Concert Band for Beginners

This Mark Williams best seller has become a standard in the repertoire for very young bands everywhere. Set in a minor key and using only the first few notes learned in beginning band, this imaginativ...

Combining two classics, Douglas E. Wagner has crafted this charming duo for performers with less than a year of instruction. This setting will make your band sound big and polished while using primari...

Tales of swashbuckling pirates and this musical depiction of the pirates' secret hideout are sure to be a hit with your students. Using only the first 7 notes taught, with no rhythms faster than a qua...

The traditional dance in Africa often expresses the life of the community. Danza Africana is an original composition by Victor Lopez building on the musical concepts of these dances. It is easy to lea...

A bold musical statement for your first-year band from the Smith and Story composer team. Written in support of Band Expressions Book One, this charmer will make every band sound huge!

Here is an original composition inspired by the Spanish Armada, which was the fleet that sailed against England in 1588, with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I.

The sense of peace and tranquility of twilight on a summer's evening inspires this lovely lyrical offering. An excellent teaching opportunity for phrasing and expression, As Twilight Falls provides a...

A musical depiction of a state of utter confusion. There's order in that jumble of sound. Great fun for every first-year ensemble, the work has segments of unpredictable sound. You can predict a treme...

A musical tip-of-the-hat to the wildly popular sci-fi craze, this creative original piece uses only quarter, half, and whole notes for use at the end of the first year of band. Zombies are everywhere!...

This familiar patriotic tune is historically related to Revolutionary times. Fluidly traveling between instrument families, everyone has opportunity with the melody and harmony. A full scoring for you...

Castles and Dragons, by Todd Stalter, is a piece your students will love! The knights must confront and slay a dragon threatening the local village. The ensuing battle ends with the dragon's defeat, a...

Castles and Dragons, by Todd Stalter, is a piece your students will love! The knights must confront and slay a dragon threatening the local village. The ensuing battle ends with the dragon's defeat, a...

Ready to take your beginning ensemble to the next level of performance? With a Spanish flavor, Fandango Festival, by Victor López, is a classic march alternative cast in 3/4 and a full FLEX orchestrat...

Ready to take your beginning ensemble to the next level of performance? With a Spanish flavor, Fandango Festival, by Victor López, is a classic march alternative cast in 3/4 and a full FLEX orchestrat...

Honor the Brave, by Victor López, is an original composition dedicated to all veterans who have served honorably on active duty in the Armed Forces. It celebrates those men and women who have made the...

Honor the Brave, by Victor López, is an original composition dedicated to all veterans who have served honorably on active duty in the Armed Forces. It celebrates those men and women who have made the...

Evoke the thrill of passing the carnival gates into a bustling fairground filled with dazzling sights, joyous sounds, and whimsical fun! Throughout this engaging yet highly playable work by JaRod Hall...

Fanfare for the Fearless is a dynamic fanfare by Brian Balmages celebrating those willing to take risks in an effort to grow musically, personally, or academically. Powerful melodic statements contras...

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...

Quintilian was inspired by the work of the ancient Roman philosopher and educator of the same name, who set forth the original seven liberal arts as the ideal curriculum for educated citizens. After a...

Inspired by his daughters' first dance recital, Mr. Smith has created this beginning band composition. It is a pleasure to offer great original performance literature for beginning strings in their fi...

Renegade is an exciting piece written for young bands which features references to the music of Beethoven - one of the most famous composers in history and a true "renegade" of the music world. Throug...