Sarah Watts

Sarah Watts studied bassoon and piano at the Royal College of Music and also plays flute and saxophone. Much of her time is spent composing. Her published works include the popular Razzamajazz series, the Red Hot Recorder Tutor books for classroom, and several musicals and choral works.

Sarah has a passion for encouraging people to enjoy music. As Artistic Director of the National Youth Music Camps she plays a large part in promoting the Dankworth 'all music' philosophy that influenced her early years. She is an adjudicator for the National Federation of Music Festivals and Music for Youth, and has been on a number of educational steering groups, including that of the Jazz Development Council. She was nominated for an Allmusic award in 1987.

You can find out more about Sarah Watts on her website: www.sarah-watts.com

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Red Hot Flute Duets Book 2

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Red Hot Flute Duets is an excellent introduction to ensemble playing for players of grade 1-2 standard. The jazzy piano accompaniments give a fun, popular feel, along with included track downloads to help with learning the pieces and for playing along to. Contents Shrimps' night outThe keep-warm jigCrazy Daisy and Loopy LouMatter of factJim jam jazzerThe silence of the snowWet weekend waltzThe intervals betweenLittle brown ragRazzle dazzle

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Red Hot Flute Duets

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Red Hot Flute Duets is an excellent introduction to ensemble playing for players of grade 1-2 standard. The jazzy piano accompaniments give a fun, popular feel, and a free CD is included to help with learning the pieces and for playing along to.ContentsUnion StreetExpressTurkey point trotFlip flop squeakHead in the cloudsCafé SunshineChilly TuesdayWednesday at Williams'Please phone JoanOn the cool sideShrimps' folly

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Razzamajazz For Cello

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A fun book of jazzy pieces to encourage students in the early stages of learning. This book starts with just one note and takes you up to sixteen. A free CD is included containing the pieces with and without the cello part.ContentsA change in the weatherAdvent calenderAnna LouA.S.A.P.Blue sock bluesFrom PineappleG's gardenKatie's roomLittle flowerPsychedelicStill watersStormyThree wayToo late for JaneTortoise jiveWaltz on West 79th Street

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Red Hot Song Library - Finales & Openers

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Welcome to the wonderful world of the Red Hot Song Library, an amazing resource to help teachers introduce singing that is fun, relaxed and successful. Play through the books or listen to the backing tracks, which include both practice and performance tracks, and you'll hear just why so many educational professionals embrace Sarah Watts' music with such enthusiasm. Contents All togetherCelebration!Good-bye-ee!Goodnight ladiesHappy days are here againHello, how d'you doHey there and good morningIf I knew you were coming I'd have baked you a cakeJamaica farewellNow is the hourOh My SunPut on a happy faceSee you next yearSing'em a songS-M-I-L-EThank you very much!Time to go homeWe'll meet againWe're nearly at the end!When you're smiling

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A New Song For Christmas

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Here are three absolutely brand new Christmas carol collections. They vary in mood from the very gentle to the joyous and have one thing in common - they are great to sing and gorgeous to listen to.ContentsAngels from the realms of glory - Sarah WattsBethlehem carol - Geoffrey NobesBethlehem City - Keith DukeChristmas poor - Keith DukeGod rest you merry, gentlefolk - Alison CarverHey, Brother Joseph! - Keith DukeInfant holy, infant lowly - Sarah WattsLong ago in Bethlehem - Christopher TamblingLute book lullaby - Christopher TamblingPeace is the baby born - Simon LesleyThe joys of Christmas - Alison CarverThe Loders carol - Richard LloydThere is no rose of such virtue - Geoffrey NobesUnto us a son is born - Christopher Tambling

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Razzamajazz Guitar

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If you've ever picked up a classical guitar only to find that it's all a little bit complicated, then you need Razzamajazz Guitar, the fun way to learn! Packed with 32 upbeat pieces, Razzamajazz Guitar introduces new notes gradually and comes with a practice and performance tracks. Clearly illustrated throughout, you will move from one-note wonder to impresario in no time! As Sarah says:'Razzamajazz Guitar can be used alongside a traditional tutor book to inspire and motivate from the first note. New notes are added one at a time, and in all the pieces, the 'jazz feel' backing track will celebrate progress and build confidence. Some of the tunes in the book include chord symbols which can be played by the teacher or other students to make a duet or ensemble piece. Later in the book a bass line is also included. Razzamajazz Guitar will prove a useful resource for guitar teachers that is upbeat, technically sound and fun.' Sarah Watts is a well-known and prolific composer who loves to make music-learning fun. Her books for most instruments and choirs are published by Kevin Mayhew. She has pieces in all the major exam syllabuses and her music is played all over the world. Steve Christmas studied guitar performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. With over 15 years' teaching experience, he is now Deputy Head of Berkshire Maestros and the Berkshire Music Education Hub and conducts the nationally acclaimed Berkshire Youth Guitar Orchestra. Giving beginners the encouragement and confidence to progress quickly and sound great, Razzamajazz Guitar is sure to become the go-to book for all those who want to learn classical guitar. Practice and Performance tracks available to download. Contents Take it awayGhostly GTime for twoHave a banana for teaOpen to youWeeping willowsOn and offI believeGift of the GABCheeky cha chaMemoirsTip toeA pigeon in ParisHead in the cloudsShow off shimmyKnights and ladiesMoment in MoscowWatercress waltzMusical boxDriving onBlown awayAll sortsOn stageCop showShrimps ahoySquirrels in the mistPlay this rhythm on your guitarWho's that knocking?Marshmallows at midnightSneaky SidJolly good show!Deep blue

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Fresh Air - Bassoon

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Just for the fun of playingFresh Air is a collection of 18 graded pieces and studies (Grades 1-3) in a mixture of styles. They are fun to play (which is a hallmark of all Sarah's music) and help to increase technique and broaden musical horizons.

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Shades Of Blue

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Stages: Grade 2-4A collection of original pieces written in a blues style. Titles include: Catz; Curtain Call; Firecrackers; Hotel Metropole; Petite fille; Pigeon holes; Scary stuff.ContentsAngelsCatzChandelier secretsCurtain callDifferent lightFirecrackersFrost and fir treesHammock attackHotel MetropolePetite fillePigeon holesScary stuff

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Descant Recorder Hub

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Descant Recorder Hub is a collection of colourful and quirky new pieces, studies, duets and trios for descant recorders. The book will inspire elementary and intermediate players, providing new music that will support exam preparation, as well as fun arrangements of well-known tunes. There are also duets and trios to play with other descant recorder players. Descant Recorder Hub is a highly useful resource with plenty of new material for teachers and students and all books have part sections too.

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Really Easy Duets - Brass Duets

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Sixteen duets for B flat and E flat Brass, written to use the first five notes that a beginner learns. With the backing tracks available of Sarah Watts' trademark jazzy accompaniments, early-stage players can play along and sound great! Contents About timeCurtain raiserHello, flower!How d'you do?JazzamatazzJenco's JamJust like that!Minty momentsOn the slow sidePootlin' Tootlin'Shrimp circusShrimps in the sunSomething else!Stripy sister swingTake it away!That's enough of that!

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Red Hot Dots

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Music notes are sometimes called dots for fun, and fun is exactly what this book is all about. It's a treasure chest of activities to encourage good music technique, offer fun musical experiences and expand musical horizons. There are FREE resource tracks. Red Hot Dots covers many aspects of the National Curriculum music syllabus for Key Stages 1 and 2. There's an opportunity to develop: performing skills, including singing in unison and in rounds, and playing percussion; composing skills - making up rhythms and improvisations; appraising skills - a chance to talk about musical styles and how music makes you feel; listening skills, like learning and remembering melody and words; use of tempo, dynamics and duration.

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Christmas Razzamajazz - Flute

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Ten well-known Christmas tunes with a 'feel-good' accompaniment and optional second and third parts for ensemble playing. Free downloadable tracks of the piano accompaniment and an instrumental part insert is also included. Contents AwayClearly MidnightDistant sleighsGod rest ye!Good King Swingsatlast!Holly and ivyJoy!Kings swing!On silent nightsThree swingin' ships

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Treble Recorder Hub

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Treble Recorder Hub is a collection of colourful and quirky new pieces, studies, duets and trios for treble recorders. The book will inspire elementary and intermediate players, providing new music that will support exam preparation, as well as fun arrangements of well-known tunes. There are also duets and trios to play with other recorder players. Treble Recorder Hub is a highly useful resource with plenty of new material for teachers and students.

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6 Minute Nativity

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The story of Christmas told in the blink of an eye! Here is the Christmas story, condensed into a six-minute performance which is sung all the way through to Sarah Watts' entertaining and jazzy tunes. Contents Click here for sample

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Red Hot Recorder Tutor - Student Edition (German) | Heiße Blockflötenschule - Studentenausgabe

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Laid out in a clear, simple way, Red Hot Recorder Tutor introduces the notes and the basics of music theory in digestible stages. With the free accompanying CD the children can play along and quickly make progress. They can clap along to the rhythm sessions, and copy the patterns played in the listening exercises. There are specially priced tutor packs for class teaching. The Red Hot Recorder Tutor Student copy contains tutor elements and the tunes, and the Teacher copy has piano accompaniments. "Because teachers had found Razzamajazz Recorder useful, I decided to write the Red Hot Recorder Tutor/Method. The recorder is such a wonderfully versatile instrument that I wanted to write a tutor book that taught good technique, but was also fun and motivating. I wrote to lots of recorder teachers and asked them what they would like to see in a new tutor, and tried to provide what was needed." ~ Sarah Watts Details Cover: PaperbackSize: 297mm x 210mm (Landscape)Page count: 32 pages ___________________________ Klar und einfach aufgebaut, führt Red Hot Recorder Tutor in leicht verständlichen Stufen in die Noten und die Grundlagen der Musiktheorie ein. Mit der kostenlosen Begleit-CD können die Kinder mitspielen und schnell Fortschritte machen. Sie können zu den Rhythmussitzungen mitklatschen und die in den Hörübungen gespielten Muster kopieren. Für den Klassenunterricht gibt es preisgünstige Tutorenpakete. Die Red Hot Recorder Tutor Student-Kopie enthält Tutor-Elemente und die Melodien, und die Teacher-Kopie enthält Klavierbegleitungen. "Weil die Lehrer die Razzamajazz-Blockflöte als nützlich empfanden, beschloss ich, das Red Hot Recorder Tutor/Method zu schreiben. Die Blockflöte ist ein so wunderbar vielseitiges Instrument, dass ich ein Lehrbuch schreiben wollte, das gute Technik vermittelt, aber auch Spaß macht und motiviert. I habe viele Blockflötenlehrer angeschrieben und sie gefragt, was sie sich von einem neuen Lehrer wünschen, und versucht, das Notwendige bereitzustellen." ~ Sarah Watts Einzelheiten Umschlag: Taschenbuch Größe: 210 mm x 297 mm (Landschaft) Seitenzahl: 32 Seiten

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Razzamajazz Repertoire-Alto Sax

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If you enjoyed Razzamajazz here are a few more pieces to 'get jazzy' with. They are written in a variety of styles and are for students to perform or just to improve technique or widen musical vocabulary. Razzamajazz Repertoire is rhythmically and melodicContentsCafé du FestivalGobstoppers and grandadsGoings onIn cognitoLavender blueOne for meSecret SazStraight and narrowThe boccy chiccy!When Paddy met Bella

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Class Act Alto Sax - Book 2

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Class Act 2 focuses on music rather than method and encouraging playing by ear. There are rhythm and ear-training exercises, practice patterns and extension activities linked to National Curriculum principles.

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Red Hot Sax Duets Book 2

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Following the huge success of the first Red Hot Duets books released earlier this year, here are another three from the ever-popular Sarah Watts!Red Hot Duets is an excellent introduction to ensemble playing for players of grade 1-2 standard. The jazzy piano accompaniments give a fun, popular feel, and a free CD is included to help learn the pieces and to play along with. Contents Shrimps' night outThe keep warm jigCrazy Daisy and Loopy LouMatter of factJim jam jazzerThe silence of the snowWet weekend waltzThe intervals betweenLittle brown ragRazzle Dazzle

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Christmas Piano Pizzazz

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Sarah Watts has arranged each of these 12 favourite Christmas carols in two ways. First as you'd expect to find it for singing along to. Then in her inimitable jazzy style for the pleasure of giving you and your audience a brand-new take on the tune.ContentsAngels from the realms of gloryAway in a mangerGod rest you merry, gentlemenGood King WenceslasHere we go a-wassailingI saw three shipsIt came upon the midnight clearO come, all ye faithfulOnce in Royal David's citySilent nightWe three kingsWe wish you a merry Christmas

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Flavour Fusions - Tango

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Colourful and flexible instrumental ensemble for players of grade 3 standard and up...Packed with exciting pieces from various musical genres and traditions, from around the world, arranged and written for instruments which are easily available.Within the majority of the series (lines may vary dependent on style and tradition) the melody line is doubled on C and Bb instruments, there are C, Bb and Eb harmony parts, a bass line, an easy keyboard part and chord symbols, and vibrant and varied percussion parts.Compiled and edited by Sarah Watts, the series arrangers and composers of each book have either heritage from that tradition or are a recognised authority on that style of music.So dip your toe into the waters, and come and sample the many flavours of music, the world has to offer! Sample Click to view sample music

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Flavour Fusions - African Folk Tunes

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Colourful and flexible instrumental ensemble for players of grade 3 standard and up...Packed with exciting pieces from various musical genres and traditions, from around the world, arranged and written for instruments which are easily available.Within the majority of the series (lines may vary dependent on style and tradition) the melody line is doubled on C and Bb instruments, there are C, Bb and Eb harmony parts, a bass line, an easy keyboard part and chord symbols, and vibrant and varied percussion parts.Compiled and edited by Sarah Watts, the series arrangers and composers of each book have either heritage from that tradition or are a recognised authority on that style of music.So dip your toe into the waters, and come and sample the many flavours of music, the world has to offer! Sample Click

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RazzamajazzDuets & Trios For Sax

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These easy jazzy duets and trios will give instrumentalists of all ages the encouragement and confidence they need to play well together. A perfect introduction to ensemble playing.ContentsA pizza music!Be seeing you!Camel danceDownhillEmily's rocking chairMist in Central ParkNight rainOff the wallOpening nightSo thereStranger thingsThe Doris waltzThe Greenwoods' gardenVice versaViva vespa!

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Christmas Razzamajazz - Alto Sax

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Ten well-known Christmas tunes with a 'feel-good' accompaniment and optional second and third parts for ensemble playing.A free downloadable backing tracks are available, which contains the piano accompaniment. An instrumental part insert is also included. Contents AwayClearly MidnightDistant sleighsGod rest ye!Good King Swings at last!Holly and ivyJoy!Kings swing!On silent nightsThree swingin' ships

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Red Hot Song Library Cumulative Songs

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Welcome to the wonderful world of the Red Hot Song Library, an amazing resource to help teachers introduce singing that is fun, relaxed and successful. Play through the books or listen to the backing tracks, which include both practice and performance tracks, and you'll hear just why so many educational professionals embrace Sarah Watts' music with such enthusiasm. Contents I like to ballroom danceAn Austrian went yodellingDashing away with a smoothing ironTen in the bedMenu songBingo!Mind the gap!One finger, one thumbLast night's pizzaI am a music manWhen I first came to this landOh how I'd like to be a cuckooI saw a monster in the gardenThe ants went marchingJelly, Jelly in my belly!There's a hole in my bucketOnly ten days to goOne man went to mowRocking rhythmsWiddecombe fair

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