Cat No. JM51333
Price £40.00
Composer: John Edmondson
Category: SOLO WORKS & CONCERTOS

Grade of Solo trumpet - 2.0
Grade of Band Accompaniment 1.5

BEGUINE For Solo Trumpet and Band is the third in a series of solos with band accompaniment at the grade 1.5 level in the Queenwood/Kjos Developing Band Series. The first two include SERENADE For Solo Clarinet and Band by this writer and BALLADE For Solo Flute and Band by Anne McGinty. All three have been commissioned by the ‘Wilson Junior High School Band of El Centro, California, and by their director Mitch Sturman. A fourth for solo alto saxophone with band accompaniment is contemplated for the future to round out this series. Mr. Sturman’s goal is to provide accessible solo with band literature for the common band instruments of the junior high and middle school bands. Young performers need the experience of playing solos in order to develop and refine skills, and to develop the confidence needed to perform in public as a soloist.

The goal in any solo with band performance is to allow the soloist to be heard at all times, which means volume control on the part of the band players, or the thinning out of the number of players, as necessary, in order to achieve this goal. BEGUINE For Solo Trumpet and Band establishes and maintains a steady pace throughout. If extra percussion players and instruments are available, or the players can be recruited from the ranks of larger sections of the band, a special Latin Percussion part is provide for claves, maracas and guiro (scratcher). This part is not indicated in the score, but is very easy to memorize, because it is basically the same four-measure phrase repeated throughout. An optional piano accompaniment part is provided for rehearsal only, or for use as a separate solo with piano accompaniment presentation, and in fact all the solos in this series are available separately for this purpose. Check the Kjos catalog for ordering information. The soloist should be in front of the band playing toward the audience, and it should be rehearsed this way. Amplification should not be necessary for this instrument, but if it is employed, the volume should be very carefully controlled to avoid imbalance with the band and distorted sound from the soloist.