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The music for a MUSICAL OFFERING was conceived as a result of the untimely death of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, though the work lay dormant for many years until Mr. Nelhybel heard the U.S. Air...

This lovely composition, which focuses on legato playing from all sections reminds us of the warm lazy days of another era. Technically not demanding, this will allow you to focus on your band's tone...

This arrangement of the STAR SPANGLED BANNER for intermediate band was created with a deeper educational goal in mind. The score and all parts include educational supplements and assessments (EDU-PAKs...

Complex rhythms with fairly extreme ranges of this composition will challenge ensembles of any level. (The Instrumentalist, May 2003)

Let your young percussionists take a leading role with this overture for young groups. Percussion is featured throughout with standard instrumentation. Woodwinds and brass parts contain limited techni...

STAR VOYAGE is a dramatic overture for young band - a voyage to the vast expanses of interstellar space. This is excellent material for your next concert or festival that also provides great training...

This is a piece to consider for that lyric number in your concerts. The old American hymn How Firm a Foundation is presented in a effective straightforward setting that enhances its natural beauty. Pr...

Scored to help your band achieve a full, mature sound. Unison low brass and woodwinds will help provide the confidence and support young players need. Toss in a few non-traditional percussion instrume...

Looking for a different style march for your next concert or contest? Moonmarch will fill the bill. In C minor, with limited range and technical demands but tuneful melodies and great percussion, this...

African Dance Song is based on a drum song and dance style called Bo Bo Bo, which is native to Ghana. Beginning with a two bar repeated pattern for congas, the composer adds layers of additional percu...

Mark Fabio gives life to youthful imagination in this carefully crafted original work. The sonorities will take your audience to a place of magic and excitement, allowing them to soar on a carpet over...

This colorful, programatic work uses lots of percussion effects to recreate the sounds of a professional race car circuit, only with go carts! Engines start. The starters' pistol begins the race. The...

A pleasant rendition of a tango for grade 1 band. Once the students have clapped the opening unison rhythm, they will be amazed at how easily it translates to the horn, making this a very fun piece to...

This march was commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the Arizona Band and Orchestra Director's Association (ABODA). You will need good trombones and low brass to give a successful performance of wh...

This march was commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the Arizona Band and Orchestra Director's Association (ABODA). You will need good trombones and low brass to give a successful performance of wh...

Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and The Wassail Song. Using only rhythms up to quarter notes in the winds, this is very accessible music which will show your band at its best.

Triple Treat was first available for trumpet trio and flute trio. It is now available for clarinet trio, and sax trio. It is scored for 3 alto saxophones with an optional tenor sax part for the 3rd al...

Three short separate pieces are included, each evoking a scene in nature. First, "A Scenic Vista" which is lyrical with moving harmonies and some interesting dissonances. Next we picture "A Woodland S...

Colors and music are both adept at depicting or suggesting moods. Blue can be cool, melancholy, or peaceful, and is portrayed musically in this work as lyrical and contemplative. Yellow is bright, hap...

This beautiful song is used as a popular hymn tune in many churches, but its roots are in folk song rather than sacred music. It begins with a statement of theme in 9/8 meter in Bb major, with movemen...

This flute trio is fun to play. It is not as difficult as it looks because the fingerings and rhythms lie well for the flute, meaning that if the players are competent, they can take a fast tempo and...

Folk songs are a wonderful source for of music to arrange for small ensembles, proven by the selection of these 4 familiar Irish tunes - The Irish Minstrel Boy, Wearing of the Green, Molly Malone (oft...

Three Miniatures was composed to fill the need for short, playable flute ensembles. The work still manages to provide opportunity to work on tone, phrasing, musicality, articulation, technique, and en...

This is an original composition with the melodies constructed in the style of a traditional Baroque minuet, but harmonized in a much later style. The quartet begins in E-flat major and switches to A-f...