Christmas Concert Works for Band

The Land of Grace was commissioned by the 4th Division Wind Band of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. This work is a tribute to the 4th Division, whose mission is to protect Northern Kyushu - inclu...

Sing Out, and Dance! is an entertaining solo piece for euphonium (baritone) and wind orchestra. It is divided into a first, vocal part and a second, dance part. This allows both facets of the solo ins...

Commissioned by the Highlands Ranch Concert Band (Colorado, USA) and dedicated to the memory of their clarinetist Michelle Marie Walker, Let's Celebrate Life combines vitality, warmth and emotion. Aft...

Calisto y Melibea is a fantasy for wind orchestra inspired by the literary work La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas. The piece evokes the passionate and tragic relationship between the two main characte...

Happy Moments is a light and cheerful work for young band, composed with an emphasis on playfulness, musicality, and accessibility. As the title suggests, the piece aims to evoke small moments of happ...

From Leonard Bernstein's masterwork Mass, this tuneful ballad has become its best-known and most often recorded song. Here is a beautifully poignant setting for band, authentically transcribed by Mich...

The attacks in Brussels on 22 March 2016 created a shockwave throughout Belgium and the rest of the world. Equally, the attacks in Paris and Nice led to great public indignation, fear and disbelief. B...

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...

Danzón no. 2 by the Mexican composer Arturo Márquez was included on the program of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venuzuela conducted by Gustavo Dudamel on their 2007 tour of Europe and the Unit...

Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928) has been inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style and along with Dvorák and Smetana, he is considered one of...

Using a chamber music approach to scoring for wind ensemble, the transcriber has here created a very authentic wind setting of three Brahms orchestral dances. For advanced groups with strong players i...

A Different Danube is a contemporary reinterpretation of Johann Strauss' famous On the Beautiful Blue Danube. While Strauss' waltz flows gently in 3/4 time (apart from the slow 6/8 introduction), this...

Bob Vos (1910-1963) was a Dutch composer who studied composition with Henk Badings at the Brussels Conservatory from 1957. Unfortunately, little is known about his early years, but his work shows a cl...

Vilém Blodek (1834-1874) was a Czech composer and contemporary of Bedřich Smetana, with whom he often collaborated. Deeply influenced by the folk music of his time, he lent his works a natural, melodi...

Paul Murtha puts a unique spin on this familiar Christmas tune using a mix of styles from two-beat, to rock shuffle, to straight-ahead swing. Every part gets a chance to play the melody in this entert...

First recorded by Mariah Carey in 1994, this holiday favorite has remained popular every year since. Arranged in a swing style similar to the original, this arrangement minimizes the use of 8th notes...

The pop version of the christmas song 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' from Mariah Carey for band, arranged by Frank Bernaerts.

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen is a traditional English Christmas carol. The English lawyer and antiquarian William Sandys is regarded as the person who popularised the song by including it in his 1833...

A solid, well-written medley that includes O Come, All Ye Faithful - O Christmas Tree - and Joy To The World.

From the master of the dark and unusual, Tim Burton, the classic movie The Nightmare Before Christmas features deliciously sinister music by composer Danny Elfman.

With an attractive blend of bluesy melodies and jazz inflections in brass, this unique and entertaining song from The Nightmare Before Christmas presents a fun alternative to traditional holiday progr...

Featuring the unforgettable themes from both Home Alone movies, here is a sparkling holiday treat scored for flexible instrumentation.

All Alone On Christmas is a song written by Steve Van Zandt and recorded by Darlene Love, along with members of both The E Street Band and The Miami Horns. It originally appeared on the soundtrack to...