Ensembles

Here's a medium-up tempo modal chart that your band (and audience) will really enjoy. A contemporary head sits on top of an ostinato in open fifths, while the drummer keeps things energized with Elvin...

Your band will be itching to play this medium shuffle. The melody gets under your skin, and the shout chorus really burns! Listen carefully for cameo appearances by Wayne Shorter and the Pink Panther....

A great opener: a hard-driving minor blues shuffle always gets the crowd in the right mood. Your tenor player has a short bluesy cadenza at the top and again at the end, and is also featured on the so...

The 'spicy burrito' returns with a vengeance in this Latin chart that sounds much harder than it plays. An ominous opening leads into a 12/8 feel that alternates with a driving Afro-Cuban groove. You'...

Zoo is a hard driving medium-up (mm=156) opener that sounds hip, has an easy solo section, and will make your young band soung GREAT. The melody is played by altos and trumpets, with backgrounds added...

Otono (commissioned by Curtis Gaesser for the Folsom Jazz Festival) is a moody, medium-tempo Latin chart, based on the changes of another well-known tune about fall foliage. It's an ideal 'middle-of-t...

December is a Maria Schneider - esque chart that features tenor (opt. soprano) and trumpet (opt. guitar or vibes) solos. The ethereal melody floats over a 6/4 even-eigth groove. Solo changes are chall...

If you are searching for a great sounding, hip chart for young bands (with moose in the title), search no further. This chart has an infectious groove (hints of Steely Dan), very easy blowing changes...

Bounce House is an up-tempo chart based on a D minor blues and a recurring bass ostinato. It features your soloist of choice at C (a separate sheet of changes is provided) and your drummer at D. Some...

Fresh-sounding orchestration of a traditional Hebrew melody. Interesting and varied use of drums, solo space for tenor and trumpet. Optional vibes part, as well.

Medium-up Jazz Waltz. Wonderful melody set over a feel-good C-major pedal point. Excellent opener or closer. Tenor & Flugel have melody and jazz solos. Recorded on the Valley Jazz Orchestra CD Free Fo...

16th note funk groove in 3. Funky, contrapuntal a capella writing for the saxophone section. Jazz solos for trombone and alto saxophone. Described as Mintzer-ish by drummer John Riley. Trpt range: Hig...

A tribute to breadcrumb-and-popcorn-hungry ducks at your local park. Fun calypso in C-minor. Jazz solos in each section. Mouthpiece quacking in the trumpets. Title track of the Valley Jazz Orchestra C...

Modern straight 8th note feel. Terrific contrast piece. Lyrical melody; pedal point with shifting harmonies; solos for flugel, trombone, and flute (alto 1). Terrific piece for high school, college, an...

Some call this the obligatory weird tune. Very slow, exotic 16th-note feel. Drums use mallets. Opt. bass clarinet in the bari sax. Solos from trumpet and trombone. Trpt range: High E-flat.

Terry Riley meets the contemporary jazz orchestra: minimalist groove with shifting harmonic colors. Bass tacets entire chart. Some jazz in soprano sax 1. This is a one-of-a-kind big band tune. On Vall...

Diese Sammlung leichter Ensemblestücke enthält Volkslieder, klassische Themen, Kanons und Originalkompositionen. Passend zu Alles für Streicher Heft 1 und 2

Perfect for special events or for anytime of year, this arrangement keeps Elgar's original keys of G and C Major. Except for occasional easy position work for bass, all parts stay in 1st position.

Explore the overlooked genius of Clara Schumann.á Mr. Frost's arrangement navigates the pensive, contrapuntal terrain of this masterpiece with elegance and expressivity.á An essential addition to any...

Classicsáa la Carte! is a suite of classical compositions for piano and beginning strings written using the same format as the successful Ready, Set, Swing!áDesigned for students in their very earlies...

Natural, Interest-Grabbing Choice For Teaching Counterpoint, Rhythm, And Intonation. Grade 3