Concert Band for Beginners

This piece is strong right from the start, and features your budding low brass and woodwind players. They receive the bulk of the aggressive minor thematic material. Christina Huss is a composer to wa...

Here is a great piece for beginning bands on its own, but it has a pedagogical purpose as well. As the title implies, Sean O'Loughlin has built in rhythmic and tempo accelerando into the fabric of the...

Here is a great piece for beginning bands on its own, but it has a pedagogical purpose as well. As the title implies, Sean O'Loughlin has built in rhythmic and tempo accelerando into the fabric of the...

Here is a great piece for beginning bands on its own, but it has a pedagogical purpose as well. As the title implies, Sean O'Loughlin has built in rhythmic and tempo accelerando into the fabric of the...

Bold and driving, "Charger's Ride" by Emily Graham is a Grade 1.5 work that brings the power and determination of a medieval war horse to life. Set in C minor and 4/4 time, the piece captures the stre...

Performer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 24) The perfect "first march" for your beginning players! Featuring a percussion introduction followed by a catchy melody that starts softly, then builds al...

Teaching points abound: triple meter, some brief changing meters, Dorian mode, accents, slurs, proper balance and blend, and dotted quarter notes. Ranges are conservative, no rhythm more difficult tha...

Written with a festive flair and tuneful melody, here is a marvelous holiday piece for beginning players. Featuring modest ranges and easy rhythms, this is quick to learn and fun to play. 8th notes ar...

Scored for beginning players, Endless Skies evokes a sense of boundless wonder of the open skies that stretch above us. Combining bold statements, contrasting lyric melodies, and dynamic impact points...

This landmark work for beginning groups helped to set the standard for music at this level. Boldly written to include dissonances, varied scoring effects, and driving rhythmic ostinatos, Michael Sween...

MusicWorks ¯ Grade 1¶Rarely does any single publication have such an effect on band literature as this unique and striking composition from 1994. Individually, the parts are relatively simple. Yet the...

Beginning groups will love this unique programmatic suite of four short movements, each of which portrays a well known prehistoric creature (or two!). Clever and very easy, it includes: Stegosaurus, B...

Take a trip to a mysterious continent with this tuneful and rhythmic offering. The tribal Swahili beat and authentic-sounding harmonies provide a colorful and vibrant moment for your next concert. It...

NASA's Apollo program is known for landing the first humans on the moon in 1969. In this composition, your dauntless adventure begins with a powerful lift off. Once achieved, the main theme is present...

Predators of the Deep' depicts one's primal inner fears of entering deep water and the awareness that there just may be something lurking below the surface seeking out its next prey. This exciting and...

Enjoy the rich sand of the desert as it moves across the Sahara, sing to the wind, and inspire our creativity. This energetic and adventurous composition is a perfect musical exploration of another cu...

Argentina's unique geological formation, Valle de la Luna, has constant winds that create surreal sounds through the rocks. In this piece, players demonstrate that sound effect, which serves as an exc...