Concert Band for Beginners

Bring the excitement of the big top to your audiences with this rollicking musical nod to the circus! From tightrope walkers to elephants and crazy clowns, each of the five movements sparks the imagin...

An event so powerful that it is hard to control, seemingly unpredictable, aggressive, fast moving, and unstable. All these thoughts are explored as powerful percussion elements combine with dissonant...

This classical transcription features sensitive scoring and would be a valuable musical experience for any younger band. The percussion writing is particularly well done.

How about a lively spiritual this holiday season? This festive setting of Mary Had a Baby allows all the sections to share the melody and rewards the percussion section with imaginative instrumentatio...

Although this work will provide superior material for your band to work on the contrast between staccato and legato articulation styles, what everyone will remember will be the image of dancing Dachsh...

This bold overture is a dramatic statement for your young band. The strong opening, which uses several easy meter changes, leads into the quiet middle section that has a mysterious air. The powerful t...

How about a lively spiritual this holiday season? This festive setting of Mary Had a Baby allows all the sections to share the melody and rewards the percussion section with imaginative instrumentatio...

Andrew Balent's SAVAGE DANCE is a driving, primitive dance of an imaginary ancient people. It could have been used at a festival or large public gathering with the intention of lifting the spirits of...

From the composer who brought us Snakes!, here is another opportunity for young musicians to become 'snake-charmers.' Glass bottles lightly tapped with pencils make the sound of a gentle rain. Seagull...

Only Karl King expert Gene Milford could make this classic believable at the beginning level. It has the melody and style captured admirably, yet with expertly adjusted ranges and simplified rhythms....

Seldom do young students get to perform music by the master composers. Hymn of Freedom from Brahms' first symphony is an exception. Of sublime beauty, the theme has been arranged by Robert Longfield i...

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....

Only an expert on Karl King could make this classic believable at the beginning level. It has the melody and style captured admirably, yet with expertly adjusted ranges and simplified rhythms. Don't m...

This famous melody of St. Anthony Chorale has been attributed to Haydn, but there is doubt as to whether or not he was the composer or simply quoted an older theme taken from an unknown source. Whatev...

Easy medley of a Bach chorale, melodies from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Brahm's Hungarian Dance.

Feature your percussion section with this exciting composition for beginning band by Brian Bankston. Repeated rhythmic figures for timpani, tom-toms, shakers, clave, bass drum and crash cymbals create...

Feature your percussion section with this exciting composition for beginning band by Brian Bankston. Repeated rhythmic figures for timpani, tom-toms, shakers, clave, bass drum and crash cymbals create...

Feature your percussion section with this exciting composition for beginning band by Brian Bankston. Repeated rhythmic figures for timpani, tom-toms, shakers, clave, bass drum and crash cymbals create...

Feature your percussion section with this exciting composition for beginning band by Brian Bankston. Repeated rhythmic figures for timpani, tom-toms, shakers, clave, bass drum and crash cymbals create...

From composer and educator Heather Hoefle, "First Things First" is a basic blues/rock tune for the very beginning band that is playable with just the first five notes introduced in most beginning band...

From composer and educator Heather Hoefle, "First Things First" is a basic blues/rock tune for the very beginning band that is playable with just the first five notes introduced in most beginning band...

From composer and educator Heather Hoefle, "First Things First" is a basic blues/rock tune for the very beginning band that is playable with just the first five notes introduced in most beginning band...

From composer and educator Heather Hoefle, "First Things First" is a basic blues/rock tune for the very beginning band that is playable with just the first five notes introduced in most beginning band...