Vision on An Old American Tune
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SKU: KJ.WB221
Composed by Wayne Pegram. Edited by Bruce Pearson. Arranged by Bruce Pearson. Standard of Excellence in Concert. Band, Repertoire. Score and set of parts. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #WB221. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.WB221).9 x 12 inches.
Bases on the American hymn tune. "Happy land," VISIONS ON AN OLD AMERICAN TUNE is written in theme and variations form. The charole-like melody is warm, full and appealing. The work features a section for improvisation on the theme, Each student part has simple improvisations to provide students with a startling point. For those more adventurous students, there's no limit to how they can apply their creativity!
About Standard of Excellence in Concert
The Standard of Excellence In Concert series presents exceptional arrangements, transcriptions, and original concert and festival pieces for beginning and intermediate band. Each selection is correlated to a specific page in the Standard of Excellence Band Method, reinforcing and expanding skills and concepts introduced in the method up to that point. Exciting parts with extensive cross-cueing are presented for every player. Accessible ranges, appropriate rhythmic challenges, and creative percussion section writing enhance the pedagogical value of the series.
Sold individually, each In Concert selection includes a full Conductor Score and enough student parts for large symphonic bands. Each student part also includes correlated Warm-Up Studies. The Conductor Score comes complete with rehearsal suggestions, a composer biography, program notes, a rehearsal piano part, several ready-to-duplicate worksheets and a duplicable written quiz.