Christmas Concert Works for Band

Originally written as part of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ English Folk Song Suite, “Sea Songs” has become a standard in classic band literature. Ed Huckeby has maintained all the melodies, harmonies, and...

Originally written as part of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ English Folk Song Suite, “Sea Songs” has become a standard in classic band literature. Ed Huckeby has maintained all the melodies, harmonies, and...

Only cave dwellers have missed the dance frenzy that has taken over the entertainment scene, bringing the classic swing dancing of the '40's right back into American school dances. Groups like Cherry...

This familiar theme from Bizet is adapted for band in this sparkling and authentic setting by Jay Bocook. Featuring bold tutti statements, delicate woodwind lines and a piu mosso to provide a rousing...

This masterful work by Jay Bocook was composed for fellow South Carolinian and highly regarded educator Scott Rush, known for his accomplishments with the nationally acclaimed Wando High School band p...

Tuneful and rhythmic describe the Slavonic Dances by Dvorák, and part of what makes them so immediately appealing. This setting of Slavonic Dance No. 3 alternates between a moderate tempo and faster s...

Franz Joseph Haydn's famous melody from the second movement of his Emperor Quartet (String Quartet, Op. 76) was the basis for the national anthem of Austria for more than a century and is frequently h...

Written in a sophisticated and dynamic style, this work from James Curnow is more impressive sounding than the easy grade level would indicate. Opening with a rhythmic and intense toccata, this theme...

Composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875, music from Peer Gynt was originally incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's five-act play. The beautiful Solveig's Song is from the second orchestral suite later extracte...

Holst composed this short, light-hearted but tuneful work in 1932, while on a visit to the USA, for Nathaniel Shilkret's concert jazz band. He was asked to use a folk tune but invented one of his own....

A jazzy arrangement of the Prokofiev tune, widely identified with the holidays. Cleverly scored by Tom Wallace.

Composed by Mstislav ('Slava') Rostropovich and the National Symphony Orchestra, this exciting, yet brief overture received it's premiere performance in 1977. Constructed using two contrasting themes...

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...