Southern Music Company

Solo passages for several instruments make this work stand out from the norm. Nothing is technically difficult, but it requires a bit more sophistication and development from the students.

The 3/4 meter is deceptive. This isn't a waltz! It's a driving, syncopated tour de force that will keep your band on its toes and counting like the dickens! Never a dull moment!

A rose by any other name is still a rose. This work enjoyed at least three different titles after its creation at the beginning of the 20th century. But whatever it was called, it is a delightful exam...

Looking for that traditional but different march? Ted Mesang's Gallantry fits the bill. This arrangement from Alex Hilliard brings instrumentation into line with most current bands without losing the...

This march may be used both for concert programs or as a processional march, with optional cuts and repeated sections.

Strike Up the Band is a 1927 Broadway musical by George and Ira Gershwin, based on a book by George S. Kaufman. Surprisingly, the show proved to be an early failure for the talented Gershwin brothers,...

Each of these 21 etudes for the advancing trombonist is provided first in bass clef and then alto clef to facilitate better understanding of the alto clef.

Holiday Ramracket (Make a Joyful Noise!) is inspired by the old English term describing the noise children make on Christmas morning while jumping and running. This piece encourages many students thro...

Written as a contest solo for the National School Music Compeition Festivals by Grand Prix de Rome winner, Yvonne Desportes, this solo for bass clarinet and piano requires both technical and expressiv...

This lively and fun-to-play rag features and interesting syncopated melody and changing meters.

This arrangement of three songs by Salomone Rossi are a great way to introduce advancing saxophone students to Renaissance writing. Songs included: I. Roses, Lilies, and Violets II. As the Unicorn See...

This transcription of Paganini's famous 'Moto Perpetuo' for violin and orchestra was created for solo clarinets and piano Nicholas Falcone. A version for two clarinets and band accompaniment is also a...

This trio contains three short movements perfect for a group of advancing woodwind players. It is a wonderful selection for recital or contest. Instrumentation: Oboe I (alt. Flute), Oboe II (alt Flute...

This lively piece in a fast triple meter is suitable for recital and contest alike, and features the opportunity for students to contrast the 3-feel in the accompaniment part against frequent 2-feels...

Part of the Andrew Gurwitz Memorial Series of Music for Strings.

This technically challenging piece is perfect for intermediate to intermediate-advanced players to work on more complicated rhythmic patterns in different musical styles and modal scalar motion. Versi...

This series is the first published collection of art songs set to music exclusively by American women of the 20th century. All of the songs have been selected on the basis of poetic choice, strength i...

Well-known Japanese saxophonist, Mr. Masato Kumoi, commissioned this work after hearing the composer's piece Star Ship, asking that she write something new for solo alto saxophone and band that includ...

Also titled 'Der alte Brummbar' (The Old Grumbling Bear). By Julius Fucik, justifiably called the 'Czech March King', this 'polka comique' came to the attention of the editor when he began searching f...

Leroy Anderson's setting of Old MacDonald Had a Farm has little in the way of documentation. It was written for and programmed by the Boston Pops under Arthur Fiedler, but it did not enjoy frequent he...

Based upon two iconic American tunes, Thoughts of America weaves America, the Beautiful and The Star-Spangled Banner into a patriotic pastiche of creativity and originality that is representative of t...

Stirling Castle stands at the gateway to the Highlands of Scotland, and is the home of one of Britain's most famous regiments, the argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in which Major J. H. Howe. Written...

This clarinet choir written by Lucien Cailliet includes optional parts for Ab Sopranino clarinet and Eb contra alto clarinet.

This jazzy, soulful arrangement includes interesting rhythmic and melodic lines for all players.