This arrangement offers the traditional holiday piece arranged for a soloist or a section feature with three-part flex band and is written with the youngest players in mind! Simple rhythms and limited range.
Feature part lies well for flute, clarinet, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, and French horns. Might be challenging for trumpet, trombone, baritone and tuba. Would be useful for challenging beginner clarinets to play down to their Low G.
Grade: Band – ½+, Soloist – 1
Key: Bb
Meter: 4/4
Rhythms: Whole, half, and quarter notes in winds, paired eighths in snare
A traditional holiday piece arranged for three-part flex band and written with the youngest players in mind! Simple rhythms and limited range.
Grade: ½ – 1
Key: Bb
Meter: 4/4
Range (concert pitches)
Part 1: Bb – Bb (includes E♮, optional low G and A in clarinet to avoid break)
Part 2: A – G (includes E♮)
Part 3: A – G (includes F#, optional low G)
Rhythms: Whole, dotted half, half, and quarter notes in winds, paired eighths in snare
Offering several options to suit your band and the level of absurdity and embarrassment desired.
Basic Edition
Grade: ½-1
Key: Eb
Range: Bb – Ab (Bb in melody)
Rhythms: triplet quarter-eighth in melody, no syncopation, rolls in percussion
Duration 0:20
Deluxe Edition
Grade: ½-1
Key: Eb
Range: Ab – Ab (Bb in melody), optional lower range in Bass Clarinet and Baritone Saxophone
Rhythms: syncopation, rolls in percussion
Duration 0:40
Super Deluxe Edition
Grade: 1 – 1½
Key: Eb
Range: G – Bb , lower range in Bass Clarinet and Baritone Saxophone
Rhythms: syncopation, rolls in percussion
Duration 1:00
Lift Every Voice and Sing is a brass quintet setting of a hymn which is also referred to as the “Negro national anthem“. Also available as a grade 1 – 1½ Flex Band arrangement here.
Grade: 3
Key: Ab
Time Signature: 3/4
Duration 1:25
This Little Light of Mine – Solo with Accompaniment
Kum Bah Yah – Solo with Accompaniment
We Shall Overcome – Solo with Accompaniment
This bundle includes piano scores, guitar scores, mp3 accompaniment files, and solo parts for all wind instruments and bells. Solo parts are grade ½ to 1. Full ensemble arrangements are also available here. Each piece is also available separately here. Digital Delivery
This Little Light of Mine is an instrumental solo setting with piano, guitar, or mp3 accompaniment of a traditional gospel song which has become associated with the Civil Rights Movement. Limited range and repetitive rhythms make this piece appropriate for young soloists. Includes syncopation (esp. eighth-quarter-eighth). Parts included for all wind instruments and bells. Arrangement for young concert band are available here. Digital Delivery.
Grade: ½
Key: Eb
Range: Bb – G
Time Signature: 4/4
Duration: 1:00
Kum Bah Yah is an instrumental solo setting with piano, guitar, or mp3 accompaniment of the African American Spiritual, with limited range and simple rhythms appropriate for young soloists. Parts included for all wind instruments and bells. Arrangements for young concert band are available here. Digital Delivery.
Grade: ½
Key: Bb
Range: Bb – G
Time Signature: 4/4 + 2/4
This arrangement offers the traditional holiday piece arranged for a soloist or a section feature with three-part flex band and is written with the youngest players in mind! Simple rhythms and limited range.
Grade: ½
