First Performance

(W26F) Grade 1

First Performance is a collection of 13 new Very Easy/Easy (Grade 1/2 - Grade 1) pieces for beginning band. The variety of styles including marches, folk songs, Latin, rock, blues, transcriptions, and holiday music provide fun and exciting repertoire for beginning bands from the very first concert and throughout the year. Each selection is composed to ensure student success with extensive cross-cueing, limited ranges, and interesting parts for all sections. First Performance provides quality literature ideal for concerts, contests, and all first-year programming needs!

A Children's Christmas Carol (O Come, Little Children)
The Friendly Beasts
Rio Bravo
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Royal Crown March
Boot Scootin' Barn Dance
Bag O' Blues
A Little Bit of Latin
A Classical Canon
Dr. Rock
Fanfare and Minuet from "The Royal Fireworks Music"
Boogie Blues
Minor Rock

Festival Solos, Book 1

(W28) Grade 1

Festival Solos is a collection of solo literature perfect for contests, festivals, concerts, and private study. Each of the 15 instrumental part books comes with an instrument-specific CD containing a demonstration recording with piano accompaniment for each solo, plus a play- along accompaniment only track. Program notes for each solo are included in each book, and a Piano Accompaniment book is available separately for performance or practice with a live accompanist. Since each instrumental part book includes the same titles, all solos can be rehearsed in a group situation as well as individually, saving valuable teaching time for classroom band directors!

Melody
Springtime Waltz
March from "Scipio"
Menuett
Wooden Shoe Dance
Cavatina
Capriccio
Dance Song
Bagatelle
Country Dance
Serenade from "Don Giovanni"
Concert Etude
St. Anthony Chorale and Rondo
Minuetto
Country Gardens

Festival Solos, Book 2

(W37) Grade 2

Festival Solos Book 2 offers fifteen additional solos written for students in their second year of study. The arrangers have chosen classic literature from master composers, providing young musicians with unparalleled musical experiences.

As with Book 1, Festival Solos Book 2 comes with an instrument specific CD for listening and accompaniment purposes. A separate piano accompaniment book provides opportunities for practice or performance with a live accompanist. Perfect for contests, festivals, concerts, and private study!

Ancient Ayre
March from the Overture to "The Occasional Oratorio"
Dance from "Orpheus and Eurydice"
The Sleigh Ride
Little March
Minuet and Trio
Rondeau
To a Wild Rose
March
Renaissance Festival
March (Bach)
Sailor's Song
A Day in Venice
La Bouffonne
Polonaise

Festival Ensembles

(W27F) Grade 1-2

Festival Ensembles is a collection of flexibly scored elementary ensembles perfect for festivals, spring concerts, summer camps, or ensemble practice for young instrumentalists anytime.

Using Kjos Multiple Option Scoring each arrangement can be performed as a solo, as an ensemble of any size or instrumentation, or as a full concert band work. Correlated with Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method Book 1.

The Victors
West Boulevard Rock
Glorious Things
Calypso Morning
Ode To Joy
Courtly Dance
Jamaican Holiday
March From Peasant Cantata
Piano Sonata Theme
Spring From the Four Seasons
Minuet
German Dance
Hunters Chorus From Der Freischutz
Musette
Reverie

Sounds of the Season

(W25F) Grade 1-2

Sounds Of the Season is a collection of 15 songs from around the globe representing holiday musical traditions from Africa, the British Isles, Germany, France, the Middle East, the West Indies, and the United States.

Kjos Multiple Option Scoring allows each arrangement to be performed as a solo, as an ensemble piece of any size or instrumentation, or as a full concert band work. All pieces are correlated with the Standard Of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method Books 1 & 2. Eight sacred and seven secular titles make Sounds of the Season ideal for use in school, church, or community settings.

Holiday Medley
Up On the House Top
Chanukah
O Tannenbaum
Adeste Fideles
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Stille Nacht
Rocky Rocky Road
African Noel
Angels We Have Heard On High
Joy To the World
Here We Come A-Wassailing
Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
Go Tell It On the Mountain

Best in Class Showcase

(W9F) Grade 1

Ten full concert arrangements in one collection! A Best in Class Showcase features marches, folk melodies, classical transcriptions, and an original rock tune. The clarinets do not go over the break until page 16. Designed in format and difficulty to follow A Best in Class Christmas, the arrangements in A Best in Class Showcase are aimed at the first spring concert and the second year.

Billboard March
The Conquering Hero
BINGO!
Simple Gifts
Las Chiapanecas
Manhattan Beach
Minuet
Ricochet Rock
Hatikvah
When the Saints Go Marching In

Best In Class Christmas

(W8F) Grade 1

A Best in Class Christmas will make your students' first holiday concert a joyous occasion! Only seven notes are used throughout the book. With the Kjos Multiple-Option Scoring System format, selections in A Best in Class Christmas can be used as solos, duets, trios, or full band arrangements. Include your school choir in your concert by using the easy two-part arrangements in the Piano/Vocal/Guitar book.

Jolly Old St. Nick
We Three Kings
Santa's Sleigh ride
Up on the Housetop
O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
Angels We Have Heard On High
Deck the Halls
O Come, All Ye Faithful
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Whence Comes This Rush of Wings
Go Tell It on the Mountain

Best In Class Christmas and Showcase Accompaniment Cassette (W11CT)