Young Band

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).

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,...

The same Piano/Guitar Accompaniment book (W21PG) and Conductor Score (W21F) work for both the original Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method and the new Standard of Excellence ENHANCED Comp...

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...

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...