Flaming Arrow

Larry Clark

With a pronounced Native American flavor, this characteristically well-wrought Larry Clark piece alternates slow reflective music with an aggressive Allegro that includes rhythmic shouting and stamping. The return of the slow opening music at measure 35 leads to an accelerando and crescendo into the climactic return of the Allegro material and the exciting conclusion that may have the audience stamping and shouting! 37 Flaming Arrow.mp3 Level: Beginning Band Duration: 2:49 Key: C Minor BPS49 - Set $40.00 BPS49F - Full Score $6.00 BPS49P - Parts $2.50

North Point March

Joseph Compello

A traditionally styled March for the very youngest bands, North Point March uses only the first six notes of the B-flat major scale. Using this simple framework, Compello has created a very fine piece for introducing the American march-style to young people, and provided them with a particularly hummable tune in the trio. 38 North Point March.mp3 Level: Beginning Band Duration: 2:21 Key: B Flat BPS47 - Set $40.00 BPS47F - Full Score $6.00 BPS47P - Parts $2.50

Enchanted Village

Sean O'Loughlin

This is a dramatic work with an atmospheric, somewhat foreboding opening and a vigorous Allegro. Cleverly written, Enchanted Village is a rather stern piece (in natural minor) that succeeds in sounding more difficult than it is, despite being confined to the basic six notes first learned by beginning players. There are effective contrasts between legato and marcato playing that provide excellent teaching opportunities. 39 Enchanted Village.mp3 Level: Beginning Band Duration: 2:21 Key: G Minor (natural minor) BPS45 - Set $40.00 BPS45F - Full Score $6.00 BPS45P - Parts $2.50

Go with the Flow

Andrew Balent

Andrew Balent has risen to the challenge of creating a stimulating piece of music from the limited ranges and rhythms possible at this grade level. Subtle rock elements and the contrast between the 4/4 meter of the vigorous opening and the meter of the slower, legato music in the contrasting section, give the director an occasion for discussing the various approaches to meter required in even the easiest music. 40 Go with the Flow.mp3 Level: Beginning Band Duration: 3:35 Key: B Flat BPS46 - Set $40.00 BPS46F - Full Score $6.00 BPS46P - Parts $2.50

Not So Silent Night

Sean O'Loughlin

Using the basic melodic shape of Silent Night, Sean O'Loughlin has written a lively piece that goes in a quite different, more up-to-date direction than the familiar, reflective Carol. The noise makers of the percussion section are given a lively role to play, and the introduction, by the low brass, of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, in the middle of the piece, creates a somewhat ironic twist in this amusing re-imagining of a classic carol. 41 Not So Silent Night.mp3 Level: Beginning Band Duration: 3:35 Key: B Flat BPS48 - Set $40.00 BPS48F - Full Score $6.00 BPS48P - Parts $2.50