LudwigMasters Beginning Band

Your students bring the sights and sounds of a monster wood rollercoaster into the concert hall in this pleaser from Dan Adams. Keep your hands inside the car at all times, because this is the next be...

With clanks, bangs, clatters, and whistles as building blocks, Andrew Balent has crafted the ideal tool for your young percussionists. Beginning instrumentalists will find a fascinating world of tone...

Brilliantly transcribed for younger players by Aric Branchfield, Holst's timeless melody affords the conductor/teacher with a wealth of teaching opportunity. Inherently beautiful, the work will mesmer...

Shiver me timbers, matey! What a terrific training work for young band and wouldn't you, the conductor, cut a swashbuckling figure in a tri-cornered hat and eye patch with a parrot on your shoulder? (...

Can your band save the world from these eerie invaders from somewhere in outer space? Using only seven notes, some humorous vocal effects, and an easy way to learn about dynamic contrast, this is the...

Cold, biting, incessant -- these are the characteristics of the brutal winds of the Artic region. The bold, invigorating rhythms of this composition trigger images of this wind in the listener's mind...

The forces of nature that come into play over the oceans of the earth are both awe-inspiring and fear-inducing. Yet, they remain oddly benevolent. Thus it is with this forceful work: it sounds difficu...

Replete with the stark harmonies and driving rhythms young players love, the valiant and noble strains will invoke images of an epic journey. A vivid programmatic work that will also be one of your mo...

With a subtitle like "Whatsa That on Your Lip?," you've got to expect some humor. David Martin does not disappoint in this tongue-in-cheek work for young band. The bass line is repetitive yet clever,...

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...

Brilliantly transcribed for younger players by Aric Branchfield, Holst's timeless melody affords the conductor/teacher with a wealth of teaching opportunity. Inherently beautiful, the work will mesmer...

Shiver me timbers, matey! What a terrific training work for young band and wouldn't you, the conductor, cut a swashbuckling figure in a tri-cornered hat and eye patch with a parrot on your shoulder? (...

Can your band save the world from these eerie invaders from somewhere in outer space? Using only seven notes, some humorous vocal effects, and an easy way to learn about dynamic contrast, this is the...

From the pen of Aric Branchfield comes this exotic and exciting work that conveys the drama of the high seas in the days of pirate and buccaneers. It is just the work to capture the imaginations and e...

Cold, biting, incessant -- these are the characteristics of the brutal winds of the Artic region. The bold, invigorating rhythms of this composition trigger images of this wind in the listener's mind...

The forces of nature that come into play over the oceans of the earth are both awe-inspiring and fear-inducing. Yet, they remain oddly benevolent. Thus it is with this forceful work: it sounds difficu...

Sustained, beautiful playing is perhaps the most difficult skill to teach young musicians. That makes a chorale at the grade 1 level a valuable commodity. Conservative ranges, no technical difficultie...

Seldom do young students get to perform music by the master composers. Hymn of Freedom from Brahms' first symphony is an exception. Of sublime beauty, the theme has been arranged by Robert Longfield i...

The spoken word is an excellent tool for teaching rhythm. Combined with an easily mastered musical vocabulary, it can lead a group to an excellent performance now and in the future. Alligator Stomp by...

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....

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...

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 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 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)