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This straight-to-the-point arrangement is a fast learn - great for football games, parades, or any community event. Scored similarly to early 20th-century military band versions, this arrangement keeps our national anthem simple yet still grand. Featuring a trumpet solo, and brass chorale, this rendition is perfect for any band's library.

The Star-Spangled Banner

Marching Band Score & Parts

Editors Choice Year

Forward motion and bright rhythmic drive give this exciting work strong appeal as an opener or closer for advancing middle school or early high school bands. Syncopated lines and active percussion keep the energy up, and a contrasting middle section shifts into smooth, legato writing that encourages expressive playing. It leaves ensembles with music that's exciting to play and impactful in performance.

Viking Spirit

Concert Band Score & Parts

Waltz for Concert Band. Fun! Grand! Exciting! The carousel is a favorite at amusement parks around the world. Paper Carousel was written for the composer's wife as a gift for their first (paper) anniversary. Listeners acclaim that this piece gives the feeling of riding the carousel, perhaps on the boardwalk. No matter the locale, this piece is sure to please both performers and listeners alike!

Paper Carousel

Americans We by Henry Fillmore was first published in 1929 by Carl  Fischer Publishing Company (New York) and later renewed with edited versions  by Frederick Fennell and Robert Foster. Having gone through many different  titles such as The Cincinnati Zoo and Pure Food and Health, Fillmore settled  on Americans We. This march exemplifies his desire to make performers and  listeners happy with his music. The late Frederick Fennell even said nobody  had more fun with his music than Fillmore himself. This version is a slightly  simpler take on the original and edited versions. Rhythms have been  simplified, effectively eliminating the tongued sixteenth-note patterns. The  meter has been modified to 2/4 rather than the standard alla breve. As in the  1929 original, the piece retains the same key signatures and modulations.  Measure numbers and all standard symbols are included to improve the  rehearsal process and ease of reading. Ranges are reduced, yet all harmonies  are true to the original. This is a great piece for developing musicians!

Americans We P.O.D.

This work is paired with another work (Tomorrow, We're Still Together) as a pair of commissions by Mrs. Danni Schmitt at the Roland Park Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland. For this piece, Danni knew right away that she wanted to use the above text as an inspiration for this piece. The poem was written by one of Danni's middle school students as a sort of instruction manual for the younger students as they began their own journeys into becoming band musicians. That poem is included in the work as a narration, helping to divide the piece into each of its major formal sections.

How to Be a Musician

So many intermediate and advanced bands have the opportunity to begin
  their programs with great fanfares and concert openers. Younger groups
  donat have as many choices available to them - but now thereas "Joy
  &amp; Celebration." What better way to start your spring concert off but
  to thank your students for their growth (the first years are the hardest,
  right?) and to send them to their next band experience with a sense of joy
  for what theyave learned and achieved.

Joy & Celebration

Band On the Green was written for the New Brunswick Public Schools
  Elementary District Band for their spring performance in the 2012-13 school
  year. Utilizing the first octave of notes and simple quarter and eighth note
  rhythms in the winds, along with sixteenth note combinations in the
  percussion, it still contains the traditional elements and conforms to the
  standard march form. This is a great piece to teach your young students about
  the concert march!

Band On the Green

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Milestone Fanfare is now available as our first FLEX SCORE EDITION
  selection! This edition is based on the original work written to celebrate
  our beginning band students for completing their first year of instrumental
  instruction. They SO deserve this piece after handling themselves with honor
  and respect during the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020! This flexible adaptation
  allows you to create unique instrument groupings within the instrumentation
  you already have. This gives you the opportunity to play the work effectively
  and musically, even if you do not have a full band available to you.  Strings parts (Edited by Mr. Alexandre
  Soares) are also included for an opportunity to form a flexible symphony
  orchestra. As an added bonus, all student parts contain a QR code to be able
  to practice along with a click track and a full performance track via
  YouTube!

Milestone Fanfare

Flexible Instrumentation Score & Parts

Zampa, ou La Fiancée de marber (Zampa, or the Marble Bride) first performed in Paris in 1831, is a three-act opera comique. This edition incorporates two early arrangements into a modern symphonic band format, giving ensemble members a rewarding challenge. Conductors will appreciate the full score provided rather than the condensed score of past editions. A highly recommended classic!

Zampa

March Spectacular is the first work in the Very Beginning Band Series. This simple, Grade 1/2  work is intended to be a teaching piece. Using only the notes typically learned in the first half of most beginner band method books, as well as rhythms limited to moving eighth notes, the piece is designed to introduce the march form in its entirety.  Simple articulations, dynamics, and phrasing marks are included to guide your band students to success!

March Spectacular

Band On the Green is the second work in our new FLEX SCORE EDITION. This Grade 2+ Edition is based on the original work written for the NBPS District Band Program in New Brunswick, NJ. Although this piece uses mainly the first octave of notes and simple quarter and eighth notes in the winds, along with sixteenth note combinations in percussion, this piece still uses the standard march form. This is a great piece to teach young students about the Concert March. 
This fully adaptable edition allows you to create unique instrument groupings within the instrumentation you already have. This gives you the opportunity to play the piece effectively and musically, even if you do not have a full band available to you. Strings parts (Edited by Mr. Alexandre Soares) are also included for an opportunity to form a flexible symphony orchestra. Finally, all student parts contain a QR code to be able to practice along with a click track and a full performance track via YouTube! Flex our first march this concert season!

One of the most bittersweet hallmarks at the end of their middle school
  band experience is sending your students on to their next adventure. This
  piece is a way great way to thank your students for their work in your band
  room and to remind them theyare always welcomed back! Composed with a
  wonderful, upbeat groove and ending with a beautiful chorale statement, this
  will be a memorable way to close out your spring concert and to celebrate all
  your students have accomplished!

Tomorrow We're Still Together

An arrangement of a beloved classical march! Radetzky is one of the most widely performed marches, mostly associated with New Years Day. This slightly simplified version includes a full conductor score, and has been expertly rewritten for a younger concert band.  CWJ Music House is proud to inaugurate their new Developing Band Series with this magnificent work.

Radetzky March

Battle Cry of Freedom was written about the Civil War in 1862 by American Composer George Frederick Root.  There are two versions of lyrics associated with the original tune, one for the Union and one for the Confederates. The original lyrics being "Yes we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again, Shouting the battle cry of freedom!" The piece was even adapted for the presidential election in 1864 supporting Lincoln and Johnson.  This rousing arrangement was adapted to a traditional march style, but given a more modern feel without going too outside the box.  It is sure to please this concert season!

Battle Cry of Freedom

This new arrangement of our National Anthem gets back to basic, as its
  form and structure are strikingly similar to the original D.O.D. military
  band versions from the early 20th century. 
  Set in the key of concert B-flat, it is easily attainable by most
  middle or high school concert bands. 
  Snare drum features a part that is vastly different from the standard
  unmeasured roll utilized in most versions previously.  A trumpet solo is included with a beautiful
  brass chorale in the middle section, before the powerful close with a heroic
  fanfare!

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This traditional hymn will be enjoyed by your congregation or
  audience.  This hymn can also be used
  during Advent, since many churches also set the hymn to the text "Come,
  Thou Long Expected Jesus."  This
  arrangement is full of lush chords, and it travels through several different
  keys, taking the listener on a journey. 
  The melody alternates between all four flute parts.

Alleluia, Sing to Jesus

Flute Ensemble

Handel's classical oratorio finale is finally fully achievable by young
  bands! This arrangement also has an optional two-part chorus so you can fully
  collaborate with your colleagues. Play one of the most recognizable classics
  at a level totally achievable by your developing band, but not taking
  anything away from this original masterpiece.

Hallelujah Chorus (from THE MESSIAH)

This fun Sax Quartet has two movements each with a different twist. In the first movement the "Peg-Leg Waltz" the traditional feel of a waltz is squeezed into 5/4 giving you a sense of uneasiness and a little bit of a rushed feeling moving through each measure. The second movement "Dueling Duets" pits two duets against one another each vying for the spotlight.

Music for a Dysfunctional Saxophone Quartet

Saxophone Quartet

Cheers to 10 Years! Commemorate your band's milestone anniversary with
  style and flair. Decennial Fanfare was written in celebration of the ten-year
  anniversary of CWJ Music House. As a brass player, it was easy for the
  composer to decide what style of piece to write for such an occasion, and
  only a fanfare would do! This is an intense, fast-paced work full of
  articulate rhythms and challenging woodwind flourishes. Educationally, this
  is an excellent piece for teaching advanced rhythms, phrasing, and articulations.
  This selection will surely make an outstanding opener or closer for your
  concert program!

Decennial Fanfare

Ship Ahoy - The Wellerman has arrived on the Billy o' Tea! UNCHARTED
  SEAS: TALES OF THE WELLERMAN is a short theme-and-variation on the original
  19th century New Zealand sailing song. It serves itself well as a concert
  opener or closer, and aims to feature the low winds. This flexible adaptation
  allows you to create unique instrument groupings within the instrumentation
  you already have. This gives you the opportunity to play the piece
  effectively and musically, even if you do not have a full band available to
  you. Strings parts (Edited by Mr. Alexandre F. Soares) are also included for
  an opportunity to form a flexible symphony orchestra. Fingerings are included
  as a guide in all string parts. As an added bonus, all student parts contain
  a scannable QR code to be able to practice along with a rhythm section track
  and a full performance track via YouTube!

Uncharted Seas (Tales of the Wellerman

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