Heritage of the Concert Band Series

Sousa was so enamored of Jerome Kern's tune that he arranged it for his band immediately after it became public. He included excerpts from There Is a Tavern in the Town to gently poke fun at Prohibiti...

Written for Powell Crosley of the Crosley Radio Corporation, The Crosley March arranged by Loras John Schissel resounds with the zest of Fillmore at his best. It's not easy, but it's worth any time ne...

A lilting 6/8 march from America's best-known musician, Right Left March takes its title from the steps a marching band takes on rests in the Trio. Just to make sure they're all together, the musician...

One of many masterful but little-known works of John Philip Sousa, the overture to The Charlatan is representative of the composer at his melodic peak. This arrangement by Loras John Schissel has dram...

Designated a 'Grand Symphonic March' Occident and Orient is really much more, a tone poem in the manner of Liszt. This is original music for band by one of the giants of French music, an important con...

The Gallant Seventh honors the 107th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard. One of the 'March King's' finest efforts, it contains the traditional 'trumpet and drum' writing associated with...

John Philip Sousa wrote music in a variety of styles and was particularly adept at dance music, which, of course, was the original purpose of the march. The Gliding Girl is a tango, and its relaxed te...

The 'March King' wrote this in honor of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Schissel has prepared this edition for the modern concert band with corrected pitches, unified dynamics, and articulations. A bri...

Barnum and Bailey's Favorite by Karl L. King is considered to be the 'National Anthem' of the circus and has been consistently rated as one of the ten most popular marches ever composed. Expertly edit...

The musical comedy The Yankee Girl (1909) needed a march and Sousa was asked to provide one. The result was one of his most melodic efforts, with wonderful euphonium countermelodies and a great piccol...

In addition to his well known marches, Sousa was also a prominent composer of operettas and musical comedies.  This delightful work was originally written as an opening to the first act of an un-...

The Gallant Seventh honors the 107th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard. One of the 'March King's' finest efforts, it contains the traditional 'trumpet and drum' writing associated with...

John Philip Sousa wrote music in a variety of styles and was particularly adept at dance music, which, of course, was the original purpose of the march. The Gliding Girl is a tango, and its relaxed te...

The 'March King' wrote this in honor of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Schissel has prepared this edition for the modern concert band with corrected pitches, unified dynamics, and articulations. A bri...

Yes, this is the classic work that has been performed and enjoyed by generations of musicians and audiences. Now available with a full score and re-worked parts with manageable page turns, it's now mo...

No one does Sousa better than Schissel! Here is another of his expert contributions to his own 'Heritage of the Concert Band' series, with extended historical notes, modern instrument parts and a full...

A stunning original work by our beloved "March King," America paints a beautiful and exciting picture of the building of a great nation. Complete with clanging steel, burnished axes clearing the fores...

Sousa wrote much more than marches. This particular work arranged by Loras John Schissel is from a suite entitled Camera Studies---Music for an Imaginary Film. It is clearly Sousa but not the Sousa of...

Nathaniel Dett was one of John Philip Sousa's favorite composers, even in a time when racial relations in the United States were less than optimal. Dett's music is filled with melodic charm and harmon...

Sousa wrote much more than marches. This particular work arranged by Loras John Schissel is from a suite entitled Camera Studies - Music for an Imaginary Film. It is clearly Sousa but not the Sousa of...

The title is all the description needed to know the why of Sousa's writing of the march. The why of your performing it is even easier . . . it's a Sousa march, it's not well known, and it should be be...

The musical comedy The Yankee Girl (1909) needed a march and Sousa was asked to provide one. The result was one of his most melodic efforts, with wonderful euphonium countermelodies and a great piccol...

One of the greatest 'screamers' (circus marches) of all time and a favorite of Merle Evans, The Circus Bee, like Fillmore's Rolling Thunder is a real challenge for the low brass. Meticulously edited,...

One of the greatest 'screamers' (circus marches) of all time and a favorite of Merle Evans, The Circus Bee, like Fillmore's Rolling Thunder is a real challenge for the low brass. Meticulously edited,...

A top-drawer march by the king of marches! Loras John Schissel has carefully edited this Sousa gem with extensive rehearsal/performance notes. Written for the British Navy, this march contains the Bri...