Band

These brief yet powerful fanfares will serve a variety of functions for concert programming. Written with moderate and stately tempos, these fanfares are easy to learn but provide a grand and impressive sound for just about any ensemble. Dur: 2:00 (Includes full performance CD)

Featuring distinctive sounds from the Renaissance period, here is an attractive suite of three dances skillfully scored for young bands. The stately Allemande uses full band passages alternating with statements by the woodwinds and brass. William Byrd's Pavana provides the lyric middle movement, while the lively dance Saltarello provides a rousing finish. Dur: 4:50 (Grade 2.5)

The folk music of Czechoslovakia has often served as a fertile source of material and inspiration for composers and arrangers. This work is a setting of three traditional Czech melodies displaying a wide range of moods and styles. Walking At Night alternates between a beautiful slow melody and a lively dance theme. Meadows Green is an expressive ballad superbly scored for all sections of the band. The suite concludes in grand fashion with a spirited rendition of the familiar Spring, The Madcap.

This arrangement for flexible instrumentation is a setting of three traditional Czech melodies displaying a wide range of moods and styles. Includes: Walking at Night; Meadows Green and Spring, The Madcap.

Includes: Somewhere in My Memory; Star of Bethlehem; Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas. Full set includes 40 SATB octavos. Additional SATB octavos - 08740830 Children's Chorus octavos - 08740831

Here are all your favorite Nutcracker themes rolled into a clever and lighthearted medley. For added excitement, appoint an official time keeper and use a big hourglass-type egg timer or a projected digital stopwatch so the audience can track your progress as the band frantically races to finish under 3 minutes. (An accelerando is built-in at the end in case you need to make up time!)

John Moss has created a marvelous setting for young players with this carefully researched group of dance pieces from the Renaissance period. With distinctive percussion writing and modal harmonies, the unique flavor of this music will complement any musical program. Includes: I. Basse Danse (Susato), II. Volte (Praetorius), and III. The King's Pavane. (4:05)