Concert Band
Phrygian Rock
By Yvonne Barton-leach
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$35.00
The Church modes have long influenced the writing of music. PHRYGIAN ROCK is a fun and delightful way to introduce your young concert band players to the Phrygian mode. PHRYGIAN ROCK is a laid-back rock tune that practically plays itself. Encourage your percussionists to keep a firm tempo as you would find in a rock song. Work to keep the band balanced so the tune does not get over powered by the harmony. Composed 2016.
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ISMN 979072171234
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Play with Ease
By Michael Hugh Dixon
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$80.00
BAND TRAINING PROGRAM
This training band program has been developed to allow beginners to start together whilst playing some of their easiest notes. This requires the use of harmony from the outset. Concert B-flat is easy to produce on a clarinet and a saxophone but not at all easy on a flute or an oboe. The same note is easy for many a player of the trumpet, baritone and trombone yet some find a concert F easier, so there are options for those players. Horn players often find a concert F easier to play than a concert B-flat at, also a concert F is easily playable on both a single B-flat at horn and a single F horn. Concert A is an easy note on the flute and oboe, although a B would be easier, the A is not much more complicated and provides a nice note in the dominant chord of B-flat at major. The whole process begins with alternating B-flat at and F chords. Often, training band leaders direct from a keyboard, so the chords are shown above the flute part to make it simple to play along.
Each student has a page advising the numbers to practice each week and the program is divided into sections to give the feeling of completion from time to time. It is important that each band be directed at the most appropriate pace, therefore the music director should feel at liberty to overlap the designated weekly projects, hold them back, or skip some altogether. Much effort has been made to progress the players of an instrument at a decent pace. It is anticipated that many players will be ready to play other published material by the time they can play the numbers at the end of the book.
Composed 2018
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ISMN 9790720214429
Instrument program training books are available on request - $20.00 each, please contact keats@wirripang.com.au
Prelude to a Concert
By Carmelo Galea
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$60.00
Composed 2014
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ISMN 9790720151090
Remembrances
By Houston Dunleavy
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$65.00
Roman March
By Carmelo Galea
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$70.00
As the title implies - a rousing fanfare announces the return of the Roman legions from one of their victories, arriving at the Roman gates and then marching toward the Roman Forum. Composed 2009 rev. 2011
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ISMN 9790720140032
Sonic Essays for Concert Band
By Hugh Dixon
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$80.00
Composed 2010. Audio samples linked here are computer generated.
Parts on request keats@wirripang.com.au
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Sootie
By Robert Burrell
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$75.00
Sootie is a smooth 'cool jazz' like work with an overall 'laid back' feel. Suitable as a gentle number between more lively presentations. It is in rondo form with the saxophones featured in the A sections. It gets its title from a black alley cat.
Composed 2012 rev. 2015
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ISMN 97907201405386
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Spanish Dreams
By Clive Lane
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$150.00
Spanish Flavour
By Carmelo Galea
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$80.00
As the title implies, a little Spanish touch! Composed 2018
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ISMN 9790720209029
Suite: A Mighty Man of Music
By Paul Paviour
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$130.00
Symphonic Poem "A Celebration of the Natural World" (concert band)
By Mark John Mcencroe
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$250.00
Composed 2017
At a time when the diversification of species and the natural environment is fast disappearing, I wanted to reflect on all that was wonderful about the natural world before it is completely destroyed by the poison of human greed and economic rationalism. (Mark John McEncroe)
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ISMN 9790720227610
$180.00 for instant PDF download Conductor's score and parts (160 pages)
Symphonic Poem "The Passing" (concert band)
By Mark John Mcencroe
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$250.00
Composed 2017
This piece was written in the mood that one would associate with the passing of a loved one. A lament - a process of letting go of old entrenched ideas and value systems that no longer apply or are relevant in one’s ever changing life. A compelling process, hard and painful, a part of life; a necessity for good mental health, happiness and peace of mind. (Mark John McEncroe)
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ISMN 9790720227627
$200.00 for instant PDF download Conductor's Score and parts