LudwigMasters Beginning Band

Replete with the stark harmonies and driving rhythms young players love, Odyssey can invoke images of an epic journey. It can also be one of your most effective teaching tools along the epic journey f...

Experienced educator Doug Bradley gives us another tool for building bands and band programs. Exciting music, engaging rhythms and enthralled audiences are just a part of the package…the cowbell makes...

The most teachable point in this early band masterpiece by Terry White lies in the realm of dynamics. Some range elements make The Beauty of Their Dreams more suitable for the middle or end of the fir...

Only Karl King expert Gene Milford could make this classic believable at the beginning level. It has the melody and style captured admirably, yet with expertly adjusted ranges and simplified rhythms....

Borodin's most famous melody is here made accessible to younger players. Aric Branchfield's arrangement of Polovtsian Dance retains the stunning beauty of the original without overt technical demands....

Borodin's most famous melody is here made accessible to younger players. Aric Branchfield's arrangement of Polovtsian Dance retains the stunning beauty of the original without overt technical demands....

Only an expert on Karl King could make this classic believable at the beginning level. It has the melody and style captured admirably, yet with expertly adjusted ranges and simplified rhythms. Don't m...

This famous melody of St. Anthony Chorale has been attributed to Haydn, but there is doubt as to whether or not he was the composer or simply quoted an older theme taken from an unknown source. Whatev...

The most teachable point in this early band masterpiece by Terry White lies in the realm of dynamics. Some range elements make The Beauty of Their Dreams more suitable for the middle or end of the fir...

The most teachable point in this early band masterpiece by Terry White lies in the realm of dynamics. Some range elements make The Beauty of Their Dreams more suitable for the middle or end of the fir...

Beyond the Castle Walls is the type of work that students love to play; bold, rhythmic, and full-sounding. Teaching points abound, yet none are overly difficult. Instead, they are natural steps in the...

Beyond the Castle Walls is the type of work that students love to play; bold, rhythmic, and full-sounding. Teaching points abound, yet none are overly difficult. Instead, they are natural steps in the...

Here is a grand adventure to place before your students, replete with encounters with fanciful and imaginative creatures. Let their imaginations soar freely as they investigate this wondrous new terri...

Here is a grand adventure to place before your students, replete with encounters with fanciful and imaginative creatures. Let their imaginations soar freely as they investigate this wondrous new terri...

The Fire of Freedom by Aric Branchfield is inspirational work that honors the fire for freedom that burns inside mankind and honors the sacrifices made to achieve this lofty goal. (2:00)

The Fire of Freedom by Aric Branchfield is inspirational work that honors the fire for freedom that burns inside mankind and honors the sacrifices made to achieve this lofty goal. (2:00)

Creating whale sounds will be the most challenging---and most enjoyable---part of the experience of Leviathan by Clarence E. Barber. There are many options from playing pre-recorded sounds to the most...

Creating whale sounds will be the most challenging---and most enjoyable---part of the experience of Leviathan by Clarence E. Barber. There are many options from playing pre-recorded sounds to the most...

If you've got a large percussion group, you'll be able to keep them all busy without drowning out the rest of the band with this Dan Adams tour de force. Some traditional percussion instruments are us...

If you've got a large percussion group, you'll be able to keep them all busy without drowning out the rest of the band with this Dan Adams tour de force. Some traditional percussion instruments are us...

The work is "in your face" from the beginning and in a minor key that students love. It requires a good low brass class but ranges are grade-appropriate throughout.

A march with a few triple meter measures thrown in, Robotz features some percussion, has only 1 clarinet part, and only 9 measures of divisi in the trumpets, and neither part goes above B flat or belo...

This aggressive, driving work lies within an octave for all instruments. Its dark sound appeals to young players and allows them to sound more mature than their experience.

The work is "in your face" from the beginning and in a minor key that students love. It requires a good low brass class but ranges are grade-appropriate throughout.

A march with a few triple meter measures thrown in, Robotz features some percussion, has only 1 clarinet part, and only 9 measures of divisi in the trumpets, and neither part goes above B flat or belo...