Aric Branchfield

Borodin's most famous melody is here made accessible to younger players. Aric Branchfield's arrangement of Polovtsian Dance retains the stunning beauty of the original without overt technical demands....

Beyond the Castle Walls is the type of work that students love to play; bold, rhythmic, and full-sounding. Teaching points abound, yet none are overly difficult. Instead, they are natural steps in the...

The Fire of Freedom by Aric Branchfield is inspirational work that honors the fire for freedom that burns inside mankind and honors the sacrifices made to achieve this lofty goal. (2:00)

A majestic concert opener! The title refers to a fascinating and famous coral garden known for a unique type of coral that grows into forests over six feet high. The rhythmic drive and climbing melodi...

A majestic concert opener! The title refers to a fascinating and famous coral garden known for a unique type of coral that grows into forests over six feet high. The rhythmic drive and climbing melodi...

It's never too early to introduce your students to great music. This outstanding addition to the beginning band repertoire is certain to be a hit with your students and audience. Clarinets remain belo...

It's never too early to introduce your students to great music. This outstanding addition to the beginning band repertoire is certain to be a hit with your students and audience. Clarinets remain belo...

Borodin's most famous melody is here made accessible to younger players. Aric Branchfield's arrangement of Polovtsian Dance retains the stunning beauty of the original without overt technical demands....

Evoking "jog trot" images and moving steadily from beginning to end, this wonderful tune is classic Grainger. This arrangement of the Joseph Kreines edition of Mock Morris for flexible instrumentation...

This pieces is written for the younger band and is based on a motif of repeated notes, hence its title. It was commissioned by and dedicated to the Burns Junior High School Band, Lawndale, North Carol...

This brash new work creates intensity by using various modes, including B Phrygian, and mixed meters to create a musical picture of an intense, wind-driven storm. While remaining within grade 2 techni...

Modal scales and quartal harmonies in this bold composition bring to mind images of kings and knights in armor. The composition builds to a dramatic ending, with lots of musical surprises along the wa...

An exciting new work from the pen of Aric Branchfield, Into the Deep is an exercise in syncopation. There is a middle passage that sounds slower because of the note values, but the work remains at a c...

Beyond the Castle Walls is the type of work that students love to play; bold, rhythmic, and full-sounding. Teaching points abound, yet none are overly difficult. Instead, they are natural steps in the...

The Fire of Freedom by Aric Branchfield is inspirational work that honors the fire for freedom that burns inside mankind and honors the sacrifices made to achieve this lofty goal. (2:00)

With all of the fire and excitement that youngsters love but no technical demands to get in the way, this could well be the hit of your school year. While it won't "play itself," it will require minim...

Evoking "jog trot" images and moving steadily from beginning to end, this wonderful tune is classic Grainger. This arrangement of the Joseph Kreines edition of Mock Morris for flexible instrumentation...

This isn't a processional march, but it could easily serve as one, for it captures the pomp and pageantry of a royal procession. This is an expressive and compelling work for very young players.

A processional march with dignity and respect, For the Crown by Aric Branchfield gives students the opportunity to perform meaningful music at an early stage of their careers. It is robust and melodic...

The Developing Drummer by Aric Branchfield is a collection of easy to intermediate solos and duets for snare drum. Rudiments are confined to rolls, paradiddles, and flams. Stick clicks and playing on...

Fanfare and Processional is a rousing concert opener for younger bands in the vein of the familiar Pomp and Circumstance by Edward Elgar. Careful consideration has been given with respect to the techn...

Replete with the stark harmonies and driving rhythms young players love, Odyssey can invoke images of an epic journey. It can also be one of your most effective teaching tools along the epic journey f...

With all of the fire and excitement that youngsters love but no technical demands to get in the way, this could well be the hit of your school year. While it won't "play itself," it will require minim...

From the pen of Aric Branchfield comes this exotic and exciting work that conveys the drama of the high seas in the days of pirate and buccaneers. It is just the work to capture the imaginations and e...

Cold, biting, incessant -- these are the characteristics of the brutal winds of the Artic region. The bold, invigorating rhythms of this composition trigger images of this wind in the listener's mind...