Young Band

Performer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 24). Here is one of the most enduring hymns ever written. In the skilled hands of Paul Lavender, this is a great sounding piece for beginning groups. Scored...

Featuring a dynamic yet easy melody, this powerful piece for first year-players will sound great with limited rehearsal time and help give your students confidence. Every section of the band has inter...

Featuring a dynamic yet easy melody, this powerful piece for first year-players will sound great with limited rehearsal time and help give your students confidence. Every section of the band has inter...

Over the past few years I must have read Goodnight Moon to my son a thousand times - maybe more. Somewhere around reading number 500, I began hearing little musical fragments as I read, and over time...

Panther Rising was composed in celebration of a new school whose mascot is the Panther. Skillfully designed for first-year players, this driving and energetic piece features an intense attitude with i...

This descriptive work for first-year players pays tribute to all those affected by the devastation created by Hurricane Florence in 2018 as it swept through the Carolinas. The dark mood combined with...

In a cinematic, swashbuckling style, Smugglers' Cove relives an adventure on the high seas aboard a buccaneer ship as it sails into a secret cove on a mission of hidden treasure!

In a cinematic, swashbuckling style, Smugglers' Cove relives an adventure on the high seas aboard a buccaneer ship as it sails into a secret cove on a mission of hidden treasure!

Score and Parts includes 40 choral octavos. Grammy Award-winning American composer Eric Whitacre's symphonic work Deep Field was inspired by the world's most famous space observatory, the Hubble Space...

Although usually calm and peaceful, the moose can also be fast and aggressive, and is most certainly a cool beast! With an industrial rock feel, Cool Moose features simple tutti rhythms and lots of fu...

Arranged here for first- year players, this stirring patriotic tune from early American features a strong melody and energetic drive. Sure to be come a standard for beginning bands, this version is sk...

Featuring snare drum and flutes at the start Farandole (traditional French dance) is sure to be a fun piece for your beginning students. The catchy melody is passed around to each section of the band,...

Here is a solid teaching piece for beginning bands featuring an infectious rhythmic groove and a contemporary Latin feel. The tuneful melody is passed around to all sections, and the percussion sectio...

Composed for first- year players, Michael's attractive easy march gives every section of the band something interesting to play, and includes a nice variety in scoring and dynamic contrasts. A perfect...

Looking at a perfectly still body of water, images appear right side up and upside down at the same time. The Magic Mirror creates this illusion with upper and lower instrument groups moving in contra...

A new arrangement of the Whitacre classic created during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of The Creative Repertoire Initiative. Arranged with maximum flexibility in mind, the work can be performed by an...

Imagine a slightly confused cobbler and his workshop of curious tools and gadgets. Michael Oare's descriptive and clever work for beginning bands features a tuneful melody and special effects in the p...

With nothing faster than a quarter note (except 8ths in percussion) this terrific piece for first-year players features a noble and stately style with enough variety in scoring to provide a rewarding...

Written with a festive flair and tuneful melody, here is a marvelous holiday piece for beginning players. Featuring modest ranges and easy rhythms, this is quick to learn and fun to play. 8th notes ar...

Scored for beginning players, Endless Skies evokes a sense of boundless wonder of the open skies that stretch above us. Combining bold statements, contrasting lyric melodies, and dynamic impact points...

One of the most recognizable college songs ever to be played on a gridiron, this rousing march will add a few notches of adrenaline to any performance. Paul has created a very easy-to-play version wit...

Here's a wonderful easy march that features the clarinet section. Fun to play and easy to learn. This composition is dedicated to our friend Linda Petersen - editor, author, teacher, colleague, and ti...

In diesem Stück für Anfängerorchester folgt ein melodiöser Marsch einer prachtvollen Fanfare. Auch in auf diesem niedrigen Niveau ist es Michael Oare gelungen, für eine abwechslungsreiche Instrumentie...

Pay tribute to your veterans any time throughout the year with this easy march from Michael Oare. Even at this easy level there is a good variety of scoring, including a brief percussion break and mel...

Pay tribute to your veterans any time throughout the year with this easy march from Michael Oare. Even at this easy level there is a good variety of scoring, including a brief percussion break and mel...