Ensemble

Finally our hero finds love. This medium/slow swinger features short solo passages for trumpet and alto. The harmonies and textures in this piece provide excellent material for teaching balance, blend and tuning. With a tuneful melody and nice swing feel, this is a great addition to any program.

Providing a great workout for basic blues scales and riffs, Bubbert demonstrates a relaxed swing style with this Mike Steinel original. With solid ensemble writing and a laid back feel, this is a perfect chart for teaching swing.

Just like the train that Bubbert rides, this jazz-rock minor blues (Bb minor) has a driving beat, and is well-suited for the young band. A fun workout using the blues vocabulary.

Bubbert must have been a cool cat! This original by Mike Steinel is written in a medium shuffle style and uses the blues scale for the easy improvisation section.

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The bugz are back and ready for the annual Christmas program infestation! The carpenter bees have built the sets, and the silk worms have made the costumes. OH, NO! The termites just chewed up the Christmas tree decorations and ate the lights! (gasp) What are the bugz to do? See how some special little guests light the way to a grand finale of The Twelve Bugs of Christmas! Designed for young performers in Grades K-3, this musical show features the clever writing of John Jacobson and John Higgins with 5 songs in a variety of musical styles, easy rhyming dialog with 45 speaking parts and additional non-speaking parts, all adaptable to casts of varying sizes, and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. Simple movement, staging and costume tips are also provided to help stage a successful performance, even when time is limited! Available: Teacher, Reproducible Pak (vocals, lyrics, dialog), Preview CD (with vocals), Preview Pak (1 Preview CD and sample pages), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Classroom Kit (Teacher, Repro Pak, P/A CD). Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested for grades K-3.

The bugz are back and ready for the annual Christmas program infestation! The carpenter bees have built the sets, and the silk worms have made the costumes. OH, NO! The termites just chewed up the Christmas tree decorations and ate the lights! (gasp) What are the bugz to do? See how some special little guests light the way to a grand finale of The Twelve Bugs of Christmas! Designed for young performers in Grades K-3, this musical show features the clever writing of John Jacobson and John Higgins with 5 songs in a variety of musical styles, easy rhyming dialog with 45 speaking parts and additional non-speaking parts, all adaptable to casts of varying sizes, and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. Simple movement, staging and costume tips are also provided to help stage a successful performance, even when time is limited! Available: Teacher, Reproducible Pak (vocals, lyrics, dialog), Preview CD (with vocals), Preview Pak (1 Preview CD and sample pages), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Classroom Kit (Teacher, Repro Pak, P/A CD). Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested for grades K-3.

The title song from the hit Broadway music Bye Bye Birdie features an upbeat early rock 'n' roll style and catchy melody. This arrangement can be performed with or without a vocalist, and has the added feature of being completely compatible with the pit orchestration for the stage production!

Featured in the sensational motion picture Ray, this hot big band chart is typical of the gospel-flavored swing style made famous by Ray Charles. John's authentic sounding adaptation has all the ensemble excitement of the original, plus solo space for tenor and/or piano.

Grade 1.5 Finally, this Ellington classic is available for even the most inexperienced bands. For starters, this version is in Bb rather than C. Rick features the saxes on the melody with inventive brass counterlines, and later a marvelous ensemble tutti section that starts soft then builds to the end. An absolute must! Performance Time: 3:30