Advanced Sheet Music for Concert Band

Having made an indelible musical mark with his amazing Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa, and Divertimento for Band, master Hollywood film composer/arranger Ira Hearshen has once again turned to...

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Catcher of Shadows was written in celebration of the work of photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe who lived and worked in the Yorkshire fishing port of Whitby at the end of the 19th and beginning of th...

This band work is based on the composer's opera, The Palace, deriving the composition in rhapsodic form from some of the main themes of the opera. While the score includes many of Sallinen's most infe...

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Cloudcatcher Fells was originally written as a Brass Band work, but was transcribed into the contemporary wind ensemble while remaining true to the original. The title comes from a poem by David Wrigh...

The title of the work refers to the process of constant change that occurs in the music. The opening four note motif provides most of the intervallic and harmonic material. The work is in three main s...

3 FL (Picc); 3 Ob (Cor.Ang); 3 Cl' 3 Bsn; 4 Hn; 3 Tpt; 2 Tbn; B.Tbn; Tuba; Solo Piano; 3 Perc.

Written specially for the Millennium. Typically British in style, this concert overture is beautifully constructed and contains a gorgeous 'trio' melody as well as a section depicting the famous Green...

This work was composed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of flight and is cast in a structure that provides a mini-history of the subject from its first beginning to its one hundred-year achievemen...

This work was originally written for a film about British railways. Josephs did not intend the music to emulate train sound-effects, but rather act as a synthesis of a train journey through the Englis...

'Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Our Saviour from the Cross' takes its form from a work by Haydn. It consists of seven slow movements prefaced by a slow introduction and concluded by a presto m...

Sub-titled Journey of a Highland River it is a descriptive work with thematic material derived from the composer's initials BCEFA. It basically attempts to describe the origins of a Highland river in...

Vizcaya, in common with some other of Vinter's 'lighter' pieces started life as an orchestral work. Always interested in national music of other countries Gilbert wrote an atmospheric piece Fete Basqu...

Cause for Celebration opens with a fanfare-style idea, followed by two quieter ideas before the fanfare returns, the music moving without a break into the celebration proper. The main idea of the Alle...

Via Crucis (commissioned by Dr.Mathew J. George and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble of the University of St.Thomas at St.Paul, Minnesota) was inspired by a work of the same name by Franz Liszt. It describ...

Spending much time in Spain, Ron Wiffin has been drawn towards the exciting Spanish dance rhythms. With this work you can almost feel the dancers swirling around you in the brilliant summer sun! Perfo...

This 'symphonic Tone Poem for Brass, Wind and Percussion' was commissioned by Philip Biggs and Richard Franklin for the 2003 All England Masters Brass Band Championship. The work transfers well to the...

This work is cast in four movements: Introit; Impromptu; Elegy (31.12.04); Finale. (Recorded on QPRM150D, CHIVALRY, Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra) PARTITA FOR CONCERT BAND is cast in...

Since a child, the composer has been fascinated by Latin American rhythms - especially the tango, a dance with strong roots in Argentina. This work attempts to capture much of the darkness, violence,...