Christmas Concert Works for Band

On July 2, 2011, the waltz 'And The Waltz Goes On ...', composed by Hopkins 50 years ago (1954), was premiered by André Rieu with the Johann Strauss Orchestra at the Belvedere Palace in Vienna.

If there ever was a melody that instantly identified the holiday season, this is it! Each year the sounds of Sleigh Ride surround us in recorded format and in live sound in almost every venue and on a...

This Christmas song by John Lennon is known the world over. This arrangement by Donal Furlano, easy to perform and excellent in its effect, is Printed in Card Size. At the end, there is provision for...

Nigel Hess's bustling 6-minute work, A Christmas Overture, is an exciting new addition to the Christmas repertoire and a must for opening any seasonal concert. Originally commissioned for orchestra by...

Columbus is a brilliant and dynamic overture with a gentle, melodic middle section. The composer was inspired by the European space laboratory Columbus, which is part of the International Space Statio...

Fascination Fanfare - a hymn to passion, fascination and generations of music lovers! This dynamic fanfare is a rousing work full of catchy melodies and fascinating sounds. The opening work and the si...

Here is a follow-up to the popular Concert Favorites, Volume 1 that features even more terrific easy works for beginning bands. Perfect for groups with limited rehearsal time, this collection is also...

A major work for advanced bands that utilizes the full resources of the modern concert band/wind ensemble. Solos for flute, alto sax, oboe, euphonium, horn, and trumpet. Vast dynamic contrasts as it b...

Travel to the unknown in Lucid Dreams, an exciting work based on a five-note melodic idea that can't quite make up its harmonic mind. Adrian B. Sims takes the listener through musical hallucinations,...

With its height of 4, 808 metres, Mont-Blanc is called ?the roof of Europe?. This wonderful work was inspired by ?the roof of Europe? with its luminous and huge glaciers. Telling the story of a set of...

Austrian composer Otto M. Schwarz was asked to write an encore piece with which the band could really show off. Featuring all the sections of the band in turn, accompanied by a driving funky rhythm, L...

Jacob de Haan was commissioned to compose this concert piece by the 'St. Peters Wind Symphony' from Brisbane, Australia. 'Ross Roy' is the monumental late 19th century villa where St. Peters Lutheran...

Pacific Dreams describes the experience of Miguel, a traveling composer from Spain who, feeling somewhat alienated from his homeland, is wandering through an area of Sydney known as The Rocks. At a sm...

Golden Peak is a concert piece that takes us deep into the world of volcanoes of the Auvergne in central France. They are dormant volcanoes whose origins date back from 7, 000 to over 65 million years...

Queen Cleopatra ruled Egypt for over 20 years. She is one of antiquity's best-known women, in particular because of her relationships with Julius Caesar and, above all, Mark-Anthony, but also because...

This familiar aria from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi is scored to feature solo tuba or euphonium. Gorgeous, lyric lines meld with a simple, warm background... an unforgettable arrangement. The wind...

Concert march written in the traditional manner, with beautiful trio part.

The 'Elisabeth Serenade' is one of the best known works by the British composer of Ronald Binge. It was used as a signature tune for a popular BBC radio program. The 'Elisabeth Serenade' exudes a joyf...

Pflichtstück der Höchststufe (Kategorie 5) für 2013/2014 in Bayern - Der junge deutsche Komponist Thiemo Kraas (-1984) widmet sich in seiner Komposition 'Arcus' dem Naturphänomen des Regenbogens. In e...

Das Werk "Dream" der jungen österreichischen Komponistin Dana Schraml lässt uns in eine Welt voller verschiedenster Träume eintauchen. Die große Freude, den Mut und vor allem die Dinge, die im Wachzus...

Zeitgeist - changes - departure to new shores... ...are catchwords that we often encounter these days. Especially in times of digitalization it is important to face changes positively and to be able t...

Ice ages, warm periods, impacts by asteroids - the climate on our planet has always been changing. The difference to the past is that the change since the industrial revolution is now increasingly cau...