Church Music for Concert Band

This spirituals suite was inspired by an in-depth study of the life and work of American composer and social activist Margaret Bonds. Spirituals are a genre of folk songs created by enslaved African A...

O Happy Day, arranged by Jean-François Michel, reinterprets one of the best-known spirituals in the repertoire in an elegant and energetic way. Carried by an instantly recognizable melody, this work c...

O Happy Day, arranged by Jean-François Michel, reinterprets one of the best-known spirituals in the repertoire in an elegant and energetic way. Carried by an instantly recognizable melody, this work c...

Abide with me' wurde von Hery Francis Lyte im Jahr 1847 geschrieben und ist einfach, elegant und zeitlos. Der Choral wurde von William H. Monk aufgeschrieben und an Lyte's Trauerfeier uraufgeführt. Ro...

Russian composer Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is noted for creating music that is striking and dynamic. Jay has beautifully adapted this famous overture for concert band in an arrangement that certainly re...

Ten sacred ensemble arrangements for any combination of woodwinds, brass and strings plus optional electric bass, keyboard and drum set. Also effective with one or two players with piano (with or with...

INTRADA is based on the Chorale 'Ein' Feste Burg' (A Safe Stronghold) by Martin Luther, from Psalm 46 (written in 1524). The song became the battle song of the Reformation and this setting contrasts t...

This stunning setting by Robert Sheldon of the hymn "God of Our Fathers" is presented as a chorale prelude beginning with a mournful and powerful opening. The piece moves through several major and min...

This stunning setting by Robert Sheldon of the hymn "God of Our Fathers" is presented as a chorale prelude beginning with a mournful and powerful opening. The piece moves through several major and min...

A diverse and timeless collection of 66 famous chorales arranged for concert band by Frank Erickson. The chorales are all arranged in four parts (SATB) and, in addition to full band, are playable by a...

An extremely skilled arrangement for wind and brass (no percussion) of a poignant ecclesiastical motet composed by W.A.Mozart six months before his death in 1791. Mozart's stunning part-writing and li...

First published in Germany in 1964, Franz Biebl's Ave Maria was originally scored for 7-part men's choir. This expressive transcription is based on a mixed choir version in order to better match the r...

Bernstein's Mass was a monumental 90-minute work written for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in 1971. In this suite commissioned by the Canadian B...

The All-Night Vigil (or Vespers) is a setting of music for a night-long service on the eves of Russian Orthodox holy days, and became one of Rachmaninoff's favorite compositions. Basing the 15 movemen...

The All-Night Vigil (or Vespers) is a setting of music for a night-long service on the eves of Russian Orthodox holy days, and became one of Rachmaninoff's favorite compositions. Basing the 15 movemen...

Ola Gjeilo, born in 1978 in Norway, moved to the United States when he was 23 years old to study composition at the Julliard School. He composed this dense and richly textured setting of the Sanctus f...

Ola Gjeilo, born in 1978 in Norway, moved to the United States when he was 23 years old to study composition at the Julliard School. He composed this dense and richly textured setting of the Sanctus f...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), wrote an enormous amount of music in all the forms of his day except opera; today, only a few of his works are in the concert repertory, but these are very pop...

Giulio Caccini (ca. 1550 - 1618), also known as Giulio Romano, was an Italian composer, singer, and lute player and is regarded as the founder of opera. Today, Caccini's music is receiving attention a...

Missa Brevis, written for choir and wind band, was commissioned by the Conseil Départemental pour la Musique et la Culture de Haute-Alsace (Dir. : Philippe Pfisterer) in Guebwiller (France), in celebr...