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Emergence is uses only the first five notes of the Bb Concert scale, and the meter alternates between 4/4 and 6/8 throughout. After a few rehearsals, young students will begin to feel the pattern. The piece is intended to evoke imagery of growth, such as the budding flowers or the emerging musicianship demonstrated in their spring performances. Hear recording of a live performance here.

Grade: ½
Key: Bb
Range: Bb – F
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Duration 1:30

A brief opening fanfare is followed by a flowing, expressive section based on the melody for the fanfare.

Grade: ½
Key: Bb
Range: Bb - G
Rhythms: No dotted rhythms, no syncopation
Duration 2:00

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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

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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

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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

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