Christmas Concert Works for Band

Recorded by the Celtic punk band The Pogues and featuring singer Kirsty MacColl, Fairytale of New York was released in 1987 and has remained an enduring and popular holiday favorite ever since. Compri...

Farmer's Tuba' was written for tuba player Josef Hofer, in 2012. Austrian Composer Martin Scharnagl truly wished to 'tailor' this solo to his friend and bandmate of the ensemble VIERA BLECH. The resul...

This pop hit recorded by Mariah Carey in 1994 continues to be a holiday favorite year after year. Starting with a moderate tempo and lyrical introduction, this very effective arrangement for young ban...

The novel Around the World in Eighty Days by the French author Jules Verne, was first published in 1873. In this story, the Englishman Phileas Fogg sets off for a journey around the world as a result...

The glittering Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights, as they are better known, are depicted in a lushly stated main theme with the full ensemble. It begins in a 4/4 meter and then, like the ever-changin...

From the classic holiday film Home Alone, here is the touching ballad heard throughout John Williams' soundtrack - a refreshing, contemporary sound for your holiday concert.

A collection of 12 international Christmas songs (+ ad lib. percussion, keyboard). Flexible 5-part instrumentation for clarinet ensemble, woodwind ensemble, saxophone ensemble, brass ensemble, fanfare...

The travels of the Aztec people as they headed south through North America looking for a new home, acted as the inspiration for Lake of the Moon. The composition contains small fragments of Oriental m...

The energy-charged work 'On Fire' is the perfect beginning or end of a modern concert part. A fanfare-like introduction is followed by the first chorus, in which the catchy melody is introduced; as it...

Peter Leitner is composer, arranger, trumpeter and singer of the successful Carinthian group 'Fegerländer'. Under the slogan 'Der Blasmusik Schlager' (wind band schlager) the 13 musicians combine Bohe...

Although this composition sounds like it came straight out of the Baroque period, it is actually the first movement of a suite written in 1996 by Karl Jenkins. Instantly recognized as the 'diamond com...

Opening with a stately Intrada, followed by a moving Siciliano, and melodic Scherzo and concluding with the spirited Gigue, this piece by Alfred Reed is excellent for contest and festivals.

The 2017 version of The Year of the Dragon was commissioned by the Siena Wind Orchestra and given its world premiere on June 17th 2017 in Bunkyo Civic Hall, Tokyo, conducted by the composer. The origi...

Here is a very easy arrangement of the classic holiday ballad from Home Alone. This one is easy to learn and will add a nice contemporary touch to your holiday concert.

Perfect for a light holiday or winter concert, this appealing setting of Meredith Willson's familiar song is scored for flexible instrumentation in a medium swing style, and creatively passes the melo...

The Dakota (or Sioux) Indians from the American states of North and South Dakota form the central figures in this composition. The work consists of five movements in which the culture and history of t...

'Last Christmas' is a song by English pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in December 1984 on a double A-side with 'Everything She Wants.' It was written and produced by George Michael, and has be...

This title became known from the Delta Airlines advertising. Sounds unmistakably like world music. Din A4

Rhapsody is not a programmatic work, but one that spontaneously turns into a natural musical journey. André Waignein showcases and explores both the technical prowess and the expressive nature of the...

In Oregon entführt Sie Jacob de Haan auf eine abenteuerliche Zugfahrt durch die faszinierende Landschaft einer der nordwestlichen Staaten Amerikas. Ein langsames Thema in Moll, gepaart mit Variationen...

At last here we have an interesting and quite playable solo concert for the tuba, a too often undervalued wind instrument. This concerto was written for and dedicated to the Portuguese tuba player Adé...

Marche des satyres : The evocation of the satyres is a source of mysteries, at once strange, funny or disturbing ... This march is like a parade where these fascinating creatures would intrigue us as...