Brian Balmages Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Based on "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" - Traditional Inspired by Trans-Siberian Orchestra, this energetic arrangement of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen includes an easy drum set part that really kicks...

Exploring mature harmonies while a single note lingers throughout the entire work, this powerful piece will leave you breathless. Orchestrated for strings and piano, the music moves through a series o...

Energize your students and audience with this powerful and dynamic work. Opening in rhythmic unison, the piece quickly projects blocks of sound and a flurry of rhythmic activity. The music comes acros...

Inspired by pure joy, this work explores uplifting and lighthearted emotions. The music has a constant rhythmic pulse that gently interacts with graceful melodic lines and countermelodies. Engaging ha...

Many fictional works portray the moon as a living being, alone in space looking at the Earth. This lullaby honors this "living moon," portraying various emotions including the loneliness of seeing us...

For the very youngest musicians, this highly energetic piece does not use any eighth notes, is based on a one-octave D Major scale, and uses mostly stepwise motion throughout. Almost all string crossi...

This emotional and reflective work paints a stunning picture of the holiday season as seen through the eyes of a homeless person on a street corner. The music relies heavily on a juxtaposition of the...

Enhance your warm-up and develop stellar intonation with this thoughtful set of 10 intonation studies and chorales. Designed to help students hear harmony in a logical and progressive way, exercises i...

This aggressive mixed-meter work relies heavily on pulse and the mixed placement of accents to create exceptional momentum. The composer makes extensive use of simple double stops to create big layers...

An emotionally charged and personal work. Written to simultaneously depict the journey of graduating seniors with the composer's own journey to the other side of the world without his family, the musi...

Pay it forward with this message of hope, joy and beauty. Inspired by a sidewalk chalk message, the uplifting music reminds us that we each bring something unique and valuable to the world. Simple tim...

This powerful, heartfelt work pays tribute to a student gone too soon, who left behind a melody he composed as part of a class project. Balmages takes this melody and develops it into a full-blown fan...

Persistence, dedication, intention and drive. Exploring the dynamics of human resiliency, this aggressive work relies on driving rhythmic elements, stately melodic lines and intense harmonic moments....

An imagined soundtrack to a high-stakes game of espionage... The music drifts between episodes of intense dissonance and brief moments of calm, allowing you to catch your breath before the chase conti...