TRADITION O EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE IN PERORMANCE KOS CONCERT BAND GRADE WB50 $700 GARY AGAN Magic City anare Correlated ith TRADITION O EXCELLENCE Book, Page NEIL A KOS MUSIC COMPANY PUBLISHER
Aout the Composer Gary agan as orn and raised in rederick, Maryland here he remained until graduation rom high school He completed his undergraduate ork at Bridgeater College ith a degree in Music Education in 97 and egan teaching middle and high school choral music in Louisa County, Virginia He attended ames Madison University in Harrisonurg, Virginia rom 97 through 977, receiving a Master s degree in music education In 975 he ecame a and instructor in Alermarle County, Virginia here he taught until his retirement in 009 In 989 Mr agan as elected Central Virginia Outstanding Middle School Teacher y the University o Virginia chapter o Phi Delta Kappa In 999 he received an Outstanding Educator Aard rom the Virginia Governor s School or the Visual and Perorming Arts In Octoer o 00 he received the outstanding educator aard rom the Piedmont Council o the Arts He has also een tice listed in Who s Who Among America s Teachers He is active in the Music Educators National Conerence and the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association He is also a memer o ASCAP, the Percussive Arts Society, Phi Beta Mu Bandmasters raternity, and the National Band Association He is a percussionist ith the Charlottesville Municipal Band and is Assistant Director o that organization He is active as a and clinician and aduticator in addition to composing and arranging or and He is currently serving on the ames Madison University Music Education Advisory Council and is supervising several student teachers rom ames Madison University ( MU) He recently oined the aculty at MU as an adunct instructor Aout the Composition Magic City anare as ritten or an All-District Middle School Honor Band in the composer s home state o Virginia It as premiered at that event Bold lines and anare-style rass motis ring a nole lavor to this piece A marcato style is to e used throughout moist o the piece although some phrase markings in the oodinds at measure 8 require a smoother legato style here indicated It is desirale to play all dotted eight/sixteenth patterns ith a slight reak eteen the dotted eighth and the sixteenth notes Correlation ith TRADITION O EXCELLENCE Magic City anare correlates ith TRADITION O EXCELLENCE Book, page Ne Concepts and terms to introduce: marcato, marc Play each note ith a strong attack Introduce trill to the lute, ooe, and st clarinet A deinition or trill is given on page 8 o Book Revie the Concert Etiquette on the top o page in Book WB50
Instrumentation List st lute nd lute Ooe st B Clarinet nd B Clarinet rd B Clarinet E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinet Bassoon st E Alto Saxophone nd E Alto Saxophone B Tenor Saxophone E Baritone Saxophone st B Trumpet nd B Trumpet rd B Trumpet st Horn nd Horn st Tromone nd Tromone Euphonium Euphonium TC Tua Xylophone, Bells Crash Cymals, Suspended Cymal Tom-toms () Snare Drum, Bass Drum Timpani Rehearsal Piano ull Conductor Score Additional scores and parts are availale Approximate Perormance Time :00 To hear a recording o this or any other Kos pulication, please visit koscom Percussion Assignment Chart It is essential that students receive training on all percussion instruments To ensure a comprehensive experience or each student and to aid in equitale instrument assignment, use a percussion assignment chart, such as the one appearing elo Provide a copy or each percussionist Group: PERCUSSION ASSIGNMENT CHART Student Name Xylophone Composition Bells Crash Cymals Sus Cymal Snare Drum Tom-toms Date: Bass Drum Timpani rom Teaching Band ith Excellence (W7) 0 Kos Music Press Used ith permission This chart is authorized or reproduction to distriute to percussionists in the perorming ensemle Dates to Rememer: WB50
ull Conductor Score Approx perormance time :00 lutes Ooe E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinet B Clarinets Bassoon E Alto Saxophones B Tenor Saxophone E Baritone Saxophone B Trumpets Horns Tromones Euphonium Tua Xylophone Bells Crash Cymals Suspended Cymal Tom-toms () Snare Drum Bass Drum Timpani Rehearsal Piano, C, E Allegro moderato a Allegro moderato(q = ) a n n Oi (q = ) Allegro moderato(q = ) Xylophone - ith med ruer mlts Crash Cymals Magic City anare a ƒ ƒ ith hard mallets ƒ Allegro moderato(q = ) a a n n n n O n n n n ƒ n a n n a Oi Gary agan ( 95) American Composer (ASCAP) a 5 a a WB50 05 Kos Music Press, 8 utland Drive, San Diego, Caliornia, 97 International copyright secured All rights reserved Printed in the U S A Warning The contents o this pulication are protected y copyright la To copy or reproduce them y any method is an inringement o the copyright la Anyone ho reproduces copyrighted matter is suect to sustantial penalties and assessments or each inringement
5 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno 6 n n n n O n n n n n n n a 7 n a n a Oi 8 a a 9 n n n n n n Oi 0 n n n n WB50
6 ls [] O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl [] a [] a n n n n n n n n a C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno [] n WB50
7 ls 5 6 7 8 9 O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl n n n n Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno a n n n n n n a n n n ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ WB50
8 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno [0] Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a a Ÿ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n Ÿ Ÿ [0] rd Tpt cue Cue rd Trumpet in Alto Sax and/or ndrd Clarinet [0] [0] n a n n n n n n Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ n Ÿ~~~~~~ n n n WB50
ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl C Cyms SD BD Timp Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 a Ÿ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ n Ÿ n n n 6 n n n n n n n 7 a n n n n n a n end cue 9 Pno n n WB50
0 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl [8] legato legato n legato legato n n n [8] [8] a legato legato legato legato legato legato legato legato legato legato n n 9 n n 0 n n n n a n n n n n a legato a legato C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno [8] legato WB50
ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno n n n n n O n n n n n n 5 n n n n O n [6] marc marc marc n marc marc marc n marc [6] marc a marc a marc [6] marc Oi marc [6] marc marc a marc 7 marc a marc marc WB50
ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno 8 n n n Oi a 9 a a 0 a n n n n n n WB50
ls [] 5 6 7 O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno O n [] a a n [] on rim (dampen) [] n n n n n n n a a n n n WB50
ls O Bells B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua 8 a a Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9 a Ÿ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ n n 50 n n n n n n n n n 5 n n n n n C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno on head n n n WB50
5 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Bells S Cym [5] legato legato legato n legato n legato n legato legato legato n legato [5] legato [5] legato Bells 5 5 55 a 56 a legato legato legato legato legato 57 SD BD Timp P Pno [5] legato n WB50
6 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Bells S Cym SD BD Timp Pno 58 a [60] P a [60] 59 O P P P P Suspended Cymal - ith yarn mallets [60] Oi [60] 6 a 6 WB50
7 ls O 6 6 65 66 67 B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Bells n n n S Cym SD BD Timp O Pno WB50
8 ls [68] 69 70 7 O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Bells S Cym [68] [68] Oi O P P SD BD Timp Pno [68] @ P Í WB50
9 ls O [7] marc marc a 7 a 7 a n 75 B Cls E A Cl marc marc B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl [7] marc [7] marc marc n n n S Cym SD BD Timp Pno [7] marc WB50
0 ls O B Cls E A Cl B B Cl Bsn E A Saxes B T Sax E B Sax B Tpts Hns Trs Euph Tua Xyl C Cyms SD BD Timp Pno 76 a Xylophone C Cyms Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 77 a Ÿ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ marc marc marc marc marc marc marc marc marc marc n n n 78 n n n n n n n n n 79 n n a n a a n a n WB50
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