Finale (from “The Firebird Suite”)
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An adaptation of one of Stravinsky's most famous pieces for the youngest bands. Chromatics and range are as limited as possible. Options for less advanced and more advanced performers.
Grade: ½ - 1
Key: Bb
Rhythms: No syncopation. Quarter, dotted half, half, and whole notes. No eighths. Rolls in snare, bass, bells and timpani parts.
Meter: 6/4, 7/4, 7/2, 6/4
Duration 2:00
Range
Flight of the Hurricane Hunters
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The Hurricane Hunters are members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve based at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. Their mission is to observe tropical storms by flying an airplane directly through the storm! They fly missions from the mid-Atlantic to the International Dateline in the Pacific. Learn more at the Hurricane Hunters website.
This piece is intended to suggest the turbulence and excitement as they enter and exit a storm, and the calmness and beauty that exists in the eye, or center.
Grade: 1
Key: Eb/C Minor
Range: Ab – Ab (Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone to low F concert)
Rhythms: Some syncopation, sixteenths in snare
Duration 2:15
Foundation – Three Part Flex Band
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A three-part flex band piece written with the youngest players in mind! March style, very simple rhythms and limited range. Written to work without percussion parts.
Grade ½
Key: B♭
Range: A - G
Duration 1:15
Instrumentation
| PART I | PART II | PART III | PERCUSSION | |
| Flute | Clarinet | Bassoon | Bells | |
| Oboe | Alto Saxophone | Bass Clarinet | Triangle | |
| Clarinet | Tenor Saxophone | Baritone Saxophone | Crash Cymbals | |
| Trumpet | Trumpet | Trombone | Snare Drum | |
| Alto Saxophone | Horn in F | Baritone T. C./B. C. | Bass Drum | |
| Tuba |
March Gusto
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March Gusto is a concert march for the youngest bands. Appropriate for concert or festival. Rhythms are limited to quarter notes and half notes (paired eighths in snare). Pitches are limited to the first six notes of the Bb Concert scale.
Grade: ½
Key: Eb
Meter: 2/4
Range: Bb – G
Rhythms: Quarter notes and half notes only (paired eighths in snare). No dotted rhythms, no syncopation.
Duration 1:20
On the River – Three Part Flex Band
Written with the youngest players in mind! Lyrical and expressive, with limited range, and rhythms limited to dotted half, half, and quarter notes in the wind parts, eighth notes and suspended cymbal roll in percussion.
Grade ½
Meter: 3/4
Key: B♭
Range: B♭ - G
Duration: 1:40
Instrumentation
| PART I | PART II | PART III | PERCUSSION | |
| Flute | Clarinet | Bassoon | Bells | |
| Oboe | Alto Saxophone | Bass Clarinet | Triangle | |
| Clarinet | Tenor Saxophone | Baritone Saxophone | Cabasa | |
| Trumpet | Trumpet | Trombone | Maracas | |
| Alto Saxophone | Horn in F | Baritone T. C./B. C. | Suspended Cymbal | |
| Tuba |