RECORDINGS

Practice along with these linked recordings:

Big Band Signatures - John Higgins - Coastal Communities Concert Band

Bolero - Maurice Ravel, arr. Jay Bocook - Hal Leonard Publishing Company recording

Blessed Are They, from A German Requiem, op. 45 - Johannes Brahms, arr. Barbara Buehlmann - Palmetto Concert Band / Midwest Clinic 2016

Dear Stephanie - Jeremy Leidhecker - Gateway HS Wind Ensemble - World Premiere (commissioner) / Dear Stephanie - Jeremy Leidhecker -  Hikarigaoka Girl's High School Wind Orchestra, Japan / Midwest Clinic 2019

Cajun Folk Songs - Frank Ticheli -   I. La Belle et le captaine   II. Belle - North Texas Wind Symphony

Cajun Folk Songs II - Frank Ticheli - I. Ballad   II. Country Dance - North Texas Wind Symphony 

Charter Oak (Concert March) - Eric Osterling - Alfred I. duPont High School (1960's recording)

Cole Porter - A Medley for Concert Band - Recording not available. (We are going to replace this with a different version anyway, music to come)

Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem - Hal Leonard Publishing Company recording - The publisher's recording is lacking, PLEASE watch the original for insight: Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Semyon Bychkov

(the Requeum Aeternum movement that follows is spectacular as well)

First Suite in Eb for Military Band - Gustav Holst - The Cleveland Symphonic Winds, Frederick Fennell (an aside, this is the first digital classical recording released in the United States.  Recorded in April of 1978)

King Cotton - John Philip Sousa - "The President's Own" United States Marine Band (note: There are many editions of this march.  Your music is the EXACT version they are performing.)  Live video version here:  King Cotton - John Philip Sousa

Sur les bords du Nil, op. 125 - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Felix Hauswirth - Grand Symphonic Winds / Midwest Clinic 2019

Variations on a Korean Folk Song - John Barnes Chance - Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra - also a live performance Variations on a Korean Folk Song - John Barnes Chance - USAF Hearland of America Band - Frederick Fennell, conducting

Wolves in Moonlight - Julie Giroux Louisville Winds - Nan Moore, director - World Premiere performance commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Women Band Directors International. Midwest Clinic 2019

BAND FOLDERS

12 Major Scales:        12 major scales and arpeggios.pdf

Band Folders

Click on the file to view in your browser.  If you print from this screen the edges will be cut off.  To print music that fits your page print from Adobe Acrobat by doing the following:

- Once you are viewing the file right click on a page.
- Choose "Save As" and save the file to a location on your hard drive.
- Open the file in Adobe Acrobat.  If you don't have Acrobat you can download it for free here:  https://get2.adobe.com/reader/
- Once the file is open click on the printer icon or hit Control-P (Command-P on a Mac)
- In the Print dialogue box click on "Fit" (under the Size button) and Acrobat will automatically reduce the overlarge pages.

Flute:                          01 Piccolo.pdf       02 Flute 1.pdf    03 Flute 2.pdf

Double Reed:      04 Oboe.pdf    06 Bassoon 1.pdf     (07 Bassoon 2 missing)

Clarinet:            08 Clarinet 1.pdf    09 Clarinet 2.pdf    10 Clarinet 3.pdf    11 Bass Clarinet.pdf

Saxophone:        12 Alto Sax 1.pdf    13 Alto Sax 2.pdf    14 Tenor Sax.pdf    15 Bari Sax.pdf

Trumpet:           16 Cornet 1.pdf    17 Cornet 2.pdf    18 Cornet 3.pdf

French Horn:     19 French Horn 1.pdf    20 French Horn 2.pdf    (21 French Horn 3 missing)    22 French Horn 4.pdf

Trombone:         23 Trombone 1.pdf    24 Trombone 2.pdf    25 Trombone 3.pdf

Euphonium:      26 Euphonium BC.pdf    27 Baritone TC.pdf

Bass:                 29 Tuba.pdf     (30 String Bass missing)              

Percussion:        31-1 Percussion - Snare/Bass - Jill.pdf    31-2 Percussion - Aux - Paula.pdf    31-6 Percussion - Chris.pdf