Schirmer Concert Band

Originally written for piano by Dmitri Kabalevsky, here is a marvelous collection of settings for band in contrasting styles. 'Dance' is written in a moderate tempo and features a trumpet melody and a...

Kabalevsky's famous melody from The Comedians may be short in duration, but it is packed with humor and excitement. Carefully adapted for younger bands by Paul Jennings, this one will be a joy to rehe...

Taking this familiar holiday melody, Michael Brown has created an impressive arrangement for young players. Opening with the simple melody stated in flutes and vibes, the setting then blossoms with fu...

Based on Samuel Barber's Overture to the School for Scandal, wind band craftsman Richard Saucedo takes the distinctive and haunting lyrical theme and weaves it into a varied and rewarding concert sett...

This is sure to be one of those orchestral transcriptions that finds a permanent place in the realm of concert band literature. Holst's ability to develop and explore folk melodies with rich, lyrical...

In this unique adaptation of Prokofiev's most recognizable work, James Curnow has made the traditional narrator optional for concert performances. Impeccably scored in a playable setting. (Grade 3)

Magnificent work from Karel Husa written in honor of Bedrich Smetana. Demanding for all sections, the work begins quietly and quickly builds to open a concert with intensity and grandeur. Grades 4-5.

The Suite for Variety Orchestra, No. 1 (1956) is a work by Dmitri Shostakovich in eight movements that draw from the composer's earlier themes. The first of these movements is the delightful 'March' o...

Composer John Harbison writes: 'Rubies is a version of Thelonious Monk's Ruby, My Dear, which he composed while still in his teens. When I was invited by the Seattle Symphony to make a short piece ref...

Composer John Harbison writes: 'Rubies is a version of Thelonious Monk's Ruby, My Dear, which he composed while still in his teens. When I was invited by the Seattle Symphony to make a short piece ref...

Composer John Harbison writes: Rubies is a version of Thelonious Monk's Ruby, My Dear, which he composed while still in his teens. When I was invited by the Seattle Symphony to make a short piece refl...

Composed by Pulitzer Prize winner Aaron Jay Kernis in 1992, his raucous and larger than life New Era Dance was written immediately after the Los Angeles riots and was inspired by the music that blared...

This popular waltz melody from Shostakovich's Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra is well-known throughout the world and often used in TV and films. Here is a well-paced version scored for flexible inst...

Florence Price (1887-1953) is noted as the first African-American female composer of symphonic works, and is only in recent years beginning to receive the recognition so richly deserved. Her Symphony...

Piano reduction.

Carlos Chavez's Sinfonia India, arranged for Concert Band by Frank Erickson.

Aria And Roulade for Concert Band by Norman Dello Joio.

Premiered by the University of Connecticut Wind Ensemble in the presence of President Clinton, Gould's last large work for wind ensemble is a striking mood piece that conveys a melancholic feeling. A...

Written in a romantic/heroic style, this impressive overture from Rossano Galante features sweeping and lush melodies along with brilliant brass fanfares and woodwind flourishes. For the mature ensemb...

Paul Creston was one of the most performed composers of the 1940s and '50s, and his music remains important and relevant today. His unique rhythmic and harmonic style is apparent in Five Little Dances...

Paul Creston was one of the most performed composers of the 1940s and '50s, and his music remains important and relevant today. His unique rhythmic and harmonic style is apparent in Five Little Dances...

Originally commissioned by Google/YouTube for the inaugural YouTube Symphony Orchestra project, this edition represents Academy Award® winner (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambas...

Originally commissioned by Google/YouTube for the inaugural YouTube Symphony Orchestra project, this edition represents Academy Award® winner (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambas...

Originally commissioned by Google/YouTube for the inaugural YouTube Symphony Orchestra project, this edition represents Academy Award winner (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambass...

Composed as a tender tribute to a lost friend, this was not meant to be a mournful piece, but rather a joyous remembrance of a life ended too soon. The work features two primary themes that ebb and fl...