Grand Mesa Music

Based on a French-Canadian carol, this lush, expertly scored work would be perfect to include on a winter holiday concert. Includes an optional hand drum part.

The traditional Irish melody 'Denis Murphy' is used as the basis for this rollicking 'Irish Fiddle' tune that features melodies for all instruments. Other techniques explored in this very playable arr...

La Paloma is a popular Spanish song that was written by Sebastian Yradier after he visited Cuba. The song is written in the musical style of an Habanera, which combines Cuban rhythms with traditional...

This arrangement was written to celebrate a popular Latin American Carol, 'Los Peces en el Rio', translated as, 'Fish in the River.' In a nutshell, the song is about fish in a river that swim by Mary,...

Let your students show off their very best lyrical playing using this gorgeous arrangement of a traditional Scottish love song. Parts for all instruments have melodic interest as the melody flows thro...

Searching for the right sounds to capture the feel of the undead creeping ever closer, the composer has incorporated a variety of non-traditional string techniques, including playing behind the bridge...

This is a moving arrangement of the English Christmas Carol that dates back to the 16th Century. The Coventry Carol contains one of the best known examples of the use of a Picardy Third, using a major...

This piece opens with a lovely setting of the song 'Rock of Ages'. Next, the arranger gives us an energetic version of the song 'Hanukah'. A brief transition then takes us to 'The Dreidel Song', and t...

Down at the Farm contains two old fiddle tunes: 'The Rakes of Mallow' and 'Red Wing'. Arranger Taylor has let his playful imagination run wild here to create a fun musical environment that has lots of...

For this engaging nautical music journey, the writer has chosen the traditional sea song 'The Drunken Sailor' as a basis for this composition. After a ruggedly rhythmic unison opening statement of thi...

The sentimental lyrics of Auld Lang Syne are based on a Scottish poem by Robert Burns from 1788. The music is a pentatonic Scot folk melody that was probably originally performed at a moderately fast...

This arrangement of O Come, O Come Emmanuel captures a sense of anticipation found in the meaning of this popular carol. Contrasting moods are created shifting between long, sustained playing and more...

The lyrics of this familiar song were by playwright Ben Johnson, who in 1616 wrote a poem called Song to Celia. The music probably dates back to about 1790. Musically, after a brief introduction, the...

A Joyous Hanukkah - These three traditional Hanukkah songs are set in the style of a Western Hoedown as a follow-up to the composer's popular holiday piece for strings, "A Joyous Sleigh Ride". Inspire...

Space Ninja is an energetic piece for young orchestra and percussion. Featuring an accentuated spiccato rhythmic melody, this composition combines Eastern sounds with sonorous American harmonies. It i...

Into the Midnight Forest is a perfect selection for a string orchestra’s first concert! Using only quarter notes and half notes in B minor (relative of D Major), the composition has a “mysterious marc...

La Valentina is a Mexican folk song that is played by many mariachi groups in Mexico and across the United States. La Valentina was written as a tribute to Valentina Ramirez Avitia who fought in the M...

Early in 1781, during the American War for Independence, Colonial General Nathaniel Greene and British General Lord Cornwallis covered over 250 miles across North Carolina with their armies in an atte...

Clarinet, Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone TC, Bass Clarinet or any Bb instrument combination

Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Alto Clarinet or any Eb instrument combination

Trombone Trio; Trombone, Baritone, Tuba, optional Percussion