Belwin Beginning Band Series

This composition incorporates a cherished theme from a time when simple values provided guidance for life's challenges. The colorful scoring and frequent shifting of themes among all parts make it fun...

This composition incorporates a cherished theme from a time when simple values provided guidance for life's challenges. The colorful scoring and frequent shifting of themes among all parts make it fun...

This bouncy and energetic traditional folk tune is popular in Brazil year-round, while closely associated with the Carnaval celebration leading to Ash Wednesday. A charming familiar tune with a deligh...

Based on Alexander Dumas' adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffman's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, the ballet premiered in December of 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Tchaikovsky selected eight piece...

Here's a fantasia for beginning band based on the English folk song 'Scarborough Fair.' This beautiful melody is passed around to all instruments in this contemporary and expressive setting that is ce...

The third movement of Opus 34 (Three Festival Choruses), which Gustav Holst penned in 1916, was originally scored for chorus with piano, orchestra, or military band. The easily recognized melody is a...

Cast in G minor, this compelling original work contains all the anticipated components with a musical depiction of circling the prey and the strike. The effects are complete with the use of vivid dyna...

The tongue-in-cheek title gives a hint to an upbeat original composition that sets the stage to feature the antics of a unique glissando-anxious section. With an exotic flavor and the ability to engag...

A 19th-century British folk song found throughout England as well as Canada and the United States, the melody is most known as the basis of the last movement of Percy Grainger's masterwork, Lincolnshi...

Boldly ring in the season with this fresh treatment of a holiday favorite. Easy to prepare with rhythms and notes learned in the first year. Hang the stockings and rock out with St. Nick! (1:45)

Based on a mid-1800s folk tale from 'No Man's Land' in Texas, this engaging original composition captures the imagination, depicting sinister livestock rustling and even a little horse thievery. This...

Enjoy the rich sand of the desert as it moves across the Sahara, sing to the wind, and inspire our creativity. This energetic and adventurous composition is a perfect musical exploration of another cu...

Open or close your holiday concert with this fanfare setting of two holiday favorites that include, 'Angels We Have Heard on High' and 'Joy to the World.' Lively and cheerful, it's a delightful way to...

A charismatic, easy-to-prepare piece for your beginners becomes pure entertainment for your audience, incorporating some naughty yet prominent guest soloists. Share our recording with your prospective...

Incorporating 'Deck the Halls' and 'Jolly Old Saint Nicholas' with a hat tip to 'Jingle Bells,' this beginning medley helps teach basic swing style. It never feels like Christmas until the music start...

The rich Holst concert band heritage is presented for your beginners with three cherished themes from both his military band suites and the march from A Moorside Suite. Enhanced with teaching opportun...

Romantic and nationalistic Czech composer Antonín Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 was influenced by his research on the tonality and rhythms of Native-American and African-American music. Introduce this maste...

This piece dates back to 19th-century Cornwall County in southwest England, and the lyrics most associated with this melody are similar to the text of 'The Holly and the Ivy.' This arrangement of the...

Literally translated to 'American peace,' this musical journey celebrates the many positive things that America stands for: freedom, liberty, democracy, opportunity, and the pursuit of happiness. All...

Traditional holiday street parades in the Bahamas are characterized with colorful costumes and energetic music. Straight forward and charismatic, this arrangement presents few musical challenges and t...

Just as the title suggests, this piece is a musical depiction of wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos. Complete with hammered brake drum, the piece is a real attention-getter. Out of...

Ready to take your beginning ensemble to the next level of performance? With a Spanish flavor, Fandango Festival, by Victor López, is a classic march alternative cast in 3/4 and a full FLEX orchestrat...

Ready to take your beginning ensemble to the next level of performance? With a Spanish flavor, Fandango Festival, by Victor López, is a classic march alternative cast in 3/4 and a full FLEX orchestrat...

Ready to take your beginning ensemble to the next level of performance? With a Spanish flavor, Fandango Festival, by Victor López, is a classic march alternative cast in 3/4 and a full FLEX orchestrat...

Mix some patriotic melodies with today's rhythms AND the sounds of the blues and you get one heck of a winning combination. You'll recognize the skills and humor of Sandy Feldstein in this easy-to-pla...