Young Band

In the late 1980s, I was part of the staff at a summer camp for young musicians. Each camp lasted a week and included both specialized lessons and various group activities for all participants. One of...

In the late 1980s, I was part of the staff at a summer camp for young musicians. Each camp lasted a week and included both specialized lessons and various group activities for all participants. One of...

A straight-ahead rock and roll medley of Up On The Housetop, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, and Jingle Bells. No solos just lots of solid ensemble writing and easy-to-play fun. Your players and audience will...

Expert Level (correlates with Book 2, p. 15) The carol that never seems to grow old, here is an excellent version that will make young bands shine.

Add an international flavor to your next winter concert with Michael Brown's inventive setting of this Nigerian Christmas song. The piece opens with a beautiful slow melody accompanied by an underlyin...

Using a beloved carol as a point of departure, John has crafted a marvelous piece for holiday concerts. Sensitive and lyrical in nature, it also features nice emotional pacing and superb scoring for y...

This cherished classic is scored in 12/8 and provides a superb introduction to triple meter for your young band. A reproducible rhythm worksheet is included with the arrangement that makes the introdu...

A masterwork for concert band and orchestra since 1944, Michael Story has captured the intrigue of Alfred Reed's Russian Christmas Music in this scoring for young band. Using an ancient Russian carol...

Open your holiday concert or use it for a bold conclusion, A Dashing Gallop, by Patrick Roszell, imagines the age-old holiday classic "Jingle Bells" in a quasi-gallop/march style. Ring in the holiday...

Snowdance, by Robert Buckley, is a festive holiday overture for young band. Sparkling with bright, celebratory energy, the piece opens with tuneful melodies and lively rhythms before moving into a mor...

Snowdance, by Robert Buckley, is a festive holiday overture for young band. Sparkling with bright, celebratory energy, the piece opens with tuneful melodies and lively rhythms before moving into a mor...

Snowdance, by Robert Buckley, is a festive holiday overture for young band. Sparkling with bright, celebratory energy, the piece opens with tuneful melodies and lively rhythms before moving into a mor...

A Nutcracker Assortment, arranged by Michael Story, contains six memorable themes from one of Tchaikovsky's greatest works. "The March," "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy," "Waltz of the Flowers," "Dance...

Your audience will leave your Christmas concert in a festive, upbeat mood when you close your program with this tongue-in-cheek Christmas medley. Three famous Sousa marches, Stars and Stripes Forever,...

A mean old Grinch who steals Christmas? Who ever heard of such a thing? From the delightful television program that lights up our television screen (and our holidays) every year comes this nasty villi...

No matter where you live, in the south or the north, the mind's eye sees beautiful, fluffy white snow at holiday time. When audiences want to remember the seasons past, there is just nothing finer tha...

Angels of Christmas is a beautiful and original addition to the holiday repertoire. This lyrical ballad skillfully weaves together fragments from three well-known Christmas carols—Angels We Have Heard...