Concert Band for Beginners

This well-scored arrangement opens with the slow chorale-like theme from the beginning of the original overture. From there it builds to the familiar dynamic strains and powerful conclusion. Hal Leona...

This dark and sinister movement from Holst's symphonic masterpiece The Planets continues to thrill audiences and performers alike. Hal Leonard's innovative Flex-Band series is designed to provide exci...

The centerpiece of this work for band is the memorable Appalachian folk hymn Down to the River to Pray, which was featured in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? Interspersed with this melody is...

Written entirely in one tempo, but with the meter alternating between 4/4 and 6/8 throughout, Richard Saucedo creates an ingenious effect of pulsating motion along with layers of textures and sounds....

This arrangement for flexible instrumentation is a setting of three traditional Czech melodies displaying a wide range of moods and styles. Includes: Walking at Night; Meadows Green and Spring, The Ma...

Named for the uninhabited island off the North Carolina coast where wild horses still roam, this energetic original features a distinctive western flavor. This version is written with flexible instrum...

Named for the uninhabited island off the North Carolina coast where wild horses still roam, this energetic original features a distinctive western flavor. This version is written with flexible instrum...

One of the march master's most popular and tuneful works, here is this Sousa classic in an impressive arrangement playable with virtually any combination of instruments.

Based on the familiar Celtic folk tune Shaker Song, here is an exciting arrangement of the main theme from the stage production 'The Lord of the Dance' playable with just about any combination of inst...

Originally recorded by Louis Prima, but also a bit hit for the Brian Setzer Orchestra, this hoppin' tune epitomizes the energetic 'jump swing' style.

Featuring distinctive sounds from the Renaissance period, here is an attractive suite of three dances skillfully scored for young bands. The stately Allemande uses full band passages alternating with...

We Meet Again is a regal overture for developing bands that evolves from a powerful fanfare into a fugue-like allegro section that builds to glorious ending. This concise concert opener will excite yo...

This distinctive main theme from the blockbuster movie Avatar is skillfully captured here in a version for flexible instrumentation.

Paying tribute to the storied F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighter (known to pilots as the 'Viper' and flown by the USAF Thunderbirds) this unique and fresh-sounding overture from Jay Bocook is characteri...

The Native American Cree tribe refer to the aurora borealis (or 'northern lights') as the 'dance of the spirits. ' Using a variety of unusual sounds and effects, quickly changing textures and surprise...

The Christmas Song ist 'der' amerikanische Weihnachtssongs schlechthin und auch hierzulande bekannt und beliebt. Micheal Sweeneys fließendes Arrangement mit einer variablen Instrumentierung zeichnet s...

Commissioned by the Grassfield High School Band in Chesapeake, Virginia, and dedicated to the graduating class of 2011, the title and nature of this work reference the various pathways chosen, and tho...

John Barnes Chance composed his landmark work for band, Incantation and Dance, in 1960 while in residence at the high school in Greensboro, North Carolina. Commissioned by the Union County (NC) Honor...

From the wildly popular animated TV series Family Guy comes this swingin' theme. Scored with flexible instrumentation in the style of a Las Vegas show band, this is sure to be a hit with all audiences...

Dieses beeindruckende Eröffnungswerk trägt mit einer durchgehenden rhythmischen Vitalität, frischen Harmonien und einer ausgereiften Orchestrierung die charakteristische Handschrift des Komponisten. K...