Belwin Very Beginning Band Kit #1: (wp) B-flat Tuba T.C.
A Complete Concert Including: In the Calm of the Starry Sky / The Bermuda Triangle / Our Tumultuous, Trustworthy, Terrific Trumpeters / The Soul of Our School
By Paul Cook, Jack Bullock, Lew Davison, and Jerry Burns
Grade: 0.5 (Very Easy)
Item: 00-PC-0014683_wpTBBTC
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Description
Four brand new original band composers have been joined to create an excellent choice for your entire first concert. Accommodating your beginners' endurance, all of these four short works appear on a single two-page spread. You can play them all at one concert or one-at-a-time in different programs. This great new kit includes Paul Cook's "In the Calm of the Starry Sky," Jack Bullock's "The Bermuda Triangle," a trumpet feature by Lew Davison called "Our Tumultuous, Trustworthy, Terrific Trumpeters," and closes with Jerry Burns' "The Soul of Our School." The Belwin Very Beginning Band Kit #1 will be a great, value-packed addition to your library. (3:34)
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Series:
Belwin Very Beginning Band
Publisher:
Alfred Music
Page Count:
344
SKU:
00-PC-0014683_wpTBBTC
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Why we love this
Four distinct voices working in concert means your students encounter variety within a single rehearsal unit. Each piece respects beginner endurance while delivering real musical moments, so you're not sacrificing musicality for accessibility. The built-in flexibility to program these separately across concerts throughout the year gives you genuine pedagogical control.
What to expect
These pieces breathe. They move through accessible melodic territory and clear harmonic progressions without ever feeling simplistic. You'll hear moments of genuine lyricism alongside energetic figures that give beginners something to dig into.
Who it's for
First-year band students making their concert debut, and the directors who need music that sounds finished without demanding weeks of preparation. If you're building a program that showcases different sections or instrumental families, this collection gives you four distinct opportunities.
How to get the most out of it
- Balance tone production across the band rather than relying on individual players to project. Beginners benefit from hearing how their contribution fits into the whole, not who plays loudest.
- Take advantage of the two-page format by rehearsing all four pieces in sequence during a single sitting. This trains young musicians to shift focus quickly and builds their stamina without overshooting it.
- Mark entrances clearly in your score so your eyes stay with the ensemble during the transitions between pieces. Beginners watch conductors closely at these moments, and your confidence shapes theirs.
How to use it
Open your first concert with one piece, close with another, and scatter the remaining two across fall and spring programs to maintain variety without adding rehearsal burden. The short duration and modest instrumentation demands make them ideal for building confidence early in the year while you're still establishing fundamentals.
Skills your students will build
- Reading and executing simple rhythmic patterns in common meters
- Sustaining tone and controlling dynamics in short phrases
- Responding to basic conducting gestures and sectional cues
- Balancing individual part responsibility within ensemble texture
- Managing endurance across consecutive short pieces