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Return of the Dust Bunnies for Band: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

$55.00 USD

Return of the Dust Bunnies for Band: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

Name: Return of the Dust Bunnies for Band: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 36-20100767
Price: 55.00 USD
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By Dan Adams

Grade: 1

Item: 36-20100767

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Those pesky dust bunnies are back! Terrifying screams, vacuum cleaners and brooms accompany this frightening look at what lurks under the bed. This work continues the tradition started by Revenge of the Dust Bunnies and includes some hilarious staging ideas for your percussion section. Everyone knows the danger that is just out of sight and only your band can save the day!

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Series: Great Works Publishing - LudwigMasters

Publisher: Keiser Productions, Inc.

UPC: 679360790991

SKU: 36-20100767

Instrumentation: Concert Band

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About the Composer: Dan Adams

Dan Adams spent nearly three decades leading the band and orchestra programs at Wooster City Schools in Wooster, Ohio, where he also served as Instrumental Music Coordinator. Before settling in Ohio, he taught at Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vermont. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from The Ohio State University (trombone) and a Master of Music in Band Conducting from Northwestern University, where he studied under John Paynter.

Adams has built a distinguished career as a conductor, brass performer, and adjudicator. His compositions have been performed across the country and internationally, earning features at the Midwest Band Clinic and Western International Band Clinic. His work has consistently appeared in Bandworld's Top 100 and received multiple J.W. Pepper Editors' Choice recognitions. He maintains active memberships in the Ohio Music Education Association, NAfME, ASCAP, the College Band Directors National Association, and the American Federation of Musicians.

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Why we love this

Adams nails the balance between engaging humor and genuine musicality that makes Grade 1 band literature actually fun to teach. The staging ideas for percussion transform a novelty piece into a full theatrical experience without sacrificing musical integrity or requiring elaborate technical demands. Your students will be talking about this one long after the concert ends.

What to expect

Playful dread wrapped in bright band sonorities. Screams pierce through driving rhythms; vacuum cleaners rumble underneath; brooms swish and sweep. It's silly and spooky at once, the musical equivalent of a haunted house run by comedians.

Who it's for

Grade 1 concert bands looking to program something that entertains audiences without talking down to young musicians. Directors seeking repertoire that builds confidence, teaches ensemble coordination, and reminds students why they love playing together.

How to get the most out of it

Establish clear cues between the conductor and your percussionists for coordinating the sound effects (vacuum cleaners, screams, brooms) so they land exactly where the music expects them.
Let your younger players see how exaggeration in dynamics and articulation sells the comedic story; have them practice the scary sections with deliberately dramatic phrasing before locking in the final interpretation.
Balance the novelty elements so the musical lines still breathe and connect; this isn't about chaos, but orchestrated silliness with shape.

How to use it

Pair this with a classic march or hymn-based arrangement as part of a "lighter side" concert section, or use it to open a spring pops program and reset the room's energy. It works especially well in programs aimed at younger audiences or family concerts where you want to show the personality and humor your band brings to rehearsal.