The number one method for young ukulele players. Starting Ukulele has been created with young players in mind. All tunes have fantastic professionally recorded CD backing tracks. As you gradually become familiar with different techniques, you'll progress from strumming simple chords to performing proper tunes. The book includes full-colour photographs and diagrams to make learning fast and fu…

Arr. Klaas Van Der Woude. Par VAN HEUSEN / SAMMY CAHN. Frank Sinatra had a massive hit with his interpretation of this classic song, singing directly to the hearts of the audience, so ensuring its popularity with listeners of all ages. In a similar way this arrangement will appeal to audiences young and old alike. Bring the sparkle of ‘Old Blue Eyes’ to any concert with this classic song. Frank Si…

10 Easy Pieces. Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. 'In the Zoo 2” is a further collection of intermediate pieces for violin and piano by Aleksey Igudesman, depicting many of a child's favourite animals. Spanning from UK Grade 2 to 4, they will inspire young violinists to interpret the sounds and actions of the animals as notated by the composer and help them understand how abstract music can depict something …

Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. A powerful new work for beginning band! The words “exciting” and “accessible” don’t always go together in the band literature field, but Timothy Johnson’s new composition honoring Zebulon Pike’s historic exploration brings these words together with masterful style. Your young band students will love playing this forceful and mysterious music. Don’t forget the cross-curricular …

Par COURT DOUGLAS. With stately majesty your band transports the audience back to medieval days. The music fires the imagination, which is a real asset when directing young bands. Careful doubling of important parts makes sure MARCH OF THE NOBLES will be accessible to bands with sketchy instrumentation as well as complete ensembles. And, there are enough accidentals to keep the musicians’ skills m…

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. In 1925, Breitkopf & Härtel approached the young pianist Wilhelm Kempff to prepare Clara Schumann’s “Instructive Edition” of her husband’s works for the new engraving. “[…] The comparison with the autograph and the Urtext edition [First Schumann Complete Edition], the results of the Schumann research, the modern principles of notation – all of this would have to be taken into …

Part of an instrumental series that provides both young and not-so-young players with well-known songs and tunes as duets. / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Trompette et Piano

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. History! Introduce a bit of good old early-Americana to your audiences this year. GEORGE WASHINGTON SUITE is made up of three tunes known to have been composed for (or about) George and Martha Washington in their own time. Probably the best known of the three is the first movement, WASHINGTON’S GRAND MARCH, which is believed to have been written by Francis Hopkinson. He was one…

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Let your young band ROCK with BACH! The “Musette” from the “Anna Magdalena Notebook” forms the basis of this light-hearted mis-treatment of the original rocker, J. S. Bach. The limited rhythmic pallet is a great way for young players to reinforce their basic eighth-note reading and every section gets its time in the spotlight. A few simple accidentals add some spice to the stew…

Par MAIZELS YURI. This collection of etudes was written, compiled and edited by Russian oboist and pedagogue Yuri Maizels to provide the most efficient means possible for young players to learn the basics of oboe playing. The composers, Hinke (a German composer who taught and worked in St. Petersburg during the reign of the Tsars), Wiedemann, Garnier and Debondue are among the finest of writers an…