Hal Leonard has added two new volumes to the Stadium Jams series: Stadium Jams Volume 6 features both recently revived and current hits Final Countdown, Don’t Stop Believin’, All I Do is Win, and Party Rock Anthem; Stadium Jams Volume 7 is a pop divas collection including Bad Romance (Lady Gaga), Crazy in Love (Beyonce), Firework (Katy Perry), and We Found Love (Rihanna).

Arrangers’ Publishing has released30 -Second Blasters, a collection of four current pop hits: Turn Me On (David Guetta), Super Bass (Nicki Minaj), Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Beyonce), and More (Usher).

Alfred’s newest addition to the Shorties series, Shorties #18, includes Don’t Stop Believin’, Dynamite, The Time Warp, and 25 or 6 to 4.

All of these arrangements are available via Stantons.com, and for more great stands ideas, check out the Cheers/Fight Songs/Time Outs category on our marching band webpage.

If you haven’t already, begin planning for the 2012 marching band season NOW!  All of the new titles from Alfred and Hal Leonard are available for preview on our marching band page and listening library – the Alfred titles are already off the press!  Highlights for 2012 include several classic jazz favorites, Motown and 80’s hits, the latest from Lady Gaga, Adele, complete shows for Little Shop of Horrors and Harry Potter, as well as 2 new stands collections.

For those looking for show ideas or to mix and match arrangements, visit the show planning section of our website.  You can also find complete shows by artist or show theme.  Keep track of the arrangements you like with our new Wish List feature.  Your wish list can be divided into sub-lists by marching season, show, or any way you want!  You can also email your list directly to your school treasurer for purchase order requisitions.

Our website and listening library will be updated with the latest Arrangers’ Publishing and Jalen/Matrix titles once they become available, and for those who like to go ‘old-school’, keep an eye on your mailbox for Stanton’s 2012 Show Planning Guide.

Offerings from Hal Leonard this year include recent hits from Glee (Jump – Van Halen, The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats, and Dream On – Aerosmith), compete shows including Coldplay, Henry Mancini, and Jersey Boys, as well as additional selections from The Beatles (Get Back, Paperback Writer, Let It Be) and Journey (Open Arms, Any Way You Want It/Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ mash-up).

From Arrangers’ Publishing we have two complete shows:  A Touch of Buble, and The Sound of Music, as well as more smokin’ arrangements of current pop titles including Born This Way by Lady Gaga, We R Who We R and Your Love is My Drug by Ke$ha, and All American Nightmare by alternative rock band Hinder.  Cee Lo Green‘s Forget You was nominated for both “Song of the Year” and “Record of the Year” honors at this year’s Grammy Awards – the Stanton’s staff feels that it will win “Marching Band Tune of the Year”!  Rounding out the Arrangers’ set is a perfect stands selection – Twisted Sister‘s We’re Not Gonna Take It.

Visit the marching band Show Planning pages at Stantons.com and Stanton’s Listening Library to get a jump on your planning and ordering for the 2011 marching season, and use the following links if you missed our Alfred & Matrix/Jalen marching band preview and to follow Stanton’s marching band news.

For those who have been busy, and for those of you just getting around to thinking about next year, Stanton’s is pleased to announce that recordings of the NEW 2011 marching band titles from Alfred and Matrix/Jalen are available for preview via Stanton’s Listening Library!

Be sure to check out Alfred‘s World of Warcraft and American Idiot (the musical by Green Day) complete halftime shows, as well as some great stands additions by Led Zeppelin (Kashmir; Black Dog), KISS (Detroit Rock City; Shout It Out Loud), and 80′s hits Bang the Drum All Day, Simply Irresistible, and The Power of Love.

Offerings from Matrix/Jalen include Guns ‘N Roses‘ rock hit-turned-stadium anthem Welcome to the Jungle; Top 40 hits Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind), Let’s Dance (David Bowie), I’m Too Sexy (Right Said Fred), and Some Kind of Wonderful (Grand Funk Railroad/Huey Lewis and The News); additions to the Crowd Teasers and Pep Grooves series’, as well as new percussion cadences and cheers.

Use our show planning and complete show artist/theme categories to plan for this fall, be on the lookout for Stanton’s 2011 Show Planning Guide, and stay tuned:  recordings of NEW marching band titles from Hal Leonard and Arrangers’ Publishing are on the way!

Lady Gaga‘s runaway hit Bad Romance is now a runaway hit for marching band!  You know you can’t go wrong with Jay Dawson and Arrangers’ Publishing.  Check out the audio here.  Sure to be a hit with both your students and audience!

Music by the 80′s rock band, Journey has had a resurgence with the hit TV show GLEE!  Although their music has never completely gone away, hits like Don’t Stop Believin’ are as popular as ever.  An entire Journey show is also available this year.

Lastly, the Black Eyed Peas are as big as ever with their chart-topping hit I Gotta Feeling.  From television to the internet to stadiums and arenas, this song is everywhere.  Fun and catchy, it’s perfect for the stands!

All of these titles (and many more) are available for order from Stanton’s.com or by phone at 1-800-426-8742.  For more show and stands ideas, and to listen to recordings of ALL of this year’s new titles, visit Stanton’s online Listening Library!

Although still a few months off, the staff at Stanton’s is preparing for the 2009 marching band season just as you are.  New arrangements are arriving weekly and we have already perused new titles and recordings from Hal Leonard and Alfred Publishing.

The marching band section of our website has recently been updated with the latest titles and each show-planning category features audio for almost all of the titles! 

Our marching band listening library has also been updated with new titles and features show-planning by category or artist, or click on a publisher name to view and hear their current marching band promotion!   (Titles/audio from Arrangers’ Publishing and Jalen/Matrix Publishing are not yet available – we’ll let you know as soon as they are).

Keep your eyes on your mailbox early this summer as a revised edition of the Stanton’s Marching Band Show Planning Guide is currently in the works!

Remember – check out the newest titles on the Stanton’s Listening Library;  plan your show using the Stanton’s website, listening library, or Show-Planning Guide;  and order your music from Stanton’s via our website or give us a call at 1-800-42-MUSIC!