Williams/Ployhar - Grades 3-4. Performance time - ca. 3:40.
The Belwin Student Instrumental Course is a course for individual instruction and class instruction of like instruments, at three levels, for all band instruments. Each book is complete in itself, but...
A stunning new setting of this time-honored classic, James Ployhar's Amazing Grace features a trumpet soloist at the beginning and end of his arrangement. One of the most well known traditional melodi...
Solo For Woodblock.
Snowflakes may not fall on all parts of the earth, but in many cultures, snow is synonymous with the holiday season. James Ployhar's ability to brighten up both the Christmas spirit and your performan...
Containing pieces from the ABRSM 2008-2013 Clarinet syllabus, this album is indispensable to teachers and pupils alike. Included is both a Clarinet score and Piano part for selected examination piece...
Practical Hints is a unique and highly informative series developed to answer the many questions raised by the beginning student as well as the more advanced musician. Designed for individual use, the...
Let your clarinet section boogie on down into the solo spotlight. The sounds of big band jazz will then be heard, with your clarinets leading the way. This is a 'feel good' concert selection that will...
This is music that reminds us of our heritage, that moment in our history when this mighty nation was torn asunder! Including 'The Battle Cry of Freedom,' 'Tenting Tonight,' 'The Bonnie Blue Flag,' 'W...
This concert overture is inspired by the beauty of one of the warmest and sunniest cities in Alberta, Canada, including its friendliness and community spirit. It is characterized with great melodic co...
It's just plain fun to get a bit nostalgic and think back to the days when travel meant steam engines and clickety-clacking railroad cars. James Ployhar brings this vision to your concert stage.
Folk songs from 'The Wild West,' tell stories of the lives, loves, and losses of the brave souls who ventured into a then uncharted landscape. Here is a musical salute to that time and its people.
Three delightful Korean folk songs provide a musical visit to another culture. This work is tailor-made for audience and player enjoyment. Program this one at any time of the year to broaden melodic a...
Jeremiah Clark was a composer of Baroque music and his Trumpet March and Ayre is incredibly distinctive. Scored for contemporary concert band by James Ployhar, this adaptation is slated in traditional...
Featuring 'Loch Lomond,' 'The Blue Bells of Scotland' and 'Annie Laurie,' this James Ployhar arrangement of these charismatic Scottish melodies will be perfect on your next concert. Warmly scored, the...
James D. Ployhar has transformed this hymn-tune into the march that it was originally intended to be. According to legend, this hymn was sung by German crusaders on their way to Jerusalem. Credited as...
Paying a musical tribute to the Big Easy, James D. Ployhar has combined two traditional New Orleans-style classics, 'When the Saints Go Marching In' and 'Just a Closer Walk With Thee. ' New Orleans Ju...
One of Tschaikowsky's most familiar melodies lends itself so very well to the idiom of the young concert band. This stirring march melody has universal appeal with its contrasting minor and major mode...
Combining two cherished patriotic hymn tunes 'God of Our Fathers' and 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' James Ployhar has created a lush and reverent concert band closer. 'A Nations' Prayer' will cap...
The 3-D Band Book is a three-dimensional approach to rehearsal preparation. This complete tune up/warm up program will reduce rehearsal stress and permit greater accomplishment with less effort. The o...
This unusual arrangement is constructed to provide a humorous break in your program. The incorporation of several not-necessarily musical faculty members as percussion soloists offers both musical and...
Four or more faculty members step into the spotlight as percussion soloists, and they play (at least most of the time) with your concert band. Little musical talent is necessary for the soloists, just...
This original encore-style trumpet feature, from the pen of James Ployhar is sure to grab the audience's attention. Reminiscent of a Leroy Anderson 'feel-good' overture, this rapid exploration of conc...
The trumpet section moves front and center to demonstrate their lightning technique required to perform TRAVELIN' TRUMPETS. The director is encouraged to proivide a brisk tempo which should cause fing...
Conductor (Piano Acc.). A band method for full band classes, like instrument classes, or individual instruction. Band Today is the basic method book of the Contemporary Band Course. The Contemporary B...
Technic Today, Part One is a companion book designed to reinforce the technical aspect of the basic method Band Today, Part One, of the Contemporary Band Course. The natural progression of the materia...
Band Today, Part Two is a basic method for the intermediate level of band development. This method book will help students further develop their musicianship and become valuable members of the school...
Technic Today, Part Two is a companion book designed to reinforce the technical aspect of the basic method Band Today, Part Two, of the Contemporary Band Course. The natural progression of the materia...
Band Today, Part Three is a basic method book for the advanced- intermediate level of band development. This method book will help develop a sound musical background and teach the musical skills neces...
Technic Today, Part Three is a companion book designed to reinforce the technical aspect of the basic method Band Today, Part Three, of the Contemporary Band Course. The natural progression of the mat...
A complete warm-up technique book containing units on lip slurs, chorales, major scales and scale studies, minor scales, chromatic scales, arpeggios, interval studies, articulation and dynamic studies...
An ideal combination for the improvement of technical facility, articulation, intonation, and tone.
The sound of hoof beats will transport you back in time and into the spirit of the west and James D. Ployhar combines three familiar melodies from that romantic era. Listen for 'Big Corral,' 'The Lone...
Paying a musical tribute to the Big Easy, James D. Ployhar has combined two traditional New Orleans-style classics, 'When the Saints Go Marching In' and 'Just a Closer Walk With Thee.' New Orleans Jub...
From radio to motion pictures to television, all have glamorized what we know as 'The Wild West,' but the folk songs from that era have lived on in an unaltered state. They tell stories of the lives,...
The all-time-favorite 'Jingle Bells' is explored with -- you guessed it -- kazoos! Found at dime stores worldwide, the kazoo provides a new perspective to this Holiday treasure. Interrupted briefly wi...
This tuneful French Christmas carol has retained popularity from year to year. This charming arrangement captures the melodic excitement that makes this theme so popular with carolers each holiday sea...
Santa goes head-to-head with the sound of the big bands. 'Jingle Bells' and 'Up on the House Top' are arranged in a traditional big-band style. Listen to the 'doo-wah' trumpets while Santa Meets the B...
Some of the most beautiful music associated with the Christmas season is that of Christmas Eve. Three of these melodies, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear music by Music by Richard S. Willis, Franz Grub...
A new setting of the heart-warming holiday carol, Away In a Manger features lush harmonies with the initial introduction of a charismatic countermelody. Enjoy the charming and unique scoring that make...
Two of our nation's most beloved hymns are combined in this arrangement entitled A NATION's PRAYER. Both of these hymns capture the spirit of this country and appeal to the patriotic fervor that is in...
Opening with a traditional statement, the classic theme is explored with rich full textures offering every section an opportunity at the melody. The grandiose concluding statement can be used as an au...
The holiday season is probably the only time of year that your audience knows both the melody and the words to your band's music. Here is the opportunity for them to join in singing. Titles
One of the most fascinating attractions of performance music in almost any medium is the discover and interpretation of sounds that closely identify with cultures as they have developed in nations or...
The flute section takes front and center to display their finger dexterity in this novel James D. Ployhar original tune. The flutists are sometimes overlooked as they provide the filigree to many inst...
Special songs for the most special night of the year. 'Music of Christmas Eve' has three contrasting Christmas favorites: 'It Came upon a Midnight Clear,' 'silent Night' and 'Angles We Have Heard on H...
This Brahms classic is now skillfully scored to be accessible for your concert band. Familiar themes are solidly represented and the distinctive Gaudaemus Igitur concludes this collection of revered t...
Featuring trios From The Thunderer, Manhattan Beach, And The Stars And Stripes Forever.
This American classic has been clearly scored and simplified for your beginners. Typically in cut time, it's now been placed in 4/4 time. You can trust your band to the master-- James Ployhar. The ver...
A patriotic march consisting of all the favorites: 'America, the Beautiful,' 'America,' and 'You're a Grand Old Flag.' In characteristic Ployhar-style, this solidly scored work is certain to be a hit....
The title almost says it all. Included are swing-style renditions of 'Deck the Halls' and 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.' Syncopated melodies and a solid drum pulse set the scene. Transform your list...
