Ensemble

Beyond the Castle Walls is the type of work that students love to play; bold, rhythmic, and full-sounding. Teaching points abound, yet none are overly difficult. Instead, they are natural steps in the...

Celebration and Ceremonial March was composed by Clarence E. Barber for a consortium of school bands of differing grade levels, so it was constructed with some flexibility in mind. Certain parts may b...

While The Chef Club March was originally published in several different arrangements, all but a handful of orchestral parts have been lost to history. This transcription by Luci Disano seeks to retain...

Here is a grand adventure to place before your students, replete with encounters with fanciful and imaginative creatures. Let their imaginations soar freely as they investigate this wondrous new terri...

The Fire of Freedom by Aric Branchfield is inspirational work that honors the fire for freedom that burns inside mankind and honors the sacrifices made to achieve this lofty goal. (2:00)

The music of George M. Cohan is timelessly American and unsentimentally patriotic. Delighting audiences for years, his works revel in the delight of all that is America. This collection includes "Yank...

The delectable melodies that comprise Invasion of the Unicyclists will please just about everyone. The bright 6/8 meter gives a lilting feel to this traditional, yet highly original, work by Kelly Ben...

Creating whale sounds will be the most challenging---and most enjoyable---part of the experience of Leviathan by Clarence E. Barber. There are many options from playing pre-recorded sounds to the most...

An exciting opener or closer for a second-year concert, Triple Trouble's 12/8 meter is simple and repetitive enough to be easy to play but not boring. Trombones will have to learn long positions for t...

If you've got a large percussion group, you'll be able to keep them all busy without drowning out the rest of the band with this Dan Adams tour de force. Some traditional percussion instruments are us...

Clever and tongue-in-cheek, Bumper Cars infuses people of all ages with the joyful spirit of amusement parks.

Sousa was so enamored of Jerome Kern's tune that he arranged it for his band immediately after it became public. He included excerpts from There Is a Tavern in the Town to gently poke fun at Prohibiti...

The most teachable point in this early band masterpiece by Terry White lies in the realm of dynamics. Some range elements make The Beauty of Their Dreams more suitable for the middle or end of the fir...

An exciting opener or closer for a second-year concert, Triple Trouble's 12/8 meter is simple and repetitive enough to be easy to play but not boring. Trombones will have to learn long positions for t...

Clever and tongue-in-cheek, Bumper Cars infuses people of all ages with the joyful spirit of amusement parks.

This has more familiar melodies than a Saturday Morning cartoon! Delight your audience with this madcap mashup, the perfect way to lighten the concert's mood. Songs included in this medley: The Marine...

A Ragtime-style trombone feature, Mournful Maggie is Karl King's only published trombone novelty (1923). It was composed prior to June 19, 1922, as it was performed at a concert in Council Bluffs, IA...

An American Elegy' is, above all, an expression of hope. It was composed in memory of those who lost their lives at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, and to honor the survivors. It is offered a...

THE SHAKERS The Shakers were a religious sect who splintered from a Quaker community in the mid-1700's in Manchester, England. Known then derisively as 'Shaking Quakers' because of the passionate shak...

Castrum de Dune is an impressive work composed in 2021 on the occasion of the takeover of Dhaun Castle (Rhineland-Palatinate). Originally created as a fanfare and anthem for this ceremonial opening an...

Castrum de Dune is an impressive work composed in 2021 on the occasion of the takeover of Dhaun Castle (Rhineland-Palatinate). Originally created as a fanfare and anthem for this ceremonial opening an...

The five movements of this concerto, each, by design, in a different musical style, and requiring the soloist to perform on the three main soprano bass instruments: Trumpet, Cornet and Fluegelhorn, we...