Concert Band for Beginners

Remember when rock was BIG and the arenas were even BIGGER? Electrify your audience with this original rock 'n' roll anthem reminiscent of the 1970s and '80s. The heart-pounding beat and gritty bass l...

This work by Peter Goosensen is, once more, splendid though quite simple and easy to play. Without using great means, this piece makes any starting band sound terrific and impressive. A nice work, eas...

This kit for beginning concert band contains four grade one selections on a two page part which can be used as a program for a complete concert or as supplemental material for the first year band. Eac...

The band provides the backdrop for your percussion section in this original work that features a full set of those popular percussion tubes---the boomwhackers. This piece can also be played using Orff...

Experience "rush-hour rock" like you've never experienced before! This easy-grooving, well-crafted original derives its automotive charm from the various car horn effects played throughout. Various no...

This hilarious look at the ultimate entertainer uses almost every percussion toy you can find except the kitchen sink - but throw that in if you’d like! A myriad of humorous effects include clarinet a...

This exceptional arrangement may well be the first of its kind to capture the spirit of the Baroque period using just six notes! Beginning and ending with Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, this work also pr...

Get ready to place your tongue in your cheek with this three-four classic in an all new light; the traditional Strauss waltz melody is clanked out on water glasses. Prepared for the first year players...

This new warm-up program is designed for student transposition to any appropriate key. This single band part for inclusion in the students' folders will exceed your daily warm-up and teaching objectiv...

Give your new rhythm kings the spotlight. Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 34).

Solo für Percussion/Trommel/Mallets/Pauken

The sales of cold cream will soar! (Or do trombone players have a more trendy slide lubricant?!) In any case, you'll want those slides moving for this spectacular sonic experience. Those glissin' righ...

This collection of original compositions and arrangements provides excellent warm-up and tone-building materials while making these elements more appealing to young minds. Five percussion parts are pr...

After the enormous success of his first set of tone builders, we are pleased to include a second set of short arrangements and chorales. These are perfect to work on band balance and intonation, and L...

Inspired by Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Family Fugue uses a narrator to blend the familiar folk song Frére Jacques with a delightful story line of the misadventures of three characters: Woodwind,...

Using brash open harmonies and bold tutti rhythms, Paul has created a powerful-sounding work for beginners to sink their teeth into. Using only quarter and half notes, this is sure to sound great with...

Give your new rhythm kings the spotlight.

In Celtic folklore, a selkie is a mythical creature appearing as a seal in water, but taking human form on land. In this striking setting for second-year players the first movement, in a lyric and mel...

The title for this thrilling work for young players comes from the small rural town of Level Cross, North Carolina, which is home to one of America's sports royal families: the legendary racing Petty...

Even on cloudy days your beginning band will have fun with Blue Sky Rock. There are melody spots for all instruments, including a question and answer section, and easy rhythms with no syncopation.

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 combined effectis so...

Fun music for the pre-grade 1 band! Trombone glissandos, Flex-a-tone, ratchet, flute “head joint” effects, ghostly howls, and so much more ensure that your beginners will love playing this...

This nice processional style piece will work in the concert and contest venue as well as at the graduation or awards ceremony. The stately tempo and rich scoring help your young musicians to sound the...

Band directors work hard to build balanced ensembles, but it's often a challenge to keep the trombone section strong. Trombone players carry one of the larger instruments back and forth to school and...