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
We Shall Overcome arranged for solo instrument with piano, guitar, or mp3 accompaniment of the traditional protest anthem, which has become associated with the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Solo parts for all wind instruments and bells are included. An arrangement for young concert band is available here. Digital Delivery
Three pieces appropriate for Black History programs! Grade ½ to 1, plus and optional flex band arrangement of Lift Every Voice and Sing. Also available as solo with accompaniment bundle here.