TRADITION O EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE IN ERORMANCE KOS CONCERT BAND GRADE WB90 $700 RYAN NOWLIN Amazing Grace Correlated with TRADITION O EXCELLENCE Book, age SAMLE NEIL A KOS MSIC COMANY BLISHER
3 Aout the Comoser A native o Cleveland, Ohio, Ryan Nowlin holds oth his BM and MM degrees rom Bowling Green State niversity (Ohio) He has taught instrumental music or ten years, most recently in the BrecksvilleBroadview Heights School District (Ohio), where he directed the high school wind ensemle, marching and, azz ensemle, symhonic and, and eighth grade and Mr Nowlin was also an instructor in conducting and and scoring at Bowling Green State niversity and has served as a sta arranger or the Kansas State niversity Marching Band as well as the BGS alcon Marching Band Mr Nowlin is an active comoser and arranger, and has een commissioned to write or Grade through Grade 6 concert ands, rass quintet, tua quartet, horn ensemle, and solo horn and iano A Christmas anare is eatured as the oening iece on The Tower Brass s CD Snowed In Again His Elegy (or Herert A Sencer) was remiered in 005 at the 37th International Horn Society Summer Symosium y Grammy Award Winner Andrew elletier He has coauthored a and method called Tradition o Excellence, a and director s textook called Teaching Band with Excellence and a series o music theory, ear training, and history workooks called Excellence in Theory with noted author, comoser, and educator, Bruce earson In 00, Mr Nowlin oined The resident s Own nited States Marine Band as sta arranger eore eing aointed to his current osition o Assistant Director in 0 Ryan s numerous awards include the ames aul Kennedy Music Achievement Award, the Mark and Helen Kelly Band Award, the aculty Excellence Award or his work at BGS, and he was recently named one o Bowling Green State niversity s Accomlished Graduates He is a memer o i Kaa Lamda, MENC, ASCA, and the International Horn Society He also holds honorary memershis in hi Mu Alha Sinonia, Kaa Kaa si and Tau Beta Sigma Mr Nowlin s ulications can e ound at the Neil A Kos Music Comany and at wwwmcgintymusiccom Neither The resident s Own nited States Marine Band, the S Marine Cors nor any other comonent o the Deartment o Deense or the S Government has endorsed this material Aout the Comosition Amazing Grace is a wellknown hymn rom England Its lyrics were written y the oet and clergyman ohn Newton and ulished in Olney Hymns in 779 or many years, Newton s words would e used with several dierent hymn tunes In 835, the lyrics were oined with the hymn New Britain, and this is the version that we know today due to its ulication in the American hymnal Southern Harmony The simle melody is easy to sing and very memorale It naturally lends itsel to new harmonizations, each increasing the emotional imact o its message In this arrangement, the tune is heard in its entirety three times, each time ecoming more imassioned Between each iteration o the hymn, the comoser includes original material that serves to ridge the ardent treatment o the multile verses Ater a change o key, the climax o the work is delayed and extended eore the music evaorates ack into its simlest and urest orm SAMLE Correlation with TRADITION O EXCELLENCE Amazing Grace correlates with Tradition o Excellence Book, age WB90
Instrumentation List st lute nd lute Ooe 3 st B Clarinet 3 nd B Clarinet 3 3rd B Clarinet E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinet Bassoon st E Alto Saxohone nd E Alto Saxohone B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone st B Trumet nd B Trumet 6 Horn st Tromone nd Tromone Baritone/Euhonium Baritone/Euhonium TC Tua Electric Bass Susended Cymal 3 Triangle, Bass Drum Timani ( drums) Rehearsal iano ull Conductor Score Additional scores and arts are availale Aroximate erormance Time 3:5 To hear a recording o this or any other Kos ulication, lease visit wwwkoscom ercussion Assignment Chart It is essential that students receive training on all ercussion instruments To ensure a comrehensive exerience or each student and to aid in equitale instrument assignment, use a ercussion assignment chart, such as the one aearing elow rovide a coy or each ercussionist Grou: ERCSSION ASSIGNMENT CHART Comosition Student Name Sus Cymal Triangle Bass Drum Timani Date: SAMLE rom Teaching Band with Excellence (W7) 0 Kos Music ress sed with ermission This chart is authorized or reroduction to distriute to ercussionists in the erorming ensemle Dates to Rememer: WB90
ull Conductor Score Arox erormance time 3:5 lutes Ooe B Clarinets E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinet Bassoon E Alto Saxohones B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone B Trumets Horn Tromones Baritone Tua Susended Cymal Triangle Bass Drum Timani Rehearsal iano Reverently (q = 8) Reverently (q = 8) Reverently (q = 8) with yarn mlts O B, E Reverently (q = 8) Amazing Grace a 3 SAMLE a 5 Ryan Nowlin ASCA 6 rit div rit rit rit 07 Kos Music ress, 38 utland Drive, San Diego, Caliornia, 97 International coyright secured All rights reserved rinted in the S A Warning! The contents o this ulication are rotected y coyright law To coy or reroduce them y any method is an inringement o the coyright law Anyone who reroduces coyrighted matter is suect to sustantial enalties and assessments or each inringement WB90
6 ls [7] a temo 8 9 0 [] O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua S Cym Tri BD Tim no [7] unis [7] a temo scrae with Tri eater O ª BD [7] a temo a temo SAMLE soli [] [] [] WB90
7 ls 3 5 6 7 8 O B Cls div E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua SAMLE S Cym Tri BD Tim no WB90
8 ls [9] 0 3 O B Cls E A Cl unis B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua [9] [9] SAMLE S Cym Tri BD Tim no [9] WB90
9 ls O B Cls E A Cl 5 6 a [7] 8 9 B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua [7] SAMLE S Cym [7] Tri BD Tim no Triangle ± [7] ± ± WB90
0 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua S Cym Tri BD Tim no 30 ± 3 ± 3 O ± with yarn mlts 33 div div SAMLE O BD 3 35 36 unis a WB90
ls O [37] A little aster (q = 88) 38 39 0 B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua unis [37] A little aster (q = 88) [37] A little aster (q = 88) SAMLE S Cym Tri BD Tim no [37] A little aster (q = 88) WB90
ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua 3 div [5] [5] [5] 6 SAMLE 7 unis 8 a S Cym Tri BD Tim no O O [5] B to C, E to WB90
3 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua S Cym 9 50 5 5 SAMLE [53] [53] [53] 5 Tri BD Tim Triangle ± ± [53] no WB90
ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua 55 div 56 57 unis 58 SAMLE 59 n n n 60 n n n n n n n S Cym Tri BD Tim no ± ± BD n O n n WB90
5 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua S Cym Tri BD Tim no [6] With motion (q = 9) 6 div [6] With motion (q = 9) div [6] With motion (q = 9) Oi [6]With motion (q = 9) 63 6 SAMLE unis 65 66 WB90
6 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua S Cym Tri BD Tim no 67 (stagger reathe i needed) unis (stagger reathe i needed) 68 69 O oco rit 70 oco rit SAMLE oco rit O oco rit [7] a temo [7] a temo a [7] a temo O [7]a temo 7 WB90
7 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua 73 7 a 75 cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc 76 SAMLE 77 S Cym Tri BD Tim no cresc WB90
8 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua S Cym Tri BD Tim no 78 O div 79 O rit Ó 80 rit rit rit Solo, otional Soli Ó Slowly (q = 8) 8 8 Slowly Slowly Slowly (q = 8) unis (q = 8) SAMLE (q = 8) 83 WB90
9 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tts Hn Trs Bar Tua S Cym Tri BD Tim no [8] [8] [8] O ª Triangle ± i scrae with Tri eater [8] 85 86 div 87 Tutti SAMLE rit 88 rit rit BD I rit 89 I scrae O ª Triangle ±i i WB90
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