Music Works Grade 1

From a song shared by Squamish First Nation artist and performer Bob Baker, comes a unique work shaped by Robert Buckley that will allow your young players to experience the music of one of North Amer...

From a song shared by Squamish First Nation artist and performer Bob Baker, comes a unique work shaped by Robert Buckley that will allow your young players to experience the music of one of North Amer...

From a song shared by Squamish First Nation artist and performer Bob Baker, comes a unique work shaped by Robert Buckley that will allow your young players to experience the music of one of North Amer...

Focusing on a single syncopated pattern, Wind Dances is a terrific teaching piece that also has musical depth and merit. With an energetic drive throughout and active parts for all players, this will...

Focusing on a single syncopated pattern, Wind Dances is a terrific teaching piece that also has musical depth and merit. With an energetic drive throughout and active parts for all players, this will...

The opening Chorale section of this very appealling beginning band piece introduces the theme that is then used in the Canon that follows. Skillfully designed to pass the melody to every section, this...

Based on Mozart's keyboard variations on Ah! Vous Dirai-je, Maman, K. 265, the main theme of this arrangement is also known as Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. The variations are sophisticated yet easy...

This landmark work for beginning groups helped to set the standard for music at this level. Boldly written to include dissonances, varied scoring effects, and driving rhythmic ostinatos, Michael Sween...

Dynamics, phrasing and interpretation are just a few of the concepts you can introduce with this favorite American hymn tune. It is handled with great sensitivity, creating an ideal teaching tool as w...

A Puerto Rican folk carol is the basis for this clever holiday feature that has plenty of Latin percussion and performance options.

This very easy composition by Samuel Hazo was designed specifically to provide beginning players the opportunity to experience a lush and chorale-like setting. With nothing faster than a quarter note,...

One of the most moving melodies ever written is this well-known theme from Holsts 'Jupiter' (from The Planets). Paul Murtha has beautifully adapted this for the beginning level through skillful scorin...

A lush and cinematic work for beginner level bands that creates the perfect vision of a peaceful night sky filled with stars. Whimsical scoring will give your young musicians the perfect opportunity t...

The beauty and majesty that is planet Earth comes to life through soaring fanfares, delicate melodic lines, bold harmonies and colorful orchestrations all while being carefully scored to be accessible...

This incredibly well-written work for beginning players lives up to its title! Your young musicians will absolutelty love this heroic piece that sounds like it was written as the score to a movie abou...

Commissioned by the Cabarrus All-County Middle School Band (Concord, North Carolina), this work was inspired by the composer's Irish heritage and the rich history of Ireland. With three main themes, t...

Composed in the 1700s, this traditional Irish ballad was a lament of homesickness by its author, and is now a tender and beloved melody appearing on countless recordings. Also known as The Wind from t...