This reissued classic is a comprehensive series of lessons that includes the entire circle of keys. Though seemingly simple lessons, they work miracles toward the progress of the student and they are...
This two-mallet solo is a great contest or recital selection for the intermediate percussionist. Players will find both technically challenging sections and slower, lyrical parts.
10 grade 1-3 originals are presented in this collection for standard mallet instruments. Jared Spears is an expert at composing fresh, colorful and exciting pieces that students love to play. These un...
A fun-filled piece destine to be the hit of your next concert. Featuring a Dixieland combo along with full band, the audience is treated to a bit of New Orleans style jazz with 'Just A Closer Walk Wit...
This masterful work for young band begins with a snapshot in sound of the early, pristine land of North America. The rivers ran freely: some tranquil and silent, while others fast and roaring. Immedia...
With an explosion of colors constantly changing throughout, this piece is driven by exciting rhythms and a variety of accents and changing dynamics. Written for grade 3 groups, it explores the many co...
This exciting grade 3 piece is a great way to begin a concert, or featured at contests! Each performer is given the opportunity to shine!
Exciting neo-classical work descriptive of the Kensington Castle in England.
This delightul prelude is available for both brass quartet (2 trumpets/ 2 trombones) and trombone quartet.
The character of the 'Ritual' movement is dramatic and slow, which trasitions without pause to the quick and lively 'Celebration'. Commissioned by and dedicated to Ken Kistner.
This well constructed, fun grade 3 piece in the spirit of ragtime will be enjoyed by players and audiences alike. Instrumentation includes snare drum
Imagine that your percussion section just realized that they need to practice their music for a contest performance that's closing in fast -- that's the scenario portrayed in this energetic original!...
Percussionists looking for grade 3 material will love this spirited work by renowned composer Jared Spears. Written for percussion quintet, the piece displays a variety of colors produced by playing o...
This work opens with the native musical colors and excitement of an African celebration. A recreation of a war dance follows, which will drive the music to a smashing conclusion. Though the score call...
The music begins with the gathering of the tribe for a festive celebration. It continues with the children at play, a mother softly singing a lullaby to her baby, and concludes with a spectacular fest...
This exceedingly groovy jazz original was written for percussion ensembles who want to swing the roof off! It's a high-energy conversation between five players on bells, xylophone, marimba, chimes and...
Chorale prelude based on the famous Old One Hundredth, incorporating boldly dramatic and cantabile styles. Commissioned by the Lancaster, NY High School Symphonic Band.
Commissioned in memory of a WWII Battalion imprisoned for three years; all musical material is derived from 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God.'
Dedicated to a middle school clarinettist who met her unfortunate demise in an auto accident, this easy tone poem sets a new standard for musicality and expressions at the grade two level.
Bands will be taken on a 'stellar' musical adventure as they recreate the journey to the end of the Solar System of NASA's Deep Space One interplanetary probe. Cosmic sounds abound in this truly creat...
If the winds that blew across the prairies from centuries ago to the present times could tell us what they had seen and heard, what would they say? This work musically portrays some of the visions and...
Jared Spears has here written another wonderfully exciting, creative, and very approachable work for young bands that works well for almost any combination of wind and percussion instruments. The titl...
