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Holiday Gift Ideas for Elementary Band Students
Flutes:
Cleaning rod & cleaning cloth (for the inside of the flute).
Brass Players:
Tuning slide grease.
Valve oil (rotary valve oil for French Horn).
Oboes, Clarinets & Saxophones:
Cork grease.
Cleaning swab.
Extra reeds – players should have at least 3 good reeds in their case at all times. Your child may be ready to move up a ˝-size, please contact their teacher if you have questions.
Empty 35 mm film canister (oboes).
Percussion:
Please see general lists for ideas… remember, you can always buy a flute or oboe book and play on your bells!
Everyone:
Metronome
Tuner
Tuner/Metronome – for a little more, you can have both a tuner and a metronome in one device.
Folding music stand – Every student should have a music stand, and a folding one is a great and economical option.
Manhasset music stand – More expensive, but very solid and sturdy.
SUPER-Fun Music (see below).
SUPER-Fun Music for beginners – students in their first year of study, learning in book I:
Easy Disney Favorites w/CD - $12.95
Complete with a recorded rhythm section accompaniment CD, this collection will
provide hours of entertainment and useful practice playing Disney standards.
Songs include Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah; A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes;
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo; The Work Song; Mickey Mouse March; Toyland March; Chim
Chim Cheree; Let's Go Fly a Kite; A Spoonful of Sugar;
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious; It's a Small World; Candle on the Water
and Winnie the Pooh.
Easy Classics for the Young w/CD - $14.95
This collection of familiar classical themes for inexperienced performers is a
wonderful tool to build your students' performance library. Each book contains
solo material with piano accompaniment, as well as a performance/accompaniment
CD. The CD helps demonstrate the proper performance practice, and also serves
as a play-along accompaniment when a pianist is not available. It's classical
fun from the first page to the last!
Concert Solos for the Young w/CD - $15.95
Here is a fine collection of solo recital material for the inexperienced
performer! Difficulty ranges from beginning through the very easy level, and
piano accompaniment is provided in the book. A variety of musical styles and
the performance/accompaniment CD help to keep young performers motivated.
Fun with the… unaccompanied solos $5.95
A collection of many folk tunes, available for almost every band instrument.
Songs include Dixie, Oh! Susanna, Greensleeves, When The Saints Go Marching
In, Camptown Races, Aura Lee, The Erie Canal and many more.
SUPER-Fun Music for advanced beginners – students in their 2nd or 3rd year of
lessons, learning in book II or have already completed book II:
American Song Classics w/CD - $10.95
Every student should have the chance to play along with these gems of the
great American songwriters! Songs like: Stardust; Georgia On My Mind; It Might
As Well Be Spring; My Funny Valentine; That Old Black Magic and Alexander's
Ragtime Band are truly part of the American heritage. It's an enjoyable and
educational collection.
Disney Solos w/CD - $12.95
An exciting collection of twelve solos from your favorite Disney movies with
full band accompaniment on CD! Songs include: Be Our Guest; Can You Feel the
Love Tonight; Colors of the Wind; I Just Can't Wait to Be King; Reflection;
Under the Sea; You've Got a Friend in Me; Zero to Hero and more!
Favorite Movie Themes w/CD – $10.95
Each book contains the music and a CD that includes 13 themes from some of the
biggest hit movies to grace the silver screen. Titles include: Apollo 13;
Braveheart; Chariots of Fire; Dances with Wolves; E.T.; Jurassic Park;
Mission: Impossible; Mr. Holland's Opus; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Forrest Gump
and more.
Disney Movie Hits w/CD - $12.95
Complete with a recorded rhythm section accompaniment CD, this collection will
provide hours of entertainment and useful practice playing Disney standards.
Songs include Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah; A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes;
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo; The Work Song; Mickey Mouse March; Toyland March; Chim
Chim Cheree; Let's Go Fly a Kite; A Spoonful of Sugar;
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious; It's a Small World; Candle on the Water
and Winnie the Pooh.
SUPER-Fun Music for intermediate students - those who have completed 3 years of lessons and have completed books I, II and are excelling in a third book:
Band Jam! w/CD - $10.95
Get jammin' with these twelve band favorites, complete with accompaniment CD,
including: Born to Be Wild; Danger Zone; Devil with the Blue Dress; Final
Countdown; Get Ready for This; Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now); I
Got You (I Feel Good); Rock & Roll - Part II (The Hey Song); Twist and Shout;
We Will Rock You; Wild Thing and Y.M.C.A.
Best of Andrew Lloyd Weber - $7.95
Over 25 of his best, including: All I Ask Of You; Close Every Door; Don't Cry
For Me Argentina; I Don't Know How To Love Him; Love Changes Everything;
Memory and more.
Jump Swing Fever Unaccompanied Solo Collection - $5.95
Included Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Go-Daddy-O, In the Mood, It Don’t Mean A
Thing, Jump, Jive An’ Wail, Puttin’ On the Ritz, Stompin’ At the Savoy, Zoot
Suit Riot and more.
Broadway Showstoppers - $6.95
Over 45 Broadway Hits arranged for unaccompanied solo instrument! A great
selection of songs from classic shows like Oklahoma; Fiddler On The Roof; Les
Miserables; West Side Story; Phantom Of The Opera; Sound Of Music; Hello,
Dolly!; Cats; Evita; A Chorus Line and more!
The Best of the Beattles – $12.95
89 great songs by perhaps the greatest pop group of all time! Arranged for
unaccompanied solo at the easy/medium-easy level. Includes: Eleanor Rigby; The
Fool on the Hill; Hey Jude; Lady Madonna; Let It Be; Norwegian Wood; Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; Something; Yesterday and many, many more!
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