Christmas Concert Works for Band

Rahoon is a rapsodic work for clarinet solo and band by Alfred Reed. Using a poem by James Joyce, a haunting lament to a dead lover called "She Weeps Over Rahoon," as the basis, the work was commmissi...

Subtitled "A Tone Poem to New York," both band and orchestra versions are available from the publisher.

Proserpine was the Roman counterpart of the Greek Persephone, and in Roman mythology, the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the fertility of the earth, and wife of Pluto, ruler of the infernal regions....

Philip Gordon, the arranger of RENAISSANCE MASTERS SUITE, taught as a professor of music at Chicago Musical College, Westminster Choir College, and Seton Hall University. In addition to his achievemen...

Starer's FANFARE, PASTORALE AND SERENADE is a wonderful piece for developing bands.

This medley of George M. Cohan (1878-1942) tunes includes "Yankee Doodle Boy" (from Little Johnny Jones) and "You're a Grand Old Flag" (from George M!). Arranged by Walter Ehret and Paul Yoder, this a...

This medley of George M. Cohan (1878-1942) tunes includes "Yankee Doodle Boy" (from Little Johnny Jones) and "You're a Grand Old Flag" (from George M!). Arranged by Walter Ehret and Paul Yoder, this a...

Alfred Reed created this setting of THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE for Band in conjuction with either unison Voices or Mixed Chorus. A version for Orchestra is also available. The corresponding choral score...

Alfred Reed created this setting of THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE for Band in conjuction with either unison Voices or Mixed Chorus. A version for Orchestra is also available. The corresponding choral score...

Commissioned by the Unites States Air Force Academy Cadet Welfare Fune in commemoration of the Academy's tenth anniversary. Although an overture, it was suggested that a slow, hymn-like section be inc...

One of three Leroy Anderson works depicting horses (the other two being "Sleigh Ride" and "Home Stretch"), this American Pops classic scored for band by the composer is part of the Anderson Classics S...

Uniting the traditional Woodwind and Brass Quintets into a ten-player performing group, the Alfred Reed has treated the various combinations possible with this instrumentation in various ways: sometim...

Commissioned in the late Fall of 1975, work on the SECOND SYMPHONY was not begun until the Summer of 1977, when the score was completed in sketch form in three months, July through September. The inst...

In collaboration with his brother, James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond composed the music for "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1899 to accompany James's lyrics. First performed in February 1900 by 500 sch...

Written by Alfred Reed, THE ENCHANTED ISLAND, a Mystic Idyl is drawn from William Shakespeare's "The Tempest." It is an attempt to portray in purely musical terms the moody, mysterious setting that is...

Throughout "Alpha and Omega" the broad humor and kaleidescopic scoring of Paul Yoder is evident. Beginnings and endings of no fewer than seventeen widely-known band works blend into a distinctive inst...

Throughout Alpha and Omega the broad humor and kaleidescopic scoring of Paul Yoder is evident. Beginnings and endings of no fewer than seventeen widely-known band works blend into a distinctive instru...

A lively work with a catchy melody, colorful harmonies and rhythms accessible for the young band. There are interesting sections in the form of a round that add interest throughout. A Study Guide is i...

Of all four marches that came after the overwhelmingly successful No. 1, March No. 4 seems to many people to be most closely related in general effect to the first. Just why this should be so is diffi...

Calvin College commissioned Mountain Prayers as one of three works to mark the retirement of Dr. Derald DeYoung after his twenty-seven years of conducting ensembles at Calvin. At the request of Dr. De...

Calvin College commissioned Mountain Prayers as one of three works to mark the retirement of Dr. Derald DeYoung after his twenty-seven years of conducting ensembles at Calvin. At the request of Dr. De...

Take a musical trip through Colombia with this four movement work that offers the players a cultural experience that is second to none in representing folk music traditions of this South American coun...

This work for intermediate band by the great American composer, arranger, and teacher Fred Kepner (1921-2003) is written as Mysterioso in style. Adherence to a strict rhythm is probably the most impor...