Paradiddles: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

$78.00 USD

Paradiddles: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

Name: Paradiddles: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 00-44207
Price: 78.00 USD
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By Gary Fagan

Grade: 3.5 (Medium)

Item: 00-44207

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Percussionists must learn both the rudiments and the scales. This piece provides the wind players some exposure to the rudiments. "Paradiddles" creates patterns played by the winds that mimic two types of paradiddles---the single paradiddle and the double paradiddle. This may be the first piece for concert band inspired by, and based on, percussion rudiments. (5:50)

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Series: Alfred Concert Band

Publisher: Alfred Music

Page Count: 256

UPC: 038081498317

SKU: 00-44207

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About the Composer: Gary Fagan

Gary Fagan is a Virginia-based composer and educator whose works have been performed across the United States and abroad, from the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic to the White House, including at the 1990 Virginia gubernatorial inauguration. His composition and arranging career grew out of a 36-year tenure as a band director in Albemarle County, where he taught at the secondary level before retiring from full-time classroom work.

Fagan holds degrees in Music Education from Bridgewater College and a Master's degree from James Madison University, where he now serves as a University Supervisor and has taught arranging as an adjunct faculty member. His contributions to music education have been recognized with the Central Virginia Outstanding Middle School Teacher Award from the UVA Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, the Outstanding Educator Award from the Virginia Governor's School for the Visual and Performing Arts, and the Outstanding Educator Award from the Piedmont Council of the Arts. He remains active as a percussionist, clinician, and adjudicator, and holds memberships in ASCAP, Phi Beta Mu Bandmasters Fraternity, and the National Band Association.

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Why we love this

This piece solves a genuine pedagogical challenge: giving wind players meaningful exposure to percussion rudiments without requiring them to play drums. Fagan's idea to translate single and double paradiddle patterns into wind parts is both musically elegant and instructionally sound, creating a concert work that reinforces what your percussion section is learning while keeping the full band engaged.

What to expect

Organized energy and intelligent design. The piece has a driving, purposeful character built from the repeating paradiddle patterns, creating satisfying momentum and rhythmic clarity without sacrificing musical interest. There's something both playful and mathematically elegant about hearing a percussion rudiment transformed into a full-band texture.

Who it's for

Solid Grade 3.5 concert bands with a reasonable clarinet section and balanced woodwind tone. Conductors looking for repertoire that educates the whole ensemble about percussion fundamentals while maintaining genuine musical substance will find this especially valuable.

How to get the most out of it

Balance the wind parts precisely so the paradiddle patterns emerge clearly; these rhythmic figures carry the piece's musical identity and need definition without overpowering the overall ensemble sound.
Attend to articulation consistency across the winds when figures shift between instruments; this maintains the integrity of each paradiddle pattern as it moves through the sections.
Shape phrases with attention to how the paradiddle patterns build and resolve, treating these rudiment-inspired figures as melodic elements rather than purely rhythmic exercises.

How to use it

Program this alongside or shortly after you introduce your percussion section to paradiddle studies, so students can hear how these fundamentals translate to the full ensemble. At nearly six minutes, it works well as a complete concert work or as a centerpiece for a program exploring rhythm and rudiments across your band.

Skills your students will build

Reading and executing single paradiddle rhythmic patterns in wind parts
Reading and executing double paradiddle rhythmic patterns in wind parts
Ensemble rhythmic precision when identical patterns move between instruments
Understanding the connection between percussion rudiments and wind instrumentation
Coordination between wind and percussion sections using related material