Schirmer Concert Band

Arranged for concert band (grades 4-5) by Chuck Sayre.

This master work in orchestral literature has been expertly adapted for standard concert band instrumentation by Johnnie Vinson. This edition offers skillful cuts and simplifications while maintaining...

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.

Grades 4-5

Arranged for Concert Band by Jack Stamp.

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.

Michael Valenti's Grand Waltz From Lola Montez. Score for Concert Band.

G. Schirmer Concert Band - Grade 3-5 Samuel Barber's landmark 1948 piece for soprano and orchestra, a setting of poetic, nostalgic prose by James Agee, has been transcribed for soprano and concert ban...

Samuel Barber's landmark 1948 piece for soprano and orchestra, a setting of poetic, nostalgic prose by James Agee, has been transcribed for soprano and concert band in this new edition, making it acce...

Grades 4-5

Taken from Ellington's renowned suite Black, Brown and Beige, the song 'Come Sunday' has become an acknowledged standard in its own right. With lush scoring and beautiful harmonies, here is a marvelou...