Concert Band for Beginners

From Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, this movement is one of the master's most recognizable and performed themes. Featured in the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech, here is a skilled and effective vers...

The mission of United Sound, Inc. is to provide musical performance experiences for students with special needs. In this program, each student is mentored by three general education students already i...

Alex Shapiro first brought electroacoustic music - paired with using an everyday object as an instrument - to middle school bands with her 2010 piece, PAPER CUT. Now comes ROCK MUSIC, possibly the ver...

From the 1981 Steven Spielberg classic film Raiders of the Lost Ark, this familiar music by John Williams remains one of the absolute best adventure themes of all time. Here is a great sounding versio...

This exciting overture from Richard Saucedo pays tribute to the distinctive and appealing musical style of classic band composer Caesar Giovannini. Featuring rhythmically dynamic opening and closing s...

Steps Ahead is a new BandQuest work by Michael Gandolfi that takes young players on a journey! Along the way, there are musical/compositional techniques that are intended to educate the performers abo...

The film score for the blockbuster movie Black Panther is as dramatic as the movie itself. Here is a terrific setting of the main themes skillfully arranged for flexible instrumentation. Includes: Anc...

The powerful and evocative music of Gustav Holst remains as relevant today as ever before. From The Planets here is a concise suite of the movements Mars, Venus and Jupiter.

The sweeping and grand scope of Sid Meier's Civilization VI video game is captured beautifully by Christopher Tin's anthem-like composition. This version for flexible instrumentation effectively retai...

Featuring two of the most popular movements from Percy Grainger's cornerstone work for band, this mini suite of Horkstow Grange and The Lost Lady Found is the perfect introduction to Grainger's music...

Featuring two of the most popular movements from Percy Grainger's cornerstone work for band, this mini suite of Horkstow Grange and The Lost Lady Found is the perfect introduction to Grainger's music...

These four contrasting vignettes written in contemporary style greatly enhance your programming options. The colorful movements are: I. First Dream, II. First Fancy, III. Second Dream, and IV. Second...

One of Jay's better festival numbers for young bands. This is a fast-slow-fast trilogy of three well-known traditional tunes: Bonaparte's Retreat, Simple Gifts and The Eighth of January.

Larry Kerchner creates a serene and beautiful moment in this lovely arrangement. Especially appealing for younger bands, this arrangement is scored with only two clarinet parts and two trumpet parts.

Based on We Shall Overcome, this piece speaks of the pathos, struggle, and ultimately, the hope associated with this powerful melody.

This ingenious and appealing arrangement by Jeff Simmons merges The First Noel and Pachelbel's Canon in D.