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Jim Ancona is currently the Percussion Caption Head for the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps and Front Ensemble Arranger for the Penn State Indoor Drum line. He has several years' experience as an arranger and instructor for world class drum and bugle corps including the Crossmen, Star of Indiana, the Glassmen, Santa Clara Vanguard, and Carolina Crown.
Jim's honors in the marching activity include having been a member of the 1990 DCI World Champion Cadets of Bergen County and having been on the instructional staff of Star of Indiana's (1993) and Santa Clara Vanguard's (2004) World Champion percussion sections. His Vanguard Percussion Ensembles and Mixed Ensembles (with brass) have won at the Drum Corps International Individual and Ensemble Championships. Several of his percussion arrangements appear on Star of Indiana's "Brass Theater" and "BLAST" compact discs and are published by Tapspace Publications. Jim is also co-author of Up Front: A Complete Resource for Today's Pit Ensemble. He is an endorser and clinician for Remo, Inc., Pearl Drums and Adams Percussion, and a Signature Artist for Innovative Percussion, Inc.
Jim is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Delaware. He is the Assistant Director of the Blue Hen Marching Band, Director of the Basketball Pep Band and Co-Director of the Symphonic Band. Jim received his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his Master's Degree in Performance from Indiana University where he was awarded the prestigious Performer's Certificate.
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Alborada del Gracioso
for percussion ensemble
by Maurice Ravel, arr. James Ancona
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 9 Percussionists
Our price: $45.00
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Description:
This percussion ensemble arrangement of Alborada del Gracioso recreates the colorful and vibrant work of Ravel's original. Originally written in 2001 and premiered by the Santa Clara Vanguard percussion ensemble, this arrangement will challenge performers and engage audiences with its accessible Spanish flair.
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Devil's Dance
from "Histoire du Soldat"
by Igor Stravinsky, arr. James Ancona
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 8 Percussionists
Our price: $31.00
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Description:
The Devil's Dance is a short animated movement from Stravinsky's famous theatrical work Histoire du Soldat. Originally written by Stravinsky for a small instrumental theater ensemble of two woodwinds, two brass, two strings, and one solo percussionist, Ancona has preserved the original intent of this piece in a concert percussion setting of eight players.
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Green Beats 2008
An inside look at the Cavaliers percussion program (2008 edition)
Level: All levels
Market price: $25.00
Our price: $15.00 save 40%
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Description:
2008 Edition. Take an inside look at the Cavaliers percussion program with warmups, music, and technique guidelines. Includes some battery show excerpts from the 2007 show.
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Mercury (from "The Planets")
for percussion ensemble
by Gustav Holst, arr. James Ancona
Level: Medium
Personnel: 10 Percussionists
Our price: $35.00
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Description:
James Ancona's arrangement of Mercury from Holst's masterpiece "The Planets" re-creates the playful and rhythmic character of the original orchestration in the percussion ensemble setting. Fun for performers and accessible to audiences.
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Metheny Dream
for percussion ensemble
by Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays, arr. James Ancona
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 8 Percussionists
Our price: $45.00
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Description:
This short medley contains themes from "Letter From Home" and "First Circle" by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. It contains beautiful harmonies and interplay between all players of the ensemble. While the complex meter changes may supply an initial challenge to performers, the end result is a seamless thread of beautiful music with a subtle underlying groove. This collection was...
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The Miraculous Mandarin
for percussion ensemble
by Béla Bartók, arr. James Ancona
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 8 Percussionists
Our price: $45.00
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Description:
This percussion ensemble arrangement of The Miraculous Mandarin, based upon the three movements of Bartok's original work, will challenge performers with a programatic piece that showcases the versatility of the percussion ensemble's timbral range. It was first performed by the Santa Clara Vanguard Percussion Ensemble in 2000.
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Up Front
A Complete Resource for Today's Pit Ensemble
by Jim Casella & Jim Ancona
Level: Beginning to Difficult
Our price: $40.00
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Description:
For students, instructors, arrangers, and band directors, Jim Casella and Jim Ancona's epic resource guide will be a lifelong companion for reference to all things pertaining to the front ensemble.
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Up Front Etudes
Six Works of Liberation for the Front Ensemble
by Jim Ancona
Level: All levels
Our price: $30.00
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Description:
Designed by Jim Ancona to be a great companion to the popular pit resource "Up Front," this is a collection ensemble etudes of varying style to breathe life back into your pit's warm-up routine.
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UP FRONT Student Edition
The player's edition of the flagship pit resource UP FRONT
by Jim Casella & Jim Ancona
Level: Easy to Advanced
Our price: $12.99
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Description:
A downloadable, student-modeled version of the flagship book UP FRONT. Specifically tailored for individual players, this product contains most of the Technique and Exercises chapters from the original book at a fraction of the cost.
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