Par HOSAY JAMES L.. What an outstanding way to conclude your concert. James L. Hosay writes some of the most exciting music to be found in Concert Band literature, and music doesn’t get much more exciting than this! While titled as a Grand Finale, this concert band tour de force can be programmed in numerous ways. Consider it also as a roof-raising opener or even in the guise of an entr’acte as yo…

Par BENNETT STEPHEN. Given the number of skilled luthiers and guitarists in evidence today, the current era has come to be known as 'The Golden Age of the Acoustic Guitar”. Among numerous richly talented players, flatpicking/fingerstyle acoustic and harp guitarist Stephen Bennett stands out as both a supreme melodist and groove master. That said- you already have a good idea of the contents of thi…

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Par CURNOW JAMES. What a wonderful idea! Make beautiful music such as this available at the Grade 1 level! Even young bands love to play enchantingly beautiful melodies. You’ve spent a lot of time and effort in helping your students learn to play full value notes, breathe in appropriate places, and stretch out their phrases so that they sound more mature and less like beginners. In the Bleak Mid-W…

Par BARTOK BELA. To make myself clear: This is not 'programme music', it does not require an explanation attached to it; it speaks for itself. What it wishes to say it does by means of pure music. But it does say something, more in fact than the simple music-making we have become accustomed to since the decline of chamber music.' (Zoltán Kodály)/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

There aren't many banjos players more widely heard, or who have performed before more people, than Ron Block. Working with Alison Krauss and Union Station since 1991, Ron's distinctive banjo sound has become nearly as much a part of the group sound as Alison's voice. Ron has taught in a limited number of worshops, but this is his first instructional DVD of any kind, offering a detailed look at his…

Krönungsmesse. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Mozart’s Missa in C K. 317, erroneously dubbed the “Coronation Mass, ” is among the most popular and most often performed works in this genre. The autograph of the Mass, which in many respects is very enlightening, was regarded as having been lost following the end of World War II, but was discovered at the end of the 1970s, it is preserved among the mus…

DescriptionIncludes the O Yeah! - Ultimate Aerosmith Hits Guitar Recorded Versions book (HL00690603) and the Aerosmith Guitar Play-Along DVD (HL00321216) in one money-saving pack! The book features 30 of the hottest Aerosmith hits in standard notation and tab, while the DVD features a professional guitar teacher providing lessons and a performance with high-quality backing tracks for 8 songs. Both…

Vitalité, Expression, Inventivité, Énergie sont les termes qui définissent le mieux ce nouveau volume de Saxiana. Toujours avec l'objectif de développer le répertoire pour saxophone, il est proposé ici huit compositions originales sous forme d'études musicales pour des élèves d'un niveau moyen (à partir de la seconde partie du cycle 2 d'études). Huit compositeurs pour huit langages qui développer…

Ricordi Vocal Score Series. Par DONIZETTI GAETANO. Gaetano Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux, written to a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, was first performed at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples on 29 October 1837. Although it largely disappeared from the repertory at the end of the nineteenth century, it has now consolidated a position as one of Donizetti’s most innovative late operas and is very of…