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Contents: Arranging ............................2 Orchestra ............................. 52 Brass Ensembles ........ 31-43 Percussion ........................... 43 Cello .................................51 Saxophone ......................15-20 String Orchestra ................53-54 Choral ...............................55 String Quartets and Trios ....... 49, 50 Clarinet ........................11-14 Trombone ........................38-40 Concert Band .............. 44-47 Trumpet ...........................36-37 Flute .............................. 3-10 Tuba ...................................... 40 French Horn ................ 41-43 Viola ..................................51 Jazz Band .........................48 Violin ...................................... 51 New Issue .........................45 Woodwind Ensembles .......21-25 Bill Holcombe's Musicians Publications P.O. Box 12885 • Newport News • VA • 23612 757.410.3111 [inquiries & orders] • 757.410.3127 [fax] Visit us at www.billholcombe.com • email us at: [email protected] 2 Creative Arranging At The Piano Bill Holcombe by Bill Holcombe Founding President A great book for band and choral directors, keyboard Musicians Publications players, guitarists, students and anyone interested in 1924-2010 arranging music! Now you can have step-by-step lessons on all the ways you can put together top-notch arrangements. CREATIVE ARRANGING is an in-depth look at the active elements of the arranger's craft: harmonic and rhythmic devices, modulations and transitions, expansions of the basic chords and melody of a lead sheet, intros and Although Bill Holcombe was primarily known as an arranger and composer of music for recording dates and symphony orchestras, for many years he pursued cadences, motion, suprise, color and texture. a parallel career as a professional woodwind doubler. This book includes dozens and dozens of great, While studying composition at the University of Pennsylvania in 1941, Bill easy to understand musical examples. You can hear them was a pupil of Harold Bennett, then the piccolo player of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition to his extensive training in writing music, Bill majored in flute at Julliard. played on CD by the author - Bill Holcome. After World War II, Bill returned to Penn, working his way through college playing CREATIVE ARRANGING is a thorough and with and arranging for area big bands. After graduating from Penn (with high fascinating book to understanding and using the honors), Bill went to New York City to get his AFM 802 card and to break into the then lucrative staff radio and recording scene. Things soon began to move fast for fundamentals of the arrangers art. Bill. While studying with Dick Jacobs and Sy Oliver, Bill was introduced to Tommy Dorsey, who hired him as a utility reed player and staff arranger. After a year with the Tommy Dorsey Band, Bill returned to New York, taking a six month position with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. When he completed this stint, Bill was immediately hired to play first flute and doubles for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at their Creative Arranging At The Piano New York radio station, WMGM. In the late fifties, Bill wrote the music for several Bill Holcombe film scores. Throughout the sixties, he wrote for the recording orchestra 101 Strings during the day and played Broadway musicals at night. ___ CA001 Book Only ...........................$14.95 Since founding Musicians Publications, he wrote and edited several ___ CA004 Book and CD ......................$22.95 hundred pieces for chamber ensembles, developed an internationally acclaimed ___ CA005 CD Only ..............................$12.95 seriesof jazz etude books and led his company to the forefront of small American music publishers. Bill Holcombe Jr. George Genna's Jazz Stylings for Piano President Musicians Publications George Genna is an accomplished composer, arranger, conductor and accompanist. His published compositions include varied groups of chamber works, piano solos and jazz ensemble works. In the 1980's, he collaborated with Bill Holcombe to write Contemporary Flute Solos in Pop/Jazz Styles for Musicians Publications. We are happy to have George back with this new project. Bill Holcombe, Jr. assumed the role of president of the company in The songs in this book are original compositions based on the January 2011. Bill, Jr. has worked with his father for the past 35 years in both chord progressions of familiar standard songs. It is intended for teachers the arranging and topography aspects of the business. Bill Jr. has a degree in and students who are not jazz players but who like jazz and want to get music performance from Temple University, was a member of the Army Band some experience playing in that style. Not a method book; not a how for 16 years and has played 3rd horn in the Virginia Symphony for the past 28 to book, Jazz Stylings for the Piano, along with the accompanying CD, years. In addition, Bill, Jr. has performed with various woodwind and brass groups are an example of how things can be done. throughout the Southeast. Bill, Jr. brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his new role as president of Musicians Publications. He has been arranging music for both Jazz Stylings for the Piano, Vol I large and small ensembles for the past 12 years. He has also done all the George Genna typography and engraving for the business during that time. With the guidance Grades 3-5 of Bill, Sr., he has learned the business from the ground up, and he will continue to build upon his father’s legacy. ___ CA006 Book and CD ..........$14.95 07/01/2016 Total Page 2 $_________ 3 Jazz Books, Etudes and Duets For Flutes Internationally known for his series of jazz books, Bill has, indirectly, taught a generation of flute players to "swing". The 12 Intermediate Jazz Etudes, for example, are geared for playability by students and maxi- mum fun. The additional flute books included here are perfectly suited for students, teachers and friends. Bossa Nova Flute Solos Bill Holcombe Grade 3 Ten studies based on The Girl From Ipanema, Summer Samba, Wave and more, make this one of the most important and useful books about Latin music ever written for flute. The CD recording includes a first chorus of the tune with flute solo and rhythm section (guitar, piano, bass & drums) and then the next few choruses with the rhythm track only. Each written out solo comes complete with chord symbols. ____ FP802 Book and CD ..............................................$16.95 ____ BN101 Book Only ..................................................$10.95 ____ CS817 CD Only .....................................................$12.95 12 Intermediate Jazz Etudes for Flute Bill Holcombe Grades 2-3 These etudes are geared for playability by students and maximum fun. This book guarantees to keep students practicing long after lessons have ended. It is endorsed by Trevor Wye, who insists that his students learn the "proper" way when learning to read Pop-Jazz rhythms. ____ IE801 Book and CD ..............................................$16.95 ____ JE005 Book Alone .................................................$10.95 ____ CS811 CD Alone ....................................................$12.95 Jazzin' The Blues 12 Intermediate Jazz Etudes for 2 Flutes Bill Holcombe Grades 4-6 Bill Holcombe Grades 2-3 These six concert etudes in in a blues idiom plus basic bblues riffs and These etudes are duet versions of the above book - challenging, playable, fun and definitely not progressions. An optional play-along/demo CD is available. boring! ____ FP806 Book and CD ..............................................$19.95 ____ FP811 Book and CD ..............................................$16.95 ____ FB101 Book Only ..................................................$12.95 ____ FD205 Book Alone .................................................$10.95 ____ CS821 CD Only .....................................................$12.95 ____ CS820 CD Alone ....................................................$12.95 Contemporary Flute Solos In Pop/Jazz Styles Bill Holcombe & George Genna Grades 2-5 A widely acclaimed collection of jazzy,pop flavored solos for flute and piano that is now in its seventh printing (with world wide sales of over 12,500 copies!). This is required material on national boards in England, Holland, Belgium and Ireland. Recording comes with both flute/piano and piano only. ____ FP800 Book and CD ..............................................$19.95 ____ FS001 Book Only ..................................................$12.95 ____ CS803 CD Only .....................................................$12.95 Bill Holcombe's Musicians Publications