Kendor Music

This collection of nine 2-mallet keyboard percussion duets for grade 2-4 players contains three tunes at each level, and most are playable on any combination of mallet instruments. Each piece focuses...

This laid back Bossa/Rock style melody will have your young musicians cruising while getting their Smooth Jazz chops up!

This laid back Bossa/Rock style melody will have your young musicians cruising while getting their Smooth Jazz chops up!

This laid back Bossa/Rock style melody will have your young musicians cruising while getting their Smooth Jazz chops up!

This laid back Bossa/Rock style melody will have your young musicians cruising while getting their Smooth Jazz chops up!

This laid back Bossa/Rock style melody will have your young musicians cruising while getting their Smooth Jazz chops up!

Written to coincide with Shelly Berg's successful Chop-Monster jazz language tutor, the sax duet writing in this blues original pays tribute to legendary big band writer Billy May. Saxes should strive...

Inspired by the music of the great Count Basie Orchestra, this is a perfect vehicle for teaching the swing idiom. It features a riff-based tune, lots of full ensemble work, and blues changes. Sample w...

Here is a great easy level chart for teaching the swing idiom to young players. With an abundance of basic swing figures and articulations, a strong melody, and solid ensemble writing, this chart has...

Emulating the music of Bob Brookmeyer, Maria Schneider and Gil Evans, this creative original opens with a haunting melody played by solo flugelhorn before the burning swing groove kicks in. Solo choru...

Commissioned by the Jazz Division of the Illinois Music Educators Association for the 2012 Illinois All State Jazz Ensemble, this is Chris Madsen's first chart for Doug Beach Music. A great change of...

This beautiful folkish chart in an even-eighth note ECM style features diatonic melodies over lush chord voicings. The tenor and piano solo can be played as written or ad lib. A guitar chord chart by...

Following up on the popularity of the composer's baseball-inspired big band chart, Double Play, this shuffle opens with an ad lib solo for piano and grooves from start to finish. A stop-time section g...

The swingin' unison vocal featuring all wind players is the definite highlight in this easy-level vintage arrangement of 1955! Both before and after that rousing chorus, sax and brass solis and strong...

Even though this new composition from Matt Arnett is very easy, you and your group will find some wonderful musical moments to explore. Hauntingly beautiful, this reflective piece would be an excellen...

This fun, grade 1 arrangement of the classic American song by Joseph Winner features everyone on the melody. Cello and Bass are doubled throughout, and Viola is always doubled with either 2nd Violin o...

This exciting piece for grade 1+ groups in the key of E minor is perfect for concert or festival performances. The melodies are spread throughout all sections giving everyone a chance to shine. This f...

This fun tune evokes classic spy dramas, full of intrigue and mystery with just a few easy sixteenth notes and accidentals along the way. Quick pizzicato, ties, and off-beat rhythms provide a challeng...

This multi-faceted musical canvas presents a number of signature themes and moods that can portray specific characters and scenes invented by your students during rehearsals. It includes popular compo...

Your very young beginners will easily 'ketchup' to your older students in no time when they master this fun piece. Featuring easy step-wise motion and unison rhythms throughout, it offers an optional...

This epic piece depicts the legendary monster Leviathan, ancient scourge of the seas. The fearsome creature is depicted in E dorian, featuring familiar bow rhythms supporting a melody that is passed a...

Everybody gets to dig in and play in this energetic and spiritous grade 2 piece. Written by cousins Joel & Andy Masters, the fast-paced melodic passages and supporting material are featured in every i...

Both serenity and eager anticipation of a day on the Appalachian Trail are reflected in this piece. Based on the old Appalachian ballad/fiddle tune 'Bonny James Campbell', each orchestra section enjoy...

Featuring 10 full-length performance works by John Caponegro, Elliot Del Borgo, Frank Halferty, Robert Frost and Stephen Wieloszynski, the diversity of this collection covers a wide range of moods and...