Concert Band for Beginners

The melody moves between voices and the harmonic structuring shifts with an energy all its own, skillfully exhibiting marvelous suspensions and their satisfying resolutions. Technical demands are trul...

Sakura is an ancient Japanese children's song. It is traditionally accompanied by a koto (a long 13-stringed instrument) or a shamisen (a 3-stringed lute) and various gongs, drums and bells. This is a...

It's best called 'real music' for even the youngest band. Here is a fascinating study in contemporary harmonic structuring and rhythmic illusion. Although the piece is written throughout in 4/4 time,...

It's best called 'real music' for even the youngest band. Here is a fascinating study in contemporary harmonic structuring and rhythmic illusion. Although the piece is written throughout in 4/4 time,...

It's best called 'real music' for even the youngest band. Here is a fascinating study in contemporary harmonic structuring and rhythmic illusion. Although the piece is written throughout in 4/4 time,...

It's best called 'real music' for even the youngest band. Here is a fascinating study in contemporary harmonic structuring and rhythmic illusion. Although the piece is written throughout in 4/4 time,...

The dictionary tells us that a tempest is 'a violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow or hail.' In the hands of Robert W. Smith, the scoring supplies all of the fury and rage within the...

The dictionary tells us that a tempest is 'a violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow or hail.' In the hands of Robert W. Smith, the scoring supplies all of the fury and rage within the...

The entire work is based upon the opening rhythmic figure of two quarter notes, two eighths, and a quarter note. Liturgical Fanfare is a bit more aggressive in interpretation than most works composed...

With stirring patriotic fervor, Mike Story has crafted a fantasy based on AMERICA and AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL. This is a quick rehearsing and technically non-challenging arrangement that will find mult...

With stirring patriotic fervor, Mike Story has crafted a fantasy based on AMERICA and AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL. This is a quick rehearsing and technically non-challenging arrangement that will find mult...

With stirring patriotic fervor, Mike Story has crafted a fantasy based on 'America' and 'America the Beautiful.' This is a quick rehearsing and technically non-challenging arrangement that will find m...

With stirring patriotic fervor, Mike Story has crafted a fantasy based on AMERICA and AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL. This is a quick rehearsing and technically non-challenging arrangement that will find mult...

Any holiday concert audience wants to hear the traditional music of the season, just enough to bring to mind the wonderful memories of the time of year. Christmas Bits and Pieces, using hints of ten t...

The bold opening motif of this work flows through various parts of the ensemble and interacts with other musical ideas to weave a single fabric of many threads - just as we humans interact with our vo...

The bold opening motif of this work flows through various parts of the ensemble and interacts with other musical ideas to weave a single fabric of many threads - just as we humans interact with our vo...

The bold opening motif of this work flows through various parts of the ensemble and interacts with other musical ideas to weave a single fabric of many threads - just as we humans interact with our vo...

Douglas Wagner's 'Canticle' delights the listener with beautifully turned legato lines. The rich harmonic texturing and total program effect should be noted by band directors with performing organizat...

Douglas Wagner's 'Canticle' delights the listener with beautifully turned legato lines. The rich harmonic texturing and total program effect should be noted by band directors with performing organizat...

Douglas Wagner's 'Canticle' delights the listener with beautifully turned legato lines. The rich harmonic texturing and total program effect should be noted by band directors with performing organizat...

Douglas Wagner's 'Canticle' delights the listener with beautifully turned legato lines. The rich harmonic texturing and total program effect should be noted by band directors with performing organizat...

Get that tasty, subtle jazz groove cookin' within the group and stand aside as your clarinet section proves its mettle. It's just amazing how 'star quality' can play so easily! Besides enjoying the ap...

Listen carefully to this work, look over the score, and you will find it difficult to believe that this 'real' music is built on just six notes commonly found in the first book of all band and instrum...

Listen carefully to this work, look over the score, and you will find it difficult to believe that this 'real' music is built on just six notes commonly found in the first book of all band and instrum...

Listen carefully to this work, look over the score, and you will find it difficult to believe that this 'real' music is built on just six notes commonly found in the first book of all band and instrum...