Concert Band for Beginners

Transport your students and audience to ancient times with 'Attack of the Colossus,' a towering work your developing bands will love! The mighty opening fanfare and inspiring conclusion are separated...

Teach your beginning band about traditional Brazilian culture with 'Dança Feliz' (Happy Dance,) featuring fun melodies for all instruments, an infectious beat, and plenty of optional percussion parts....

Ahoy, maties! Take your beginning band on a pirate adventure with this dark and mysterious piece! Low brass and low woodwinds are featured on the initial statement of the melody, and the lyrical middl...

One of the most universally beloved and recognized melodies, Johannes Brahms' 'Lullaby' has been arranged for first year bands by Andrew Glover as 'Slumber Song.' This flowing melody is passed through...

Your students will want to practice around the clock to play this fun piece! Using only six notes and rhythms easily accessible after only a couple of months in band, combined with percussion parts th...

The beautiful hymn 'Trust And Obey' provides a beautiful and sensitive opportunity for your young concert band. Simple and elegant, Robert W. Smith's arrangement of this well-known melody provides a m...

Featuring the percussion and trombone sections, 'Sticks And Bones' is an energetic and infectious statement for your next concert performance. Using a rock groove that speaks to multiple generations o...

“Phantom Code” is an exciting action/adventure composition for very young bands. As the “code” is stolen, alarms ring loudly in the secret laboratory! The secret agent swiftly escapes as we cue up thi...

“And Now, The Band!" by Amy Webb puts into play all those concepts you’ve been teaching your first-year band: articulation, dynamics, crescendos/decrescendos - the list of goes on and on, and they’re...

“Graveyard Shift” is a catchy, groovin’ novelty tune your beginners will love - and it uses only the first 6 notes learned in band instruction! An infectious melody, cool groove, and interesting playa...

This clever young band composition will tell the story of the blacksmith’s anvil as it creates a song of intense percussive energy. Using only the first 6 notes of the scale, “The Blacksmith’s Song” w...

Jessica Mullen’s "El Volcán Duerme" is a captivating musical composition written for beginning bands to reinforce ensemble balance, dynamics, and articulation. It vividly portrays the awe-inspiring an...

A brilliant concert opener for beginning band, "Coat Of Arms" wastes no time in commanding the attention of your audience. Perfect for that first band concert, this impressive young band work uses jus...

Driven to Greatness is an electrifying concert opener for your beginning band! Using just the notes contained in the first octave, Christopher Greco has created an impressive and inspiring work that w...

Do you have lots of percussionists, but not too much? "Drums Of Thunder" is a fun and engaging work featuring the percussion section of your developing band. It offers some nice teaching opportunities...

Lyrical music is important for even the very youngest of musicians, and Lisa Galvin’s "A New Dawn" offers a wonderful opportunity to develop the skills of smooth and lyrical playing. Using just the fi...

Valerie Shanley’s "Gondola, Gondola" takes your beginning band on a tranquil glide through the canals of Venice, Italy. Inspired by the rich melodies of Giacomo Puccini’s famous opera aria "O Mio Babb...

Looking for a piece to feature an advanced soloist with your young band? Look no further, because Dormez Vous? Not You! Is the perfect choice! The solo part can be performed by any instrument, and cou...

The ancient city of Aztalan existed around a thousand years ago in southern Wisconsin, but disappeared mysteriously by around A. D. 1300. Through careful use of tone clusters, haunting melodies and cr...

Designed for second-year players, Michael's energetic overture provides mature and dynamic sounds at a very attainable and easy to learn level. Combining full band unison statements along with some un...

Your beginning players will enjoy digging into this unique and somewhat sinister-sounding piece! The percussion play an important role with various metal sounds, and even at this very easy level there...

Your beginning players will enjoy digging into this unique and somewhat sinister-sounding piece! The percussion play an important role with various metal sounds, and even at this very easy level there...

Your beginning players will enjoy the humor and creativity of this mini-suite depicting the famously fearsome mythical creatures The Hodag, Squonk, Whirling Whimpus, and the unforgettable Jackalope. Y...

Your beginning players will enjoy the humor and creativity of this mini-suite depicting the famously fearsome mythical creatures The Hodag, Squonk, Whirling Whimpus, and the unforgettable Jackalope. Y...