Curnow Music Press

Kids want to have fun, learn to play their instrument, AND be the STAR! Not surprisingly, beginning band parents want those very same things for their kids. Now all your students can be STARS! They wi...

This dynamic new beginning band overture has James Curnow's own intriguing harmonic signature. It's perfect for concert, festival, or even graduation. Imagine a great ceremony, including a parade, gra...

Sure. To the kids it's about Little Miss Muffet and a surprise visit from her friendly local spider. But to you, the director, it's REALLY about the 'new' note called concert E-natural. Whatever metho...

Sure. To the kids it's about Little Miss Muffet and a surprise visit from her friendly local spider. But to you, the director, it's REALLY about the 'new' note called concert E-natural. Whatever metho...

Away to the Southern land of ice and snow! This one is even easier to put together for the concert than it looks. The repeated nature of each section's easy part of the theme means your Beginning Band...

The perfect arrangement for your Beginning Band's first patriotic performance! There are lots of opportunities for young players to solidify basic skills here. A few easy accidentals, articulations, d...

The perfect arrangement for your Beginning Band's first patriotic performance! There are lots of opportunities for young players to solidify basic skills here. A few easy accidentals, articulations, d...

Enjoy this powerful minor-key march with your young band. It's a great opportunity for the beginning group to experience playing a concert-style march with big, bold themes. Scored so that even a rela...

Your Beginning Band will enjoy this musical joke on their Christmas concert audience. While bits of The Twelve Days of Christmas, O Christmas Tree and Up on the Housetop make up the body of the music,...

The ants come marching in! With Trombone glissandos and numerous Percussion effects, Paul Curnow's Ant Farm is full of surprises. Your beginning band will love performing this furious invasion of the...

Be really ready for your Christmas concert this year. The playability of Timothy Johnson's Christmas Invitation is right on target for your Grade 1 band to perform by December. Based on Oh Come, Littl...

This is an opportunity for you to introduce some great classic melodies to your beginning band. The Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods are represented in creative and accessible ways so that your...

This easy-to-prepare beginning band comedy piece will have the audience rolling in the aisles. Feature that popular principal, custodian, secretary or any other staff or community member who has a lit...

This easy-to-prepare beginning band comedy piece will have the audience rolling in the aisles. Feature that popular principal, custodian, secretary or any other staff or community member who has a lit...

What an excellent way to lift your beginning band up to a higher level of musicianship! This outstanding new work for the beginning band is perfect for that first festival experience or for any concer...

Young band directors are always on the lookout for something new and a little different for the winter concert. Timothy Johnson's new Christmas arrangement for Beginning Bands fits the bill perfectly....

A powerful modal opening brings your concert to life with this new and different opener for young band. Make a statement that will be remembered. Carefully scored to help your young band sound good, t...

Fragments of eight different well-known Christmas carols go into this enjoyable arrangement. See if your audience can name them all. The carols are conveniently arranged so that they can be played at...

Your young band will really be in their own element when they are rocking to the jellybean song! Every section gets to join in on the melody somewhere and the rhythmic reinforcement found within is a...

Three of Abraham Lincoln's favorite melodies serve to bring the sounds of his generation alive for your concert audience. Colorful orchestration combines with imaginative harmony and counterpoint to m...

Follow the historic Rogue River from its headwaters in Oregon to the mighty Pacific! The serenity of the mountain snowmelt gives way to energetic rapids and then to the greater expanse and power of th...

An excellent choice for festival or concert, To the Ends of the Earth is an exciting challenge for your advancing young band. The connection with the major historic event of the first successful excur...

An excellent choice for festival or concert, To the Ends of the Earth is an exciting challenge for your advancing young band. The connection with the major historic event of the first successful excur...

Splendid textures, rhythmic counterpoint and touching melodies combine in this exciting but accessible new work by William Himes. A wide range of musical styles and colors make it a great choice for f...