Southern Music Band

New flexible ensemble arrangement by Clarence Barber, based on the second edition rescored by the composer, playable on any SSATB combination of woodwind, brass, or string players with optional percus...

This exciting work follows a ride on the TGV, France's bullet train. It opens with the sounds of a French railway station and parallels a journey with various accelerations and speed shifts. (Grade 4)...

Originally commissioned for the celebration of Tennessee's Homecoming '86, Jug Blues & Fat Pickin' is inspired by recordings of the Memphis Jug Band, the most recorded and perhaps most popular of the...

Originally commissioned for the celebration of Tennessee's Homecoming '86, Jug Blues & Fat Pickin' is inspired by recordings of the Memphis Jug Band, the most recorded and perhaps most popular of the...

This is Barnes Symphony #7 and is a brilliant work depicting events of the American Civil War.

Danza Sinfonica is a single movement work for virtuoso band. The flavor of the dance is decidedly from south of the border, and uses all the technical resources of the modern concert band in a work of...

Portsmouth Point is an overture for orchestra by English composer William Walton, composed in 1925. The overture was inspired by a print by Thomas Rowlandson which depicts the colorful life of 18th ce...

Beautiful solo and ensemble playing highlights this lovely folk song treatment from Gene Milford. The work features interesting parts for all players and demonstrates a mastery of concert band sonorit...

Pretty in the way only a good folk song can be, Pretty Saro is a work of beauty for younger and older bands alike. Conservative ranges ensure maximum playability and mastery of intonation. The difficu...

An abridged arrangement makes this famous concerto movement accessible to younger players who have the skills but not the endurance necessary for the entire movement or work. It comes as a solid grade...

Teaching points abound: triple meter, some brief changing meters, Dorian mode, accents, slurs, proper balance and blend, and dotted quarter notes. Ranges are conservative, no rhythm more difficult tha...

Herbert L. Clarke was a legendary composer and musician active in the early part of the 20th century, well-known for his solos for cornet, trombone, euphonium and combinations of brass instruments wit...

Evocative and emotional, Bright Angel Trail is a stunning musical portrait filled with color and interest.

Solo passages for several instruments make this work stand out from the norm. Nothing is technically difficult, but it requires a bit more sophistication and development from the students.

The 3/4 meter is deceptive. This isn't a waltz! It's a driving, syncopated tour de force that will keep your band on its toes and counting like the dickens! Never a dull moment!

A rose by any other name is still a rose. This work enjoyed at least three different titles after its creation at the beginning of the 20th century. But whatever it was called, it is a delightful exam...

Looking for that traditional but different march? Ted Mesang's Gallantry fits the bill. This arrangement from Alex Hilliard brings instrumentation into line with most current bands without losing the...

Strike Up the Band is a 1927 Broadway musical by George and Ira Gershwin, based on a book by George S. Kaufman. Surprisingly, the show proved to be an early failure for the talented Gershwin brothers,...

Well-known Japanese saxophonist, Mr. Masato Kumoi, commissioned this work after hearing the composer's piece Star Ship, asking that she write something new for solo alto saxophone and band that includ...

Leroy Anderson's setting of Old MacDonald Had a Farm has little in the way of documentation. It was written for and programmed by the Boston Pops under Arthur Fiedler, but it did not enjoy frequent he...

Based upon two iconic American tunes, Thoughts of America weaves America, the Beautiful and The Star-Spangled Banner into a patriotic pastiche of creativity and originality that is representative of t...

Take a ride back to a time when many of our most beloved Christmas pop tunes were born and the vinyl record was in its prime! This medley gives a friendly nod to the sounds of those classic recordings...

Written in a quick two, this Show-Style Opener lives up to its title with much of the thematic materials in the opening theme faalling to the brass, while the woodwinds interject flourishes and counte...