This time-honored classic has been cleverly arranged by Jon Bubbett, an emerging composer of wind band music. The reverent spiritual is presented first in a more traditional way and then opens up with a Dixieland-like swing. Your students will love swinging…
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Brass
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Excelcia Music Publishing
Andante Cantabile, from Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet No. 8, has been arranged for brass quartet by one of the leading composers of educational music today, Larry Clark. This Iconic piece of literature has stood the test of time and is now available for…
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Brass
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Excelcia Music Publishing
Bluestone Lane features the lead trombonist of the band and evokes the mood of strolling through the back lanes of Carlton North in Melbourne, Australia. The beautiful and sometimes quirky lanes are usually paved with undulating bluestone and always lined…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Roger Schmidli
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Starting as an intense ballad featuring an alto saxophone solo, morphing into medium swing with muted brass and then amping up to a heavy shuffle for a big trombone solo leading to a shout chorus with drum fills to finish, this simple eight bar melody keeps…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Lachlan Davidson
Publisher:
Brolga Music
A setting of the 17th Century Carol “Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella”. This brass quintet will be a nice addition to your Christmas repertoire, especially if you are looking for a reverent, lyrical selection. The iconic “hush” moment throughout this piece…
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Brass
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Excelcia Music Publishing
Originally written as a lilting funk chart for five piece band, this conversion to full big band has allowed the tune to develop into a multi layered work that explores connections throughout the band. Recorded by Melbourne’s Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra,…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Roger Schmidli
Publisher:
Brolga Music
A cover drive is a particularly elegant cricket shot. A good one will pierce the field and run away for four runs. Cover Drive is a combination of the 12/8 shuffle and the Afro-Cuban 12/8 groove.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2018 Publisher: Brolga Music Series:…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Lachlan Davidson
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Tortuga is an island in the Caribbean. During the 17th century it was a venerable headquarters and hideout for pirates. As we like to say, crime doesn’t pay, so surely these pirates (at least some of them) met grisly ends. Take pirate karma into account as…
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Brass
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Excelcia Music Publishing
Time and again composer Larry Clark shows us that melody and form are still cornerstones of educational music. This dance-like tune will have your students humming all day long, and Larry’s focus on making sure everyone plays the melody will have them in the…
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Woodwind
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Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
This Jazz-inspired arrangement of the Christmastime classic For Unto Us a Child is Born is a new take on the well-known work by George Frideric Handel. Arrangers Sean O’Loughlin and David Bamonte have worked their charm and created a wonderful Brass Quintet…
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Brass
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Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing