Renowned film composer Danny Elfman entered the symphonic world with a flourish with his orchestral work Serenada Schizophrana. Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra in New York, it was premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2005. The third...
A Race to the Finish is a charming, witty, and whimsical mini-musical based on Aesop's most popular fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare." Recreate the famous race between the slow and steady turtle and the over-confident rabbit. Features five unison...
Accent on Christmas and Holiday Ensembles uses the same format as Accent on Ensembles to bring holiday music to life for your beginning students. Since the instrumentation is flexible, any combination of instruments can play...
Reflecting colorful orchestration techniques and the influence of native Armenian classical traditions, Spartacus was one Khachaturian's hugely successful ballets (along with Gayane). This exciting and powerful sequence from the ballet is adapted...
Book 3 deals primarily with extended positions of the right hand, the introduction of the A minor and D minor keys and the development of technical skills such as the crossing under of the thumb. Triplets are introduced as well as 'fingered' A minor...
This 2 GM-disk set correlates with Alfred's Basic Group Piano Course, Book 1 and includes accompaniments ranging from simple drum patterns to full orchestrations that add musical interest and motivate students.
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A traditional West Indies folk song is the basis of this light two-part selection from the ever-talented Sonja Poorman. It's easy to sing; everyone will walk away humming the infectious melody. You can't go wrong with this one!
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From Samuel Barber's acclaimed First Symphony, here is a masterful adaptation for band of the stunningly beautiful lyric movement. While carefully preserving Barber's original intent, Richard has created a setting that effectively suits the band...
From Samuel Barber's acclaimed First Symphony, here is a masterful adaptation for band of the stunningly beautiful lyric movement. While carefully preserving Barber's original intent, Richard has created a setting that effectively suits the band...
Soul and blues singer Etta James made this luscious ballad a hit in 1960, though it was written almost 20 years earlier by the songwriting team of Mack Gordon and Harry Warren. Since then it's been recorded by scores of artists. One of the great...
Learning was never so much fun! If you're looking for a revolutionary band curriculum that builds solid musicianship while motivating your students to practice throughout the year, then you've found it! This full band curriculum is sound in its...
The great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók wrote music that is directly tied to his heritage and the native folk song material he brought to the music world. The following four movements for beginning string orchestra are taken from Bartok's famous...
