Over the course of ten years, legendary young-band composers John O'Reilly and Mark Williams composed and arranged over 100 creative works that correlate with specific pages in their highly successful band method, Accent on Achievement. Alfred Music is now proud to make these arrangements available in a book format that includes 22 full arrangements in each collection. The March Collection includes many original marches along with arrangements of famous march themes. Titles: * March Zuma * Maritime March * Fanfare for Freedom * Seaway Festival March * The Magnificent Five * Twin Cities March * Early Bird March * March Saranac * March Royale * Wingate March * Two Bridges March * Cold Brook March * Marching Marines * Trumpets up Front * Pirates Cave * March for Patriots Day * Battle Creek March * March Supreme * New Orleans Strut * Thunder Bay March * Honor Roll March * March for Megan

Over the course of ten years, legendary young-band composers John O'Reilly and Mark Williams composed and arranged over 100 creative works that correlate with specific pages in their highly successful band method, Accent on Achievement. Alfred Music is now proud to make these arrangements available in a book format that includes 22 full arrangements in each collection. The Holiday Collection features creative arrangements of many Christmas and Hannukah favorites. Titles: * First Holiday Concert * Christmas on the Farm * Two Spanish Carols * Early English Christmas * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Parade of the Tin Soldiers * Lo, How a Rose * Wassail March * Little Drummer Boy * A Holiday Processional * North Pole Sleigh Ride * First Rockin' Christmas * Holiday Magic * Two English Carols * In a Christmas Mood * Procession of the Kings * First Winters Sleigh Ride * Kings from the East * Holiday for Basses * Winter Fun * Two Holiday Classics * Yankee Doodle Christmas

Over the course of ten years, legendary young-band composers John O'Reilly and Mark Williams composed and arranged over 100 creative works that correlate with specific pages in their highly successful band method, Accent on Achievement. Alfred Music is now proud to make these arrangements available in a book format that includes 22 full arrangements in each collection. The Classical Collection includes authentic, carefully arranged music of the master composers from the Renaissance through the Romantic Period. Titles: * Allegro from Water Music * A Mozart Mix * St. Anthony Chorale * Can Can * Mozart Minuet and Rondo * Night at the Pops * Ave Verum Corpus * A Night at the Opera * Best of Beethoven * Bach March and Musette * Saturday at the Symphony * An Afternoon at the Ballet * Joyful, Joyful * Elizabethan Dances * Surprise Symphony Variations * The Big Three * Mozart Serenade and Dance * Finale from Brahms #1 * Two Grieg Sketches * Renaissance Dances * An Evening with the Masters * Classic March Duo

Over the course of ten years, legendary young-band composers John O'Reilly and Mark Williams composed and arranged over 100 creative works that correlate with specific pages in their highly successful band method, Accent on Achievement. Alfred Music is now proud to make these arrangements available in a book format that includes 22 full arrangements in each collection. The March Collection includes many original marches along with arrangements of famous march themes. Titles: * March Zuma * Maritime March * Fanfare for Freedom * Seaway Festival March * The Magnificent Five * Twin Cities March * Early Bird March * March Saranac * March Royale * Wingate March * Two Bridges March * Cold Brook March * Marching Marines * Trumpets up Front * Pirates Cave * March for Patriots Day * Battle Creek March * March Supreme * New Orleans Strut * Thunder Bay March * Honor Roll March * March for Megan

George Lawrence Stone's Accents and Rebounds, the follow-up to the classic Stick Control, builds on the basics with accent routines and more advanced rhythms to improve the player's finesse and control. This book includes sections on accented eighths, dotted notes, and triplets, as well as rebound control and more. If you are a fan of Stick Control, then this method supplies the perfect next step for your practice routine. This updated edition adds Joe Morello's legendary arrow notation to help students incorporate the motions of the Moeller technique.

Polyrhythmic Studies for Snare Drum is a compilation of 35 etudes and 26 solos for intermediate and advanced levels. It is designed to encompass several phases of music for the snare drum as well as to develop the minds and hands to perform both common and uncommon meters. The first section of the book contains an analysis of polyrhythms and abnormal groups; if studied carefully, this section will help in building a solid foundation of understanding so that polyrhythmic and odd group figures may be executed with little difficulty.

Accent on Achievement is a revolutionary, best-selling band method that will excite and stimulate your students through full-color pages and the most complete collection of classics and world music in any band method. The comprehensive review cycle in books 1 & 2 will ensure that students remember what they learn and progress quickly. Also included are rhythm and rest exercises, chorales, scale exercises, and 11 full band arrangements among the first two books. Book 3 includes progressive technical, rhythmic studies and chorales in all 12 major and minor keys. Also included are lip slur exercises for increasing brass instrument range and flexibility. Accent on Achievement meets and exceeds the USA National Standards for music education, grades five through eight. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.