Beginning Band Series

Grade 1 Concert Band Music

COPPER CREEK MARCH
– John Edmondson.

Here us the perfect way to teach this important style to your young band members. It has an appealing tune, traditional form and some easy chromatics to help develop nimble fingers. What a musical parlay - teach a traditional form and style, and have fun while doing it! 2:10
Q881219 - Set with Score - $40.00
Q881220 - Extra Full Score - $5.00

CUMBERLAND GAP
– arr. McGinty.

A truly fresh medley of Skip To My Lou, The Foggy Foggy Dew, Down In The Valley and Polly Wolly Doodle that will thrill young players and their audiences! One tempo, one key signature and easy transitions make this easy to prepare and to play! [2:12]
Q881061 - Set with Score - $25.00
Q881062 - Extra Conductor - $3.50
Included in Beginning Band Book 2

THE DEBONAIR DRAGON
– John Edmondson.

If Barney the dinosaur had a dragon for a cousin, this would be his theme music. A great introduction to chromatics! [2:10]
Q881127 - Set with Score - $27.00
Q881128 - Extra Conductor - $3.50
Included in Beginning Band Book 5

DIAMOND RIDGE (Concert March)
– Anne McGinty.

This multi-talented writer has fashioned a very clever march with a mix of modal and major melodies and harmonies. The infectious theme will have everyone whistling the tune! [1:52] Individual sets are no longer available.
Q881040 - Extra Conductor - $3.50
Included in Beginning Band Book 2

DOUBLE-OH-EIGHT (A SPY STORY)
– John Edmondson

Your band will want to play this clever spoof of the many James Bond and “Secret Agent Man” movie and TV themes over and over again.  It is all here, including a mysterious gunshot in the middle. The name of the composer? Edmondson. John Edmondson. Don’t miss this thriller!
Q881279 - Set with Score - $45.00
Q881280 - Extra Full Score - $6.00

ECHOES
– Anne McGinty.

As the title suggests, this piece features the repetition of sounds. Great for building confidence and independence in young players! [2:10]
Q881023 - Set with Score - $22.00
Q881024 - Extra Conductor - $3.50
Included in Beginning Band Book 1

AN ELIZABETHAN SONGBOOK
– Arr. Anne McGinty

Three lovely songs from the Elizabethan era (1588 – 1632) offer a musical adventure back in time to over 400 years ago and what is known as the golden age of music, literature and poetry. Renaissance music has a simplicity and clarity that is very appealing to beginning instrumentalists, and this songbook will make your band sound very mature for their age and experience.
Q881281 - Set with Score - $45.00
Q881282 - Extra Full Score - $6.00

ENGLISH FOLK TRILOGY
– arr. McGinty.

This easy arrangement features three contrasting English folk songs - The Three Ravens, The Green Bushes and Two Maidens Went Milking One Day. The time signatures and styles change but the tempo remains constant. [1:55]
Q881041 - Set with Score - $27.00
Q881042 - Extra Conductor - $3.50
Included in Beginning Band Book 2

FANFARE AND DANCE
– John Edmondson.

Two contrasting but related themes make up this invigorating work for young band. Repeated eighth notes are used for articulation practice, and modal harmonies and dynamic contrasts offer training challenges in a moderately contemporary setting that will make your band sound impressive to both audiences and adjudicators. Destined for contest lists everywhere! [2:00]
Q881231 - Set with Score - $40.00
Q881232 - Extra Conductor - $5.00

FANFARE AND FURIOSO
– John Edmondson.

This short work in two contrasting styles is the ideal learning piece for tone control, dynamics, articulation, counting, finger dexterity and lip flexibility. Festival and contest adjudicators will be impressed with the musical maturity of your band, and listeners will be blown away! [ca. 2:42]
Q881255 - Set with Score - $40.00
Q881256 - Extra Conductor - $5.00

FANTASY ON A FRENCH FOLK SONG
– arr. Edmondson.

Using the familiar At Pierrot's Door from the early pages of most band methods, the arranger has constructed an unusual theme and variations in a very easy setting. [2:00]
Individual sets are no longer available.
Q881044 - Extra Conductor - $3.50
Included in Beginning Band Book 2

FIRE DANCE
– John Edmondson.

Picture a huge fire with dancers wildly frolicking around it. Now add a modern rock style rhythmic accompaniment, and you've got the idea. Best of all, it's designed to teach dynamic contrast, varied articulations, easy dissonance and simple syncopation. Your kids will love it! [2:00]
Q881175 - Set with Score - $35.00
Q881176 - Extra Conductor - $3.50

FLUTE LOOPS
– Anne McGinty.

Everyone, not just the flutes, gets the chance to play the melody - which just happens to encourage the practice of intervals (loops) and precise finger coordination - in this funky rock style original. Your students will practice this one! [2:23]
Q881145 - Set with Score - $32.00
Q881146 - Extra Conductor - $3.50
Included in Beginning Band Book 5

FOLK SONG FOLKS
– arr. Edmondson.

The gang's all here! This Old Man, Old MacDonald, Aura Lee, Sweet Betsy (From Pike), Billy Boy and most of the other folks we've sung about for years are in a musical family reunion your audience will love! [2:13]
Q881147 - Set with Score - $30.00
Q881148 - Extra Conductor - $3.50
Included in Beginning Band Book 5

FOXWOOD OVERTURE
– Anne McGinty.

This skillful composer again demonstrates her compositional ability and insight into the capabilities of the young ensemble with this tuneful, appealing overture based on a four-note motif. Perfect program, festival and training material. [ca. 2:00]
Individual sets are no longer available.
Included in Beginning Band Book 3
Q881064 - Extra Conductor - $3.50

FUNFEST MARCH
– John Edmondson

“FunFest” at Sandy Lake Amusement Park near Dallas is the largest music festival in the world, with more than 1,500 performing groups and nearly 60,000 students performing over a seven-week period every spring. This easy traditional style march honors the many beginner and elementary bands that participate every year!
Q881283 - Set with Score - $45.00
Q881284 - Extra Full Score - $6.00

THE FUNKY TURTLE
– John Edmondson.

A little like James Brown's "I Feel Good," this easy rock-style piece gives everyone a shot at playing the funky accompaniment, featuring slurred lower half-step neighboring tones. Solid musical concepts within a contemporary style that your students will love. You can't lose with this one! [2:30]
Q881159 - Set with Score - $32.00
Q881160 - Extra Conductor - $3.50

GIMME A BREAK
– John Edmondson.

Here's a rock original that teaches an important musical skill to young players - the three eighth note pickup pattern. It also features each section in brief soli sections of soli-duet spots that will give your players newfound confidence. Great fun for the band and the audience! 2:05
Q881221 - Set with Score - $40.00
Q881222 - Extra Full Score - $5.00

GLORY: AN INDONESIAN FOLK SONG
– arr. Anne McGinty.

A musical tribute to the hopes and passions of the people of Indonesia as they rebuild their homes, their communities and their lives after the devastating tsunami, this wonderful arrangement of an authentic Indonesian folk song will help in learning legato style and glorify your next concert. [ca. 3:14]
Q881257 - Set with Score - $40.00
Q881258 - Extra Conductor - $5.00

THE GOLDEN EAGLE MARCH
– John Edmondson.

This is the perfect "first march" to introduce beginning bands to the grand concert march style. In addition to teaching the form and style of the march, it also helps teach snare drummers the nine-stroke roll in a practical, easy setting. Your band will sound very mature! [1:52]
Q881207 - Set with Score - $40.00
Q881208 - Extra Full Score - $4.00

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