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These 60 progressive melodic studies for trombone with the accompaniment of the piano have two purposes: 

1. To provide legato technique, natural slurs technique, musical phrasing, and stylistic interpretation skills in a progressive sequence to the trombonist.

2. To provide a collection of progressive solos with the accompaniment of the piano to prepare repertoire to present in student recitals, school concerts at an early age or from early performing levels. 

The book has 60 melodic studies which are subdivided into groups of tenths. Each group has specific key signatures, time signatures, rhythmic combinations, and ranges according to its performing levels. Mr. Pagan composed these 60 progressive melodic studies because he is a 21st-century musician, trombonist, and music teacher. He believes that 21st Century music students and professional musicians deserve academic, educative, and entertaining music that includes classical traditions with a touch of our heritage and cultural background at many performing levels.

Rememember, it starts very easy but will progress to a very advance and challenging performing level.

60 Progressive Melodic Studies For Trombone With The Accompaniment Of The Piano

Trombone Book

Notes about this piece:

A Ram Sam Sam is a folk or traditional children's song from Morocco. For some, it expresses loneliness and seeking companionship. For others, it means "I'm alone." 

This arrangement is for the beginner concert band. It is subdivided into three voices. The melody and two other voices for a simple accompaniment. To make the arrangement happiest, drums and percussion play a march kind of texture.

A Ram Sam Sam

Concert Band Score & Parts

Concertante Boricua No. 1 features the trombone as a soloist. It is a combination of a classical concerto with a lot of Afro-Puerto Rican jazz rhythms, improvisations, and styles. 

Note: The MIDI MP3 is not the best. It was made with a very old Finale version. Sometimes, the Midi plays long notes where there are chord symbols. My apologies!

Concertante Boricua No. 1

Jazz Ensemble

Inspired by those great and virtuoso melodies performed and recorded by 19th - 20th century trombonist Arthur Pryor, composer William Pagan-Perez wrote Plena-March Fantasy. Plena-March Fantasy, for Concert Band, features the trombone as a soloist, combining the march's traditional music for the band with the Plena rhythms, and quoting a 1912- Hymn by James Rowe and Howard E. Smith. The piece has a single movement. It starts with a symphonic introduction for the band and continues with a sonata form. The trombone solo starts with the first theme group of melodies. The second theme group of melodies has the Rowe and Smith Hymn quote. The trombone solo navigates between melodic lines and some virtuosos runs. But... What Plena is? Plena is a music genre or style developed at the beginning of the 20th century in the City of Ponce (Puerto Rico). Usually, its rhythms are performed with hand drums called Panderos. Composer Pagan-Perez substituted the Panderos with  Conga Drums. Conga Drums are easy to find and to perform with a single percussionist. The composer hopes that the listener enjoys this piece by dancing to the tropical beat.

Plena-March Fantasy

My Sweet Heart is a single-movement piece for the beginner youth orchestra. Woodwinds and brass learn music with flat keys (e.g. Bb Mayor) vs. strings that learn music with sharps (e.g. D Mayor). But how to put this two different universes together in a piece for beginners? My Sweet Heart was composed thinking on this challenge. Strings has the melody and part of the accompaniment as a quintet, while winds and brass mostly will play accompaniments with three to four music notes. Yes! Maybe, the orchestra teacher will have to teach an F# to a trombone or a G# to a trumpet, but the manner that the flow of the music was written, it will be easy to learn to the young musicians.

My Sweet Heart

Full Orchestra Score & Parts

This concerto is for trombone or euphonium with the accompaniment of the symphony orchestra. The composer combined some classical music traditions with traditions of his Afro-Puerto Rican heritage. 

I. Moderato- The first movement has a sonata form accompanied by the danceable rhythms of the Puerto Rican Bomba-Sica. 

II. Moderato- This second movement has the melodic motive from the first movement presented as an opera aria, more heroic and dramatic.  

III. Lero- The third movement has more characteristics from Afro-Puerto Rican music. The calls and responses chants between the orchestra and the soloist, and the accompaniment of the Lero variation of the Puerto Rican Bomba bring joy and soul to the Batey (garden) dance party.

Concerto

Score & Parts

Notes about this piece: Danza Puertorriquena is a musical form, dance, and genre from the 19th century in Puerto Rico before the island became a territory of the United States of America. Danza has 4 parts in its structural form: an introduction, a first theme, a second theme, and the chant of the baritone/trombone. The form ends with the repetition of the first theme at the end of the form. Danza was one of the first dances that people danced in couples touching each other bodies. So this kind of dance was very scandalous for Puerto Rican society. Danza became very popular for concert bands at the beginning of the 20th century when Puerto Rican musicians formed part of the US Army, and when the concert bands were introduced to Puerto Rico Public Schools. This arrangement is straightforward. It includes the guiro (please use the Puerto Rican Guiro with the fork scraper if possible). The orchestration is minimal, considering school programs that cannot afford expensive, specialized band instruments.

Lady Sara

Ensemble

Sonatina is a multi-movement piece for trumpet in Bb and piano. It includes very melodic fanfares, phrases, and ostinatos. Presenting harmonies and rhythmic styles from the 21st Century, it has a very lovely and sentimental tonal expression.

Sonatina

Trumpet Solo with Piano

I composed and dedicated this piece to my band students at the Melaleuca Elementary School (Palm Beach County, FL). I always have the opportunity to observe my students performing levels and skills and write something for them, where they have fun and learn something new with little challenges. In our school, every grade has a house's names. Stolz (a German world for pride) is the name for the 5th grade. Stolz House Winter Tune is an Introduction-A-B-A piece for level 1 beginner band where band students will play unisons, duets, a few chords, melodies, and accompaniments. By adding the triangle and the sleigh bells, this piece fits perfect for your beginner band holiday concerts.

Stolz House Winter Tune

This piece is a single-movement piece for trumpet in Bb and piano. It includes very melodic and nostalgic phrases. Presenting harmonies and rhythmic styles from the 21st Century, it has a very lovely and sentimental tonal expression.

Capriccio Yaucano No. 3

Interpretations On A Misunderstood Topic is a multi-movement piece for trombone and piano. Combining twelve tone series and an mode, the piece demands a great performing level from the musicians to bring lyricisms and esthetic to the audience. But, why the title of Interpretations On A Misunderstood Topic? Twelve Tones Music is a challenging topic for music students, composers, or general audience. Learning how to compose, to perform or to listen to this style of music can be hard for anyone that is not familiarized with it (including Mr. Pagán). Thru this piece,  Mr. Pagán as a composer explored many challenging ways to incorporate twelve tones rows to his works and styles.

I. Topic: How to use the twelves- This first movement is an exploration about how to use a twelve tone series to compose a piece. The creativity was very simple and basic, just composing an introduction, a first melody, and contrasting melody with a kind of an homophonic textures.

II. Topic: The row in Phrygian- "Practice and practice make you better." Sometimes, a learning strategy is just simplifying things. Instead to use a full twelve tone series, Mr. Pagán organized row series just using the seven notes of the Phrygian mode to practice and practice how to develop melodies similar but simples as those complex twelve tone rows. This movement allows the audience to have a breath from the complexity of the previous movement.

III. Topic: The misunderstood twelve- "Practicing is the keys for success." After being practicing with the Phrygian seven notes row series, Mr. Pagán returned to compose this third movement using a full twelve tone series. In this movement, the series are combine with the Puerto Rican Classical form of the Danza. The title of the movement suggests that Mr. Pagán does not know if he composed a real Twelve Tones piece, but at lease the audience can dance a Puerto Rican Danza.     

In conclusion, Interpretations On A Misunderstood Topic demonstrates that its composer has an interpretation about what is a Twelve Tone Music but not necessarily has a complete comprehension about it. More than be a virtuoso piece for the trombone with the accompaniment of the piano, this piece is a reflection of a learning process that any human can experiment in any topic.

Interpretations On A Misunderstood Topic

Trombone Solo with Piano

Dedicated to Carlos Josue, the composer's son, CJ's Lullaby has a cantabile and beautiful melody repeated during the piece. At the same time, the accompaniment's orchestration enriches this tune's simplicity with its changes in textures and instrumental features. Composer William Pagan-Perez hopes that the listeners transport themself to the first time that they listened to their first child's heart beating. Have a good memory! 

To the music teacher / orchestra teacher: This piece can be used in the youth orchestra setting to teach students to accompanying a melody with different background textures.

CJs Lullaby

Composer William Pagan-Perez did this reduction for piano based upon his Concerto for trombone or euphonium, and symphony orchestra. The composer combined some classical music traditions with traditions of his Afro-Puerto Rican heritage. 

I. Moderato- The first movement has a sonata form accompanied by the danceable rhythms of the Puerto Rican Bomba-Sica. 

II. Moderato- This second movement has the melodic motive from the first movement presented as an opera aria, more heroic and dramatic.  

III. Lero- The third movement has more characteristics from Afro-Puerto Rican music. The calls and responses chants between the piano and the soloist, and the accompaniment of the Lero variation of the Puerto Rican Bomba bring joy and soul to the Batey (garden) dance party.  

The original Concerto for trombone or euphonium and symphony orchestra is available on https://www.jwpepper.com/11591147.item.

Euphonium Solo

The composer wrote this concerto for trombone with the accompaniment of the symphony orchestra. More than thinking of the massive wall of sound of the 20th or 21st-century modern orchestra for the orchestration, the composer was thinking about the styles of 18th or 19th-century opera composers. The trombone's melodies bring the nostalgia of opera singers, instead of presenting faster trombonistic virtuoso passages. However, the accompaniment includes a lot of modern fresh harmonic progressions with Afro-Puerto Rican rhythms. Having the audience in mind, the composer hopes that the listeners enjoy this concerto by listening to it with a glass of good wine, delicious slices of cheese and hams, and a very relaxing environment.

Concerto in D

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