Les Taylor

Simple percussive effects using woodblock, vibraslap, and slapstick will bring this piece to life. Students will easily visualize the alligators lumbering along as they play this very easy piece for b...

The band provides the backdrop for your percussion section in this original work that features a full set of those popular percussion tubes---the boomwhackers®. This piece can also be played using Orf...

The band provides the backdrop for your percussion section in this original work that features a full set of those popular percussion tubes---the boomwhackers®. This piece can also be played using Orf...

Finally... a beginning band piece that introduces students to meter changes. The quarter note is constant throughout, making this a great teaching tool. With simple rhythms and ranges very compatible...

Finally... a beginning band piece that introduces students to meter changes. The quarter note is constant throughout, making this a great teaching tool. With simple rhythms and ranges very compatible...

Played in a fast swing style, this easy piece will get your audience clapping and toe-tapping right from the downbeat. The percussion parts are written to be played similar to the way a set drummer wo...

Played in a fast swing style, this easy piece will get your audience clapping and toe-tapping right from the downbeat. The percussion parts are written to be played similar to the way a set drummer wo...

A moving chorale introduces this work that quickly explodes into a lively exchange between the different wind choirs and sectional voices. A good timpanist is required in the transition section that f...

A moving chorale introduces this work that quickly explodes into a lively exchange between the different wind choirs and sectional voices. A good timpanist is required in the transition section that f...

Although composed in a traditional march style, Old Glory is much shorter and written with the skills of the beginning band student in mind. Ranges are very limited and rhythms are simple and repetiti...

Although composed in a traditional march style, Old Glory is much shorter and written with the skills of the beginning band student in mind. Ranges are very limited and rhythms are simple and repetiti...

After a slow and mysterious opening, the tom-toms blaze the way through part of the Florida Everglades on The Tamiami Trail. Only two-part harmony is used throughout, so it will be full and powerful r...

After a slow and mysterious opening, the tom-toms blaze the way through part of the Florida Everglades on The Tamiami Trail. Only two-part harmony is used throughout, so it will be full and powerful r...

March in cut-time. Rhythmically not difficult. 3rd clarinets do not cross the break. 1st trumpet's highest note is G.

The band provides the backdrop for your percussion section in this original work that features a full set of those popular percussion tubes---the boomwhackers. This piece can also be played using Orff...

Chopsticks in a slow rock style? Yes, it works! And you'll have trouble getting this one out of your head after you play it. The percussion parts are written to be played the way a set drummer would d...

Chopsticks in a slow rock style? Yes, it works! And you'll have trouble getting this one out of your head after you play it. The percussion parts are written to be played the way a set drummer would d...

Snares off create a tom-tom effect to start this fast, 2-beat swinger. Easy ranges and rhythms with mild syncopation help drive this one "pedal to the metal." Everyone is featured for four measures on...

This is a beautiful chorale in 3/4 which is very easy for the first-year string player. Violin 2, viola, and bass parts are all written on the D and A strings only. Violin 1 uses the E string sparingl...

This is a beautiful chorale in 3/4 which is very easy for the first-year string player. Violin 2, viola, and bass parts are all written on the D and A strings only. Violin 1 uses the E string sparingl...

A collection of 15 new compositions and arrangements as composed and arranged by Brian Balmages, Quincy C. Hilliard, and Les Taylor.

There are plenty of special effects in this easy, yet entertaining beginning band work. Students finger their keys rapidly, whisper "shh" through their mouthpieces, and even have parts for optional ca...

Snares off create a tom-tom effect to start this fast, 2-beat swinger. Easy ranges and rhythms with mild syncopation help drive this one "pedal to the metal." Everyone is featured for four measures on...

Snares off create a tom-tom effect to start this fast, 2-beat swinger. Easy ranges and rhythms with mild syncopation help drive this one "pedal to the metal." Everyone is featured for four measures on...

This chart is written in a fast samba setting, with flute, trumpet, and guitar lead on the head. An open drum solo and a hard-driving ending keeps this one smoking all the way. Optional 8va's can lowe...