Sound Percussion Ensembles - Snare Drum and Bass Drum

Sound Percussion Ensembles by Dave Black and Chris Bernotas contains 11 arrangements and two original pieces at the intermediate level designed to give your percussion students a valuable group performance experience. It synthesizes skills taught in Sound Percussion and can be used as a supplement to any percussion method, or independently as stand-alone performance music. Playing in a group as a percussion ensemble will help your students develop independence and rhythmic stability, while offering a fun incentive to practice with friends. This book features a variety of music styles such as holiday, patriotic, multicultural, processional, classical, and original repertoire that can be used for performances throughout the entire school year. Each piece contains a Sound Advice section, providing helpful performance tips for your students on preparing for each work, executing the technique with excellence, and helping them understand notation. SI Online includes streaming demonstration tracks for each arrangement, providing excellent practice resources.

Table of Contents:

• Gears
• Mission Possible
• Pomp and Circumstance
• The Entertainer
• Sakura/Arirang (Traditional Japanese / Korean Folk Song)
• Mama Paquita (Brazilian Folk Song)
• España Cañi (Spanish Paso Doble)
• Chester / Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Joy to the World / Deck the Halls
• Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
• Jingle Bells / Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
• Funeral March / March of the Marionette
• Trumpet Tune

Publisher:	Alfred
Composer/Author:	Black and Bernotas
Catalog Number:	00-48264