Mike Hannickel

Band directors work hard to build balanced ensembles, but it's often a challenge to keep the trombone section strong. Trombone players carry one of the larger instruments back and forth to school and...

Mike Hannickel, an educator and young band specialist, contributes INTERVAL BUILDERS For DEVELOPING BANDS. While groups at every level will find these important 'playable music theory lessons' excelle...

This addition to the Curnow Music Press GREAT FOUNDATIONS SERIES of pre-Grade 1 publications is accessible to young musicians who have been playing for just a few weeks. A simple, repetitive theme wit...

Every conductor knows the importance of using excellent teaching materials to aid in the development of all aspects of musical growth. The quality of the band's performance must be continually improvi...

It's time for those sassy, brass trumpets to step to the front and make sure everyone knows they are there.

Kids want to have fun, learn to play their instrument, AND be the STAR! Not surprisingly, beginning band parents want those very same things for their kids. Now all your students can be STARS! They wi...

Sure. To the kids it's about Little Miss Muffet and a surprise visit from her friendly local spider. But to you, the director, it's REALLY about the 'new' note called concert E-natural. Whatever metho...

Sure. To the kids it's about Little Miss Muffet and a surprise visit from her friendly local spider. But to you, the director, it's REALLY about the 'new' note called concert E-natural. Whatever metho...

Away to the Southern land of ice and snow! This one is even easier to put together for the concert than it looks. The repeated nature of each section's easy part of the theme means your Beginning Band...

Your Beginning Band will enjoy this musical joke on their Christmas concert audience. While bits of The Twelve Days of Christmas, O Christmas Tree and Up on the Housetop make up the body of the music,...

This is an opportunity for you to introduce some great classic melodies to your beginning band. The Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods are represented in creative and accessible ways so that your...

This easy-to-prepare beginning band comedy piece will have the audience rolling in the aisles. Feature that popular principal, custodian, secretary or any other staff or community member who has a lit...

This easy-to-prepare beginning band comedy piece will have the audience rolling in the aisles. Feature that popular principal, custodian, secretary or any other staff or community member who has a lit...

Two melodies in the Scottish style meet head-on in this energetic new arrangement. Your students will love the 'bagpipe sound' and rhythmic color of the Scottish 'snap'. This arrangement can also be u...

History! Introduce a bit of good old early-Americana to your audiences this year. GEORGE WASHINGTON SUITE is made up of three tunes known to have been composed for (or about) George and Martha Washing...

Modal harmonies evoke images of America as far back as the 1700's. The influence of the Native American tribes in the area is felt in this powerful overture. Rhythmic and contrapuntal action stake a c...

Typically bands that play at this level have some Clarinet players who are comfortable above the break and others who are not. By staying below the break throughout, this light and spirited Clarinet s...

Imagine Tchaikovsky on a vacation trip that was arranged by a really, really bad travel agent. That, in a 'nutshell', describes The Nutty Nutcracker. This humorous style parody of what may arguably be...

Now all your students can be stars! They will learn to play Popcorn Prelude quickly and easily. Then just add a bit of simple stand up, sit down staging and voila - it's popcorn!

Now all your students can be stars! They will learn to play Popcorn Prelude quickly and easily. Then just add a bit of simple stand up, sit down staging and voila - it's popcorn!