New Sounds for Concert Band

Copacabana aus dem Jahr 1978 ist neben Songs wie Mandy oder Looks Like We Made It einer der grössten, bis heute unvergessenen Hits von Barry Manilow, der seine Karriere einst als Komponist von Erkennu...

The 1937 Walt Disney-film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has fascinated and touched many generations with its unforgettable fairy tale figures. The timeless music is also captivating with the catchy...

Glenn Miller was one of the greatest American bandleaders in the first half of the 20th century. The legendary sound of the prestigious Glenn Miller Orchestra is still famed worldwide. Naohiro Iwai ha...

In 1942 Glenn Miller voluntarily joined the army and founded the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band and with his music he kept up the morale of the troops. In December 1944 he boarded an aircraft in Eng...

The habanera is a dance from the beginning of the 19th century that has been the subject of many humorous and ironic poems. One of the more famous habaneras is La Paloma (The Dove), composed about 186...

Mit dem Titel Mozart's Greatest Hits! verspricht der Toshio Mashima nicht zu viel. Mit Themen aus fünf der bekanntesten und beliebtesten Mozartthemen, verpackt in ein meisterliches Arrangement für Bla...

In 1969, the composer and musician Gershon Kingsley (b. 1922) composed and recorded an instrumental work that was to become the first true success of electronic music. In 1972, the group Hot To Mound...

In 1969, the composer and musician Gershon Kingsley (b. 1922) composed and recorded an instrumental work that was to become the first true success of electronic music. In 1972, the group Hot To Mound...

At the end of the nineties Porto Rican born singer Ricky Martin started a new trend in the world of pop music - Latino-pop. In 1996 he conquered the world with his catchy single Livin la vida loca, wh...

This is best known as the theme from Rocky, the 1997 smash hitfor composer, conductor and Oscar winner Bill Conti. The Japanesearranger Naohiro Iwai has taken this exciting piece and made it intoa sti...

The melody of Fascination was composed in 1905 by Dante Pilade 'Fermo' Marchetti. In the 1930s it was successfully performed in French and English and in 1957 it again became famous when it was used i...

Lieder wie The Girl from Ipanema oder eben Desafinado haben den brasilianischen Pianisten und Komponisten Antonio Carlos Jobim weltberühmt gemacht und sind mittlerweile Jazz-Standards, die in einem At...

Lieder wie The Girl from Ipanema oder eben Desafinado haben den brasilianischen Pianisten und Komponisten Antonio Carlos Jobim weltberühmt gemacht und sind mittlerweile Jazz-Standards, die in einem At...

Summertime ist ein Wiegenlied aus dem ersten Akt der 'American Folk Opera' Porgy und Bess von George Gershwin, die 1935 uraufgeführt wurde. Noch berühmter als die Oper wurde das Lied Summertime, das i...

I Got Rhythm ist eine der bekanntesten Musiknummern aus George Gershwins Musical Girl Crazy, das im Jahre 1930 uraufgeführt wurde und seither an Popularität nichts verloren hat. Der Titel I Got Rhythm...

I Got Rhythm ist eine der bekanntesten Musiknummern aus George Gershwins Musical Girl Crazy, das im Jahre 1930 uraufgeführt wurde und seither an Popularität nichts verloren hat. Der Titel I Got Rhythm...

Naohiro Iwai, the master of entertaining concert band arrangements, has selected four songs from the wide repertoire of George Gershwin for this wonderful medley. A fitting tribute to one of the all t...

Naohiro Iwai, the master of entertaining concert band arrangements, has selected four songs from the wide repertoire of George Gershwin for this wonderful medley. A fitting tribute to one of the all t...

The musical Miss Saigon has touched millions of hearts worldwide. This is partly due to the romantic, yet equally tragic, love story set in war-torn Vietnam during 1975, and partly to the emotional an...

Joe Hisaishi is a highly sought-after film score composer in his home country of Japan. Among his numerous movie scores are several for anime fi lms. Anyone who watched the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics...

Over the years much has been written and broadcast about Michael Jackson. Naohiro Iwai has created a powerful medley by letting the music of the undisputed 'King of Pop' speak for itself. The medley c...

The Loco-motion was the hippest dance routine to hit the clubs in the 1960s. In contrast to many songwriters who write songs after a trend has taken off , singer/songwriter partners and couple Gerry G...

Romeo and Juliet is a sensitive adaptation of the unforgettable love theme from Nino Rota's soundtrack to Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film, 'Romeo and Juliet'. Retaining the tumultuous romance and traged...

Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington's influence on the swing era as musician, bandleader and composer is unparalleled. His arrangement of his own composition It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Sw...