Par DE HAAN JACOB. Who did it? is a composition for youth bands with limited instrumentation. While composing it, Jacob de Haan was inspired by a familiar situation: a child caught doing something mischievous such as taking another child’s toy, and trying to get away with it. The other children, however, notice this. The fast tempo of this work reflects the chase that follows - this will be fun fo…

Par BERLIN IRVING. Mark Freeh has updated Irving Berlin's hardy perennial White Christmas for brass band. Brass Band Grade 4: Advanced Youth and 3rd Section. Duration: 3 minutes./ Répertoire / Brass Band

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. A spectacular dive via an extended chromatic scale immediately submerges us in a charged and somewhat archaic-feeling atmosphere. Trumpets, horns and trombones resound in rhythmic patterns, buttressed by restless motifs in the percussion. A second theme, in the woodwinds, begins much calmer but is quickly pushed aside by that same brass offensive. This introduction is the mu…

Par BUCKLEY ROBERT. An Olympic Celebration (“Une célébration olympique”) salue la recherche de l’excellence et le triomphe de l’esprit humain. Cette oeuvre de commande a été composée pour le West Vancouver Youth Band à l’occasion de la désignation de Vancouver, ville hôte des Jeux Olympiques d’hiver en 2010. La fanfare d’ouverture aux accents festifs est structurée en intervalles de quintes à vide…

Par MILLER GLENN. A Glenn Miller Suite ia a classic arrangement by Mark Freeh, offering a four- movement suite of classic Glenn Miller numbers including In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Pennsylvania 6-5000 and American Patrol. Brass Band Grade 4: Advanced Youth and 3rd Section Duration: 9 minutes/ Répertoire / Brass Band

Quatre Pieces pour Flûte et Piano. Par ROUSSEL A.. A suite in four movements, capturing the character and spirit of four contrasting flautists from the world of literature. As follows: Pan a shepherd-god known for playing the pan-pipes. Tityre was one of the shepherds in Virgil's Bucolica. Krishna is the Hindu god. In his youth, Krishna played the flute. M. de la Pejaudie is the hero of the novel …

Par DOBSON SIMON. Firefly was composed by award-winning composer Simon Dobson (b.1981) to provide an entertaining up-tempo concert work for community and youth bands. Composed in funk-rock style, and is based on the groove beat with which it opens. Dobson says, 'Firefly was written as a break from my more serious music and as a 'hat tip' to the various types of beat orientated music I listen to.” …

from: Sonne, Mond und Sterne. Par SCHINDLER PETER. Peter Schindler?s full-length secular choral work Sonne, Mond und Sterne (Sun, Moon and Stars) narrates a love story based on ?old? texts which are given a new interpretation through his musical settings. Some individual numbers were published in spring, and now further movements with piano accompaniment are available in print and digitally.Choral…

Ce que n'un musicien peu lorsqu'il se sentait solitaire ? Il cherche un camarade. Et bientôt, il y aura un orchestre de 10 joueurs, faire de la musique ensemble : avec les hochets, Casseroles, un tambour, une flûte, xylophone, etc..Le texte est joliment illustré par des photos pleine page en quatre couleurs, rendant les enfants connaissent bien les numéros 1-10. La chanson des 10 musiciens peu est…

Par BRUBECK DAVE. The classic jazz number Take Five was first recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet and released on its 1959 album Time Out. Composed by Paul Desmond, the group's saxophonist, it became famous for its distinctive, catchy melody and use of quintuple time, from which the piece got its name. This brass band arrangement, by Steve Sykes, captures the jaunty slant of the original. Brass B…