Scored in swingin' 12/8 time, this version of the ever-popular Mancini movie theme features some great special effects -- finger snapping, playing a hi-hat cymbal pattern through a mouthpiece only, ja...
Features 4 Tenor Trombones Players and audiences will have fun with Jim's new setting of this Henry Fillmore favorite! Scored at the grade 4 level, everyone shares in the glissando fun that has made t...
Pachelbel's Canon is the common name for a canon by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. This piece is a wonderful choice for your Clarinet ensemble. Featuring a Piano accompaniment and optio...
In this straightforward rendering of Gounod's most popular theme, 1st flute carries the melody while 2nd/3rd provide the necessary accompaniment.
This well-known Italian song by Luigi Denza is great fun to play. Adapted here for grade 3 flute soloist or grade 3+ trombone soloist, Christensen has masterfully arranged this theme in idiomatic sett...
Marked groovy misterioso, this clever arrangement opens with finger snaps before the famous Mancini movie theme begins. An optional 8-bar improvisation section is included (written notes also provided...
For 2 trombones/baritones TC/BC, tuba, opt. horn, piano, bass & drum set
Light staccato figures prevail in this bestselling version of Tschaikowsky's famous ballet theme. Playing with steady rhythmic precision is essential for best results.
The title of this medley describes it perfectly since it features short snipits of several famous classics. At the same time it showcases the wide range of colorful timbres that are possible in woodwi...
Christensen - Grade 4
Starting with the release of Piccolo Espagnol in 1972, through the years the music composed/arranged by James Christensen for his flutist wife Karen has become very popular with piccolo soloists the w...
für 1-3 Querflöten mit optionaler Rhythmusgruppe
This famous excerpt from Act II of Tschaikowsky's immortal Nutcracker suits the idiomatic strengths of flutes to a tee! Crisp articulation of the repetitive 16th-note figures in all parts is essential...
Scored in a 'slow 2' tempo, this faithful version of the tantalizing theme from Carmen will be a big hit with players and audiences of all ages.
This traditional melody has been cleverly arranged at the grade 3 level for flute trio, clarinet trio, and grade 2+ for trombone trio by James Christensen. Sir Harold Boulton (1859-1935) added lyrics...
This grade 3 setting of the symphonic tone poem by Paul Dukas features the bass clarinet as the Sorcerer's Apprentice. Made famous by the Walt Disney motion picture Fantasia, this piece will instantly...
This immortal Johann Sebastian Bach theme from his Orchestral Suite No. 3 lends itself exceedingly well to the full, rich timbres of a trombone quartet. The top three parts are to be played in a flowi...
This fresh holiday arrangement features a quartet of instruments that, in the arranger's opinion (he's a trombonist!), produces the best harmonic sound. This lively setting will add spice to any holid...
(F Horn parts optional)
Popularized in Disney's 1940 animated classic Fantasia, this programmatic masterpiece written by Paul Dukas in 1896 builds gradually to an intense finish.
While living in Paris in 1933, Sergei Prokofiev wrote the score for Lt. Kije, a film that was never made. A year later he crafted an orchestral suite from the same material, and it is from that second...
