Concert Band for Beginners

The tongue-in-cheek title gives a hint to an upbeat original composition that sets the stage to feature the antics of a unique glissando-anxious section. With an exotic flavor and the ability to engag...

This energetic composition is the perfect opener or closer employing soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and driving rhythms. All instruments get an opportunity to play melodic material, and this piece...

Hit It! Using a minimum of rhythmic and melodic material, Hit It! creates a dynamic interplay between the winds and the percussion. The tune is also a little tribute to the popular TV themes of compos...

Pee Wee's big tune! Everybody will know this one and it's great for beginning bands.

Latin Fiesta ist eine Komposition mit einem tropischen Charakter für Blockflötengruppe und Jugendblasorchester. Sie enthält lockere Melodien und aufwiegelnde Rhythmen. Es gibt drei Teile: 'sunny Morni...

Originally a hit for Peggy March in 1963, this familiar pop song was revived for the movie Sister Act. This easy rock style arrangement is sure to become a favorite with beginning players and audience...

Sousa's most popular march in a version that beginners can play and enjoy.

Here are rock classics from the group Queen in a beginning level arrangement that uses only quarter notes and half notes (except percussion). Includes: Another One Bites the Dust and We Will Rock You.

Essential Elements Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 34).

The Beach Boys classic comes alive in this terrific arrangement playable by first year musicians. Plenty of fun!

Let your beginners crank up the energy level on their very first concert with this driving rock original. Featuring tutti rhythms and nothing faster than a quarter note (except percussion), every sect...

Rock anthem from Queen that beginners will love to play.

A collection of popular Christmas and holiday tunes arranged to be used either with full band or individual soloists. Each student book includes parts for the full band arrangement as well as separate...

John O'Reilly has arranged the classic Christmas hit for beginning bands in a very special way. Sleigh bells, triangle and tom tom establish the processional style that is further enhanced by low bras...

Heat up your holiday program with this charming arrangement fusing 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' with Caribbean flair. It's straightforward and playable in a laid-back reggae style. Merry Christmas,...

This arrangement of the popular French Christmas carol, Angels We Have Heard on High by Michael Story, has been written for students halfway through their first year in band. It has been scored using...

The beautifully haunting sounds of this Holst classic appear first in the lower brass to launch this highly atmospheric scoring for concert band. Shifting tonalities and sonorities include a chorale s...

This dynamic new arrangement will complete your beginning holiday program. The percussion section provides the pizzazz. Don't miss this one!

This energetic paso doble, scored in common time, will bring the vibrant sound of the bullfight arena to your beginning band. Toro!

Playable from 4 musicians.

Here is an outstanding selection for very young bands written in an uplifting festive style. There is a nice variety in scoring even for this easy level, and very effective use of dynamics. Easy and f...

Kids want to have fun, learn to play their instrument, AND be the STAR! Not surprisingly, beginning band parents want those very same things for their kids. Now all your students can be STARS! They wi...

Firefighters takes you on an exciting journey aboard a fire engine on an emergency call in the early hours of the morning. As the siren blares, the furious tempo and crunching dissonances bring the dr...

Flex Series, 4 Parts + Percussion.