Open Your Ears! Get Into the Music! Listen!
Here's great way to study your music.
Sit back, take out your sheet music, listen to the excerpts, and follow
along with the audio track. Then, take out your instrument and finger or
play along. What can you call this activity now?
Don't forget to record this time on your Practice Card!
For complete recordings of most of these songs, please
bring
a blank CD-R to Mrs. Garvin and she will burn you a copy
Audio Downloads
An exciting medley of tunes from Mrs. Garvin's favorite movie!
Nightmare Before Christmas
Your band will like the catchy themes of this sparkling overture!
Colorful
harmonies and lots of exact repetition make it musically
rewarding yet easy
to learn. An excellent choice for beginning bands!
Crater Lake Overture
Another super piece from Robert Smith! Driving, rhythmic, modal,
powerful,
and featuring lots of percussion...all the elements you need to
make your
group sound fantastic! Based on Native American imagery from the
Southwest, "Tanoan Echoes" moves along at a fast pace
with lots of accented
melodies that young players can really lean into. There are
enough parts
included to keep even the biggest percussion sections busy, and
that's one
of the reasons that this piece has such a distinctive flavor.
Really
exciting!
Tanoan Echoes
This is one of Challenger Band's festival pieces. The other two
are not
available online. If you would like a copy of Drammatico, Mrs.
Garvin can
tranfer it to a CD or USB drive you bring in.
Two tuneful English folk melodies are combined in this well-
scored number
for young bands. An attractive choice for festival performance!
Two British Folk Songs
Here is an action-packed overture written in the classic style.
Beginning
slowly, the pace picks up and is maintained until just before the
bold
conclusion.
Drammatico