John Higgins is Managing Producer/Editor for Hal Leonard Corporation, the nation’s largest publisher of printed music. He began in the music field as the student arranger for the University of Michigan Band under Dr. William D. Revelli, and gained invaluable experience as a public school music teacher in suburban Chicago. John served as Illinois president of the American String Teachers Association, and his school concerts featured renowned soloists and conductors such as Skitch Henderson, Charlie Byrd, and Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops. A co-author of the Essential Elements series of methods, John is best known for his many compositions and arrangements for choirs, bands and orchestras. As a composer of children’s songs, he has collaborated with notables like John Jacobson, Roger Emerson and Emily Crocker on musicals such as How Does Your Garden Grow? and A Storybook Christmas. John has also arranged and produced a large catalog of children’s music, including The Runaway Snowman, Peace Child, and Leslie Bricusse’s Scrooge. His recording production for McGraw-Hill’s Share The Music textbook series included music from Sesame Street, Disney films and a special project with the late Fred Rogers of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. In two recent series of Broadway shows for young performers, John arranged and produced new versions of Annie, Guys & Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, and The Music Man. His two Grammy award-winning projects include arranging on Sandi Patti’s Another Time, Another Place (Best Pop Gospel Album) and co-producing on Rob McConnell’s Live in Digital (Best Big Band Jazz Album). He recently orchestrated and conducted the music for the stage premiere of Willy Wonka at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. John served as president of Jenson Publications before it became a part of the Hal Leonard Corporation. In addition to his writing and producing activities, he maintains a role in music education as a guest conductor, clinician and author.
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687911
15 Easy Selections for Concert Band
Essential Elements
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score
Item no.: 571497
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 634649
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 243422
for: Choir
CD
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 211937
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809214
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805173
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 470407
for: Choral
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for: School Musical
CD
Item no.: 811549
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687147
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687138
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371995
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 815169
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 803436
for: School Musical
CD
Item no.: 808657
for: School Musical
CD
Item no.: 805280
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 806636
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 806545
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803855
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805801
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 809053
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 809838
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376059
15 Selections for Young Concert Band
Correlates with Essential Elements 2
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 685796
15 Selections for Young Concert Band
Correlates with Essential Elements 2
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score
Item no.: 685779
An inspiring medley of patriotic favorites
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 674240
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811335
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809222
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 808464
for: Choral
CD
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for: School Musical
CD
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for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: School Musical
CD
Item no.: 805553
15 Easy Selections for Concert Band
Essential Elements
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 943368
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374186
for string orchestra score (8-8-4-4-4) and piano
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 634872
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687085
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 457156
from Walt Disney's Pocahontas
Essential Elements Band Series – Master Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
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