Great Beginnings

Great Beginnings

Great Beginnings

Great Beginnings

O Thou Great Jehovah

From the opening fanfare to the closing cadence, Benjamin Harlan's new music for a beloved hymn brings fresh luster to the text. The optional trumpet obbligato will add a regal touch to the majestic nature of this inspired setting. From the opening fanfare to the closing cadence, Benjamin Harlan's new music for a beloved hymn brings fresh luster to the text. The optional trumpet obbligato will add a regal touch to the majestic nature of this inspired setting.

Great Gettin Up Day

Great Gettin Up Day

Great Gettin Up Day

Great Smoky Mountains : piano suite

Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah

Longthorpe Tower

Longthorpe Tower was a medieval castle of the Thorpe family and contains some of the most well-preserved and complete medieval wall paintings in Northern Europe. This piece represents the music of this period in English history.

Dizzy Digits

Using the notes of the D major scale, Dizzy Digits by Richard Meyer was written to improve early readers' finger dexterity and note-reading skills. Your students are sure to rise to the challenge of this fun, perpetual-motion style selection that is great for concert or contest. Start slow and increase the tempo a bit each day and watch those digits start flying! A great motivator for year one and two string students! Using the notes of the D major scale, Dizzy Digits by Richard Meyer was written to improve early readers' finger dexterity and note-reading skills. Your students are sure to rise to the challenge of this fun, perpetual-motion style selection that is great for concert or contest. Start slow and increase the tempo a bit each day and watch those digits start flying! A great motivator for year one and two string students!

FlexTrax CD, Volume 10

This budget-stretching CD contains stereo accompaniment tracks to the following anthems: Noel Celebration - Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head - He Is the Light - What Did You Say Was the Baby's Name? - O, Thou Great Jehovah - What Is This Lovely Fragrance - Gospel Nativity Carol. This budget-stretching CD contains stereo accompaniment tracks to the following anthems: Noel Celebration - Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head - He Is the Light - What Did You Say Was the Baby's Name? - O, Thou Great Jehovah - What Is This Lovely Fragrance - Gospel Nativity Carol.

Stumptown Stomp

With this lively piece you are in for a toe-tappin', hand-clappin' good time! Everyone takes a turn playing the theme while the woodwinds do their best "fiddle" imitations! A great addition to your library.

He Looked Byond My Fault

This song has become a gospel classic, thanks to the heartfelt lyric penned by late gospel great Dottie Rambo. Using the familiar "Londonderry Air" tune, it's useful for Holy Week in general, and Good Friday specifically (although the anthem is certainly useful throughout the year). This song has become a gospel classic, thanks to the heartfelt lyric penned by late gospel great Dottie Rambo. Using the familiar "Londonderry Air" tune, it's useful for Holy Week in general, and Good Friday specifically (although the anthem is certainly useful throughout the year).

Robot Factory

Special effects, pizzicato, and a variety of dynamics will make Robot Factory by Chris M. Bernotas exciting for your beginning orchestra students. The key of E minor provides a dark sound, and all sections get to play the energetic melody! This piece will be a great feature or perfect closer to any contest or concert. Special effects, pizzicato, and a variety of dynamics will make Robot Factory by Chris M. Bernotas exciting for your beginning orchestra students. The key of E minor provides a dark sound, and all sections get to play the energetic melody! This piece will be a great feature or perfect closer to any contest or concert.

We Be Jammin

Here is an opportunity for the young band to experience elements of reggae music. Percussion and bass sections lay down a strong groove while woodwinds and brass add characteristic off-beat accompaniment patterns and a laid-back melody. A great teaching tool to introduce this style of music.

Wayfaring Stranger : American Folk Song

The American folk song Wayfaring Stranger has been given a fresh treatment by educator and arranger Michael Kamuf. In this setting, all instruments get a chance to play the melody while varying accompaniments create different moods and textures. This is the perfect vehicle to teach expressive playing and will make a great addition to any concert or festival program. (2:50) This title is available in SmartMusic.

Postludes for Worship: Hymns

The Worship Essentials series offers a valuable resource for church pianists that includes collections with accessible piano arrangements specifically for preludes, offertories, and postludes. This book includes selections of traditional hymns appropriate for postlude music. Titles: Blessed Assurance * Blest Be the Tie That Binds * The Church's One Foundation * For All the Saints * God Be with You Till We Meet Again * Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah * I Sing the Mighty Power of God * Jesus Shall Reign * Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee * Lead On, O King Eternal * A Mighty Fortress Is Our God * Onward, Christian Soldiers * Soldiers of Christ, Arise * Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus

Sounds Of Spain 4

The strumming of Spanish guitars, the lyrical tribute to a great Spanish composer, the passionate excitement of Iberian sensations, the breathtaking exuberance of Spanish rhythms, the reminiscence of Spanish culture-Spanish elements are infused in each of these five pieces. Rolled chords evoking a Spanish guitar, enhanced rhythms with alternating hands, and lyrical passion are all found in Sounds of Spain, Book 4 by Catherine Rollin. These five late intermediate to early advanced solos explore many of the diverse dance and harmonic elements that make up the colorful Spanish music tradition. Each one is technically accessible yet contains dramatic sections that sound impressive. Titles: Fantasy at Alhambra - Homage to Granados - Rhapsodie Espagnole - Scherzo Brillante - Song of Spain The strumming of Spanish Guitars, the lyrical tribute to a great Spanish composer, the passionate excitement of Iberian sensations, the breathtaking exuberance of Spanish rhythms, the reminiscence of Spanish culture-Spanish elements are infused in each of these five pieces. Rolled chords evoking a Spanish guitar, enhanced rhythms with alternating hands, and lyrical passion are all found in Sounds of Spain, Book 4 by Catherine Rollin. These five late intermediate to early advanced solos explore many of the diverse dance and harmonic elements that make up the colorful Spanish music tradition. Each one is technically accessible yet containsdramatic sections that sound impressive. Titles: 'Fantasy at Alhambra', 'Homage to Granados', 'Rhapsodie Espagnole', 'Scherzo Brillante', 'Song of Spain'.

A Baroque Style Christmas : 10 Arrangements Inspired by Baroque Compositions

A Baroque-Style Christmas combines favorite Christmas carols with excerpts from beloved masterworks by Baroque period composers. Titles: Ding Dong! Merrily On High / Bach's Invention No. 8 in F Major - For Unto Us a Child Is Born / Handel's Messiah - A French Carol / Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - How Great Our Joy / Clarke's Trumpet Tune - O Little Town of Bethlehem / Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C Major - O Sanctissima / Bach's Gavotte from French Suite No. 5 - Of the Father's Love Begotten / Scarlatti's Sonata in A Minor - Pat-a-Pan / Bach's Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - The Snow Lay on the Ground (Venite Adoremus) / Vivaldi's Lute Concerto in D Major - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks / Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze.

Solos, Duets & Trios for Winds: Movie Favorites : Flexible arrangements for multiple combinations of wind instruments

Adaptable and flexible to your unique needs, Solos, Duets & Trios for Winds is a versatile series that encourages playing in a variety of combinations. Featuring three written parts for every song, the arrangements are designed so that the top line is the melody (Part 1), the second line (Part 2) creates a duet, and the third line (Part 3) forms a trio. You can play solo parts alone or form small wind ensembles by mixing and matching instrumentation, as well as mixing the parts played. Students will gain the opportunity to learn how to play in a small chamber group setting. The accompanying online media includes fully orchestrated backing tracks, PDF files with pianoaccompaniments, and TNT 2 software, which features the ability to change the speed of the recordings without changing the pitch. Solos, Duets & Trios for Winds: Movie Favorites features 19 of the most familiar and popular movie themes ever. Titles: As Time Goes By - Can You Read My Mind? (Love Theme from Superman) - Cantina Band - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead - Family Portrait - From Russia with Love - Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) - Hedwig's Theme - The Great Escape March - The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) - In Dreams - May the Force Be with You - James Bond Theme - The Magnificent Seven (Main Title) - Newt Says Goodbye to Tina/Jacob's Bakery - Over the Rainbow - Song from M-A-S-H (Suicide Is Painless) - Star Wars (Main Title) - Theme from Superman.

Suzuki Organ School 5

The first classical Organ method for children, the Suzuki Organ School is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's Mother Tongue Method. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school, such as the Suzuki Organ School. The student listens to therecordings and work with their Suzuki Organ teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person.This Suzuki Book & CD is essential for Suzuki Organ lessons. In certain pieces, the authors have placed small phonetic signs above the notes to indicate differentiated non legato playing. In order to develop pedal technique, pedal melodies are included between every manual piece. The included performance CD for Volume 5 is a great tool for Suzuki Organ lessons, encouraging practice while featuring recordings by Lars Hagström.Titles: 'Praeludium', 'Pastorella' (Marpurg), 'Madeleine's Song', 'Preparatory Exercise' (Buxtehude), 'Postlude' (Fischer), 'Cantilena' (Knecht), 'March' (Purcell, arr. Hagström), 'Organ Prelude' (Mankell), 'Prelude' (Lübeck), 'Trio' (Sorge), 'March from A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn, arr. Hagström), 'Prelude' (Krebs). 'Madeleine's Song,' 'Pastorella,' 'Postlude,' 'Praeludium,' and 'Trio' are Federation Festivals 2016--2020 selections.