Christmas Concert Works for Band

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...

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...

'Anniversary Overture' was commissioned in 1968 as a twenty-first birthday piece for Hong Kong Philharmonic Society, and is a four-minute firework display for orchestra. Within the framework of a two-...

Composed in 1942, here is Aaron Copland's iconic fanfare arranged for flexible instrumentation. Scored a 4th lower than the original, and authorized by the Copland estate, this edition can be performe...

Romantic and nationalistic Czech composer Antonín Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 was influenced by his research on the tonality and rhythms of Native-American and African-American music. Introduce this maste...

This masterful arrangement by Carl Strommen will allow your ensemble to explore 17th- and 18th-century music. The Bourrée is a lively dance of French origin, characteristically played in cut time, wit...

For more than a century, countless audiences have thrilled to the iconic sounds of the tour de force that is George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Three of its five themes have been captured in this ful...

Explore multiple style periods with this clever arrangement that sets Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in the style of a march! The familiar melodies, presented with a creative twist, are sure to make...

This spirited and authentic arrangement of Michael Praetorius's Bourrée from Terpsichore is stunningly accessible to young players as early as their first year of study. Arranger Mekel Rogers has made...

This stunning arrangement of Elgar's well-known ninth variation from the Enigma Variations has been expertly scored by Brant Karrick for the intermediate level. It retains all of the emotion and integ...

Welsh composer Karl Jenkins dedicated his landmark mass The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace to the victims of the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo. More recently it is been associated with remembrances of 9/11. Th...

'Woodwind and percussion players usually are unfamiliar with the antiphonal brass choir tradition. I made this modern, more easily readable version of Bonelli's classic 1600 Toccata for flexible wind...

Woodwind and percussion players usually are unfamiliar with the antiphonal brass choir tradition. I made this modern, more easily readable version of Bonelli's classic 1600 Toccata for flexible wind e...

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

Originally composed to introduce the various instruments of the orchestra, Britten's 'Young Person's Guide' follows a set of variations based on a melody by Henry Purcell. In this setting for wind ban...

A masterpiece of organ literature, the Fantasy and Fugue in G minor ranks among Bach’s most magnificent and dramatic works. This transcription for wind orchestra conveys all the power and richness of...

A masterpiece of organ literature, the Fantasy and Fugue in G minor ranks among Bach’s most magnificent and dramatic works. This transcription for wind orchestra conveys all the power and richness of...

Intermezzo No. 2 is among the most tender and beloved pieces Brahms ever wrote. Composed in his later years, it is one of the final piano pieces in which the composer confides his innermost thoughts,...

Intermezzo No. 2 is among the most tender and beloved pieces Brahms ever wrote. Composed in his later years, it is one of the final piano pieces in which the composer confides his innermost thoughts,...

Intermezzo No. 2 is among the most tender and beloved pieces Brahms ever wrote. Composed in his later years, it is one of the final piano pieces in which the composer confides his innermost thoughts,...

Intermezzo No. 2 is among the most tender and beloved pieces Brahms ever wrote. Composed in his later years, it is one of the final piano pieces in which the composer confides his innermost thoughts,...

La Cathédrale engloutie is one of Debussy's most famous piano preludes. The piece is based on an old Breton legend: that of the cathedral of the city of Ys, which sank beneath the waves and is said to...

La Cathédrale engloutie is one of Debussy's most famous piano preludes. The piece is based on an old Breton legend: that of the cathedral of the city of Ys, which sank beneath the waves and is said to...