390 | $ 42.00 | 03:45 | Download |
| Score Only | 44007391 | $ 9.95 | ||
| Jingle Bells Jamboree Grade 1 | Timothy Johnson | |||
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Christmas,
country style! A fiddle style
kick-off sets the joyful mood right away, and the fun just keeps on a-comin'.
Knee-slappin' rhythms and surprising melodic interplay will have
the audience fully engaged from the get-go.
This is your chance to do something different on your Winter
program. Whether you use it
as a change-of-pace or an opener, Jingle Bells Jamboree is a great way to
make your concert sparkle. Y'all join in the fun! |
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Full Recording |
| Set (Score and Parts) | 44007408 | $ 42.00 | 02:00 | Download |
| Score Only | 44007409 | $ 9.95 | ||
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Barnyard Bagatelle Grade 1 |
Mike Hannickel | |||
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Kids
can make weird sounds. Every
conductor of young bands has discovered this maxim time and again.
Why not put those skills to good use?
Barnyard Bagatelle mixes well known "barnyard" folk songs
like Mary Had A Little Lamb, Old MacDonald, The Old Grey Mare, Shoo Fly
(and more) with the animal sound effects your students have studiously
perfected over the years. Audition
your band for vocal imitations of a Pig, a Big Dog, a little
"yappy" Dog, a Cow, a clucking Chicken and many more; then have
some real musical fun.
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Performance Time |
Full Recording |
| Set (Score and Parts) | 44007394 | $ 42.00 | 02:00 | Download |
| Score Only | 44007395 | $ 9.95 | ||
| Grade 1 1/2 Beginning Band | ||||
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Renaissance Festival Grade 1 1/2
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T.Susato/James Curnow | |||
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Tielman Susato, one of the most
influential musicians of his time, left behind an enormous body of
Renaissance compositions. Students
of music would do well to be familiar with Susato and the sounds of the
Renaissance. James Curnow has
carefully arranged two of Susato's dance melodies in such a way that the
young band can bring them the concert stage with the real character and
spirit of the original works. Curnow Music Press always works hard
to make sure our publications are written to fit within the assigned grade
level and yet remain interesting for the players.
You'll find this excellent concert and contest publication to be
right on target. Distinctive! |
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Performance Time |
Full Recording |
| Set (Score and Parts) | 44007420 | $ 42.00 | 03:00 | Download |
| Score Only | 44007421 | $ 9.95 | ||
| Javaleon Grade 1 1/2 | Timothy Johnson | |||
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The
mysterious and exotic minor key opening theme will intrigue your young
musicians. A sparkling and unique Allegro section gives this piece a
musical character unlike any other.
This piece sounds far more mature than it plays, remaining entirely
accessible to the Grade 1 1/2 band. Once
your musicians are familiar with Javaleon they'll want to play it again
and again.
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Performance Time |
Full Recording |
| Set (Score and Parts) | 44007406 | $ 42.00 | 02:00 | Download |
| Score Only | 44007407 | $ 9.95 | ||
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Christmas Espanol Grade 1 1/2 |
James Curnow | |||
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This cheerful little
gem is based on the Brazilian carol Feliz
Natal. Skillfully
arranged for the important Grade 1 1/2 level (which is where young bands
first really break away from the most basic concepts into much more
expressive ideas), it fills a definite need in
the arena of Young Band Holiday literature. All the instruments
have engaging parts to play, and you'll especially appreciate the
manageable, but fun, Low Brass and Low Woodwind parts.
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| Item |
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Performance Time |
Full Recording |
| Set (Score and Parts) | 44007398 | $ 42.00 |
02:00 |
Download |
| Score Only | 44007399 | $ 9.95 | ||
