Concert Band Music 2023-2024
Concert Band Music 2023-2024
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First Achievement Series - Grade .5
Early Achievement Series - Grade 1
Achievement Series - Grade 1.5
Achievement Plus Series - Grade 2-2.5
Concert Series - Grade 3-3.5
Symphonic Series - Grade 4 & Up
The Bourgeois Editions
Choose the Perfect Level for Your Ensemble
Providing more accessible music at lower grade levels, in 2022 we expanded our Achievement and Achievement Plus series to four separate grade levels in the series. We also expanded our grading series upward, moving grade 3 into its own series (Concert Series) and grade 4 & up into a new series called the Symphonic Series. Achieving through music has never been easier with the expanded – and now color-coded – Wingert-Jones grading system.
- Pieces using the first 6 notes of the Bb scale
- Rhythm: whole, half, quarter and two repeated eighth-notes
- Optional alternate parts for horn (lower range) and trombone (nothing past 4th position)
- Low brass and low woodwinds cover the bass line
- Playable by first year musicians
- Limited range of the first octave
- Rhythm: whole, half, quarter and simple eighth-note patterns
- Clarinet part stays below the break
- Bass line is reinforced throughout with multiple lower instruments
- Active percussion
- Accessible to first year musicians and those beginning the second year of study
- Range is expanded, but still limited
- Rhythm: whole, half, quarter and eighth-notes, simple syncopation
- Addition of two Trumpet and Clarinet parts. 2nd Clarinet stays below the break, 1st Clarinet crosses the break carefully
- Bass line is reinforced throughout, but with more independence in the low brass
- Active percussion
- Accessible to second and third year musicians
- Range is expanded, but still carefully considered
- Rhythm: whole, half, quarter and eighth-notes, and simple sixteenth patterns
- Clarinet 2 still stays below the break
- Separate parts for Trombone, Euphonium, and Bassoon
- Careful scoring to make the band sound full
- Percussion treated as an important color
- Fully scored pieces for upper middle school and high school
- Range is expanded, but still carefully considered
- More advanced rhythms and part independence
- 3 Clarinet and Trumpet parts, 2 Horn and Trombone parts
- Generous cross-cueing of solos or exposed parts
- More advanced use of percussion
- Fully scored pieces for high school and collegiate level ensembles
- High artistic merit
- Range is within reason for advancing ensembles
- Rhythm: within reason and more use of mixed meter
- Scoring makes use of all colors
- Cross-cueing of solos or exposed parts
- More advanced use of percussion
- Percussion as an essential color
Composers of New Concert Band Music
Newest Addition to the Bourgeois Editions
Scholarly Editions From One of the Giants in the Wind Band Genre
Arranged by John R. Bourgeois
Col. John R. Bourgeois arrangement from Gustave III is a powerhouse march for the concert band! Written at an Accessible Grade 3.5 this march is sure to impress. As an Opener, Closer or mid-concert show-stopper – 2nd March from Gustave III will be an audience favorite.
COL2301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95.00
Digital Catalog Resources
All of our recordings for Concert Band are now available for streaming (or sale) on all of the major streaming services, like Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon Music, YouTube and many more. Search for “Wingert-Jones Wind Band”. The professional recordings are also found on our website and are yet another avenue that can be used as a tool with your students.
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