The Honor Roll: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts
By Robert Longfield
Grade: 1
Item: 98-DB1082
$40.00
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| Product | Price | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| The Honor Roll: Score | $5.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Flute | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Oboe | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Bassoon | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: B-flat Clarinet 1 | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: B-flat Clarinet 2 | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: B-flat Bass Clarinet | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: E-flat Alto Saxophone | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: B-flat Tenor Saxophone | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: E-flat Baritone Saxophone | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: B-flat Trumpet 1 | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: B-flat Trumpet 2 | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: F Horn | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Trombone | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Baritone/Euphonium | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Baritone T.C. | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Tuba | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Bells | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Snare Drum | $7.00 | |
| The Honor Roll: Crash Cymbals | $7.00 |
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Description
This stately march is well scored and sounds full from the start. Provide your band with an excellent opportunity to open your contest or festival program with a fresh, new sound from one of our country's finest band composers. (2:00)
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Additional Details
Series:
FJH Beginning Band
Publisher:
The FJH Music Company, Inc.
SKU:
98-DB1082
More about this title
About the Composer: Robert Longfield
Robert Longfield is a prolific composer and arranger whose band works have become staples in beginning and intermediate programs across the country. His gift for writing idiomatic parts that sit well in young players' hands, combined with orchestrations that sound mature and polished, has made him a trusted voice in the FJH catalog.
Why we love this
Longfield writes marches that actually breathe at Grade 1. There's no thinness here, no sense that you're making do; the instrumentation sits naturally across the ensemble so everyone feels essential from measure one. It's the kind of opener that builds your audience's confidence in the group immediately.
What to expect
A crisp, forward-moving processional with warmth underneath. The harmony is straightforward but never thin, and the phrasing falls naturally under young players' fingers.
Who it's for
Beginning bands looking for a Grade 1 march with genuine musicality and full scoring. Directors who want young musicians to experience the satisfaction of sounding polished and mature without unnecessary technical demands.
How to get the most out of it
- Balance the melody between clarinets and trumpets in the A section; the parts are written at equal dynamic, but clarinets will naturally project more, so dial back their volume slightly to keep the line unified.
- Keep the snare drum articulate but not busy. This march's strength is its steady architecture, not rhythmic fussiness.
- Lock the quarter-note pulse in the low brass and tuba from the downbeat. A solid foundation makes the entire band sound more confident.
How to use it
This is your festival and contest opener. Its two-minute length means it doesn't eat up valuable performance time, but it establishes polish and purpose from your first downbeat. Use it early in the concert season when your group needs a quick win.
Skills your students will build
- Consistent pulse maintenance in a march context
- Sectional balance and blend at dynamic levels mf-f
- Phrasing with breath control across 4-8 bar phrases
- Reading and executing dotted-note rhythms