New Brass 10 Piece

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New for 10 Piece Brass Ensemble, Fountains' Flourish, is a bright, light, modestly flashy little number, and is part of a set of concert pieces that I am currently working on.

If you are unfamiliar with the 10 piece Brass format, it is 4 Trumpets, French Horn, 4 Trombones and a Tuba. Sometimes percussion is added. Popularised by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, it transformed the image of the brass family throughout the world, also creating a legacy of repertoire for this ensemble. This is an orchestral brass ensemble rather than the British "Brass Band".

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The ABC Clarinet Series provides useful material for the young learner. The lastest addition to the series is Stepping Down, a set of 12 concert pieces for clarinet and piano for the elementary player. These low-register pieces only assume knowledge of the left-hand (middle C up to A) and the pieces help to gradually increase the players range downwards through B, Bb, A and G.

 

The material links in with the ABC Clarinet Tutor with some extended tunes and new material. Also available is A Rocking Week which helps develop good technique for rocking onto the A key.

This site contains compositions and arrangements by Alun Cook, mainly for clarinet, saxophone, brass. Go to www.aluncookmusic.com for a full listing.

Wind Band

Pictures at an Exhibition - Great Gate of Kiev (Wind Band) by Mussorgsky arr. Alun Cook

These arrangements of movements from Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition aim to fill the gaps in what has already been written for Wind Band. Other versions have movements missing or suddenly go into bizarre keys (a semitone difference from the original between two movements that are supposed to segue)! It is pretty difficult for anyone to claim that they havent been influence by the Ravel orchestration, but I have tried to set that aside and work from the original score. ...

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O Come, All Ye Faithful (Wind Band with Fanfare) by Trad. arr. Alun Cook

The Fanfare may be played either as an introduction to O Come, All Ye Faithful or as an interlude before the final verse. In the printed score, the Fanfare is written at the start, but the final page of the score contains a standard introduction in case you wish to play the Fanfare before the final verse. The score is slightly condensed for clarity, with some instruments sharing a stave (bassoon 1&2 etc) but the parts are all individual, again for ease of reading. A vocal part is also include...

Clarinet Carillon (Clarinet and Wind Band) by Alun Cook

A showpiece for Clarinet with Wind Band accompaniment. I had intended the solo part to be of about Grade 6 standard but it has turned out to be rather harder, but it is definitely fun to play. The band accompaniment includes plenty of cues for missing instruments, and having a good xylophone player is an advantage. Clarinet Carillon is also available for Clarinet and Piano. The MP3 is just a midi recording but because of the...

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Air for the G String (Clarinet Duet) by J.S.Bach arr. Alun Cook

An ideal GCSE performance piece. String players dont run out of breath but clarinettists do, so feel no shame in omitting the second repeat. Only the briefest of guidance for dynamics is given as you can perform it differently every time. Be flexible in tempo and as expressive as possible....

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Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Clarinet Quartet) by Mozart arr. Alun Cook

Mozart and the clarinet are such an ideal combination. This famous suite fits beautifully within the range of the clarinet quartet. I have carefully chosen the keys for the movements and tried to retain the character of the original. Mozart always needs excellent musicians to do his music justice but the technical demands of this arrangement are not so high as to prevent students gaining plenty from rehearsing and performing at least sections of the work. The score comes complete with all fou...

ABC Clarinet - A Rocking Week by Alun Cook

ABC Clarinet � A Rocking Week

Designed for elementary clarinet students, these 5 short concert pieces help to develop the good rocking action that is essential for fluency onto the \'A\' key. The pieces use the left hand only and should be used as soon as the \'A\' is required. The also provide an introduction to dynamics in an obvious and humorous way.

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Music for Christmas

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For Saxophone ensemble, try God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, Huron Carol and Personent Hodie or a transcription of Handel's Unto us a Son is born or for a more modern feel, why not board the Santa Express for saxophone sextet, 2 Altos, Flute or for full orchestra.

For Clarinet ensemble try Dasher and Dancer, for 5 Bb Clarinets and Bass Clarinet.

For Wind Band you will find a new Fanfare and Descant to O Come, All Ye Faithful with the complete carol scored for Band. The Brass Fanfare is also available seperately.

Featuring two Solo Trumpets, you will find an arrangement of Samuel Scheidt's In Dulci Jubilo, especially good in a resonant acoustic.

For Choirs there are three original Carols available (and they are FREE). 2000 years is for young voices, as is A Christmas Message which has been performed by ages from 7 to 16 and divides into 3 parts. The New Religion subtitled A Shoppers' Carol is for 2 part ladies/boys voices.

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