Piano reduction from the original version for baritone sax and wind orchestra. Par DE MEIJ JOHAN. In Mondriaan, composer Johan de Meij, producer Rob Hauser and saxophone virtuoso Henk van Twillert are taking their audiences on an adventure of sound, light and movement. The music leads us through various Mondriaan’s style periods: from expressionism and symbolism to new objectivity and abstraction.…

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Sometimes though, it’s hard to find performance literature that lets us continue teaching the basics while we prepare the beginning band for a concert. We need easy performance music that helps make basic techniques come alive for the students. Composed by a full-time “young band” director, Abaco Beach Vacation is designed to do just that. There are a lot of great suggestions i…

11 tango classics and original compositions span a wide range of passionate music: Tango, Milonga and Vals. These arrangements for 2 saxophones are a great change for lessons and concerts. Suitable for intermediate standard. / 2 Saxophones

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Cross-curricular connection at its best! Your music students can bring Don Quixote’s faithful but ramshackle horse Rozinante to life with this delightful new concert band piece by young band specialist Mike Hannickel. You will find lots of articulation and dynamic contrasts, along with other important teaching considerations. Don Quixote is one of the world’s great comic heroes…

Par CURNOW JAMES. A wonderful teaching piece and the ideal young band festival work, BACH VARIANTS (six melodic variations on the Bach chorale AWAKE MY HEART AND SING) should be a staple of every young band library. Chorale style playing does so much for the young band's intonation, tone quality and phrasing. Including this one in your next festival program is certain to reap great rewards by honi…

Certain songs have the tendency to become massive hits as soon as they are released and continue to be hugely successful as they are covered or reworked, or simply because they are perfect compositions. Timeless Songs For Easy Piano collects 25 of these songs that have stood the test of time in easy Piano arrangement.The works included in this songbook are all examples of the kinds of brilliant me…

It is most interesting to know that nowadays the recorder has more admirers than ever before. Especially the treble recorder is most suited to be played in the home circle. There exists a lot of music for this particular instrument already, mainly of the period from Bach to Mozart. The works of the great masters during the above mentioned period, such as Bach, Handel, Telemann, Mattheson, etc., re…

Par MANUS MORTON. This book teaches you how to play the D-tuned ukulele with an easy-to-follow approach that will have you playing instantly. Different strumming techniques help you play in any style including folk, blues, and country. Great songs like 'This Land Is Your Land,' 'When the Saints Go Marching In,' 'St. Louis Blues,' and many others are included with lyrics. A special section on pla…

The follow-up to the hugely successful Essential Acoustic Playlist, this companion volume features another 70 classic tunes for the acoustic guitar.This book focuses on classic indie hits from the 80s, 90s and beyond. With names like Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, Radiohead, Blur and The Verve all represented, acoustic indie fans need look no further. The book also features a couple of …

Par CURNOW JAMES. An important addition to the ground-breaking Essentials of Musicianship Series from Curnow Music Press! You have probably found that if you rely entirely on your method book and performance pieces for teaching and reinforcement, many aspects of musicianship do not receive the focus that they should have. Method books have notoriously little reinforcement material because they try…