Concert Band Sheet Music from Eighth Note Publications

Racing the Horizon is a dynamic and exciting piece for developing musicians. Bold fanfares and smooth legato sections introduce players to precise rhythmic work as well as contrasting styles. Melody i...

Twilight's Glow is a lyrical song that is a great option to introduce a developing ensemble to 3/4 metre. Composed using ABA form, this piece moves the melody through various sections to create differ...

As a brave warrior leaves their home to venture on a quest, they leave behind friends and family in search of honour and glory. This composition represents the emotions that are felt by A Warrior's De...

At First Light is a lyrical composition and is as calming as a morning sunrise. Written in AABA form, the piece evolves from a quiet and peaceful opening to an exuberant ending, as the sun fully illum...

With expressively contrasting phrases and driving percussive moments, this dynamic composition takes players on an adventure - The Nighttime Pursuit of Demogorgon. Beginning with a low winds solo, a m...

Imagine what it would be like to walk through a graveyard just as the spirits awaken to have a party: dancing demons, skipping skeletons and frolicking phantoms. Set in a minor mode and using a waltz...

The term "final descent" has many meanings. This composition is a musical representation of the last push to achieve a goal: it is suspenseful, dramatic, exciting, emotional and most importantly, fun...

A musical adventure of jaggedly contrasting variants! Flashes of frightening harmonies lead this suspenseful journey through a variety of keys. Some melodic acrobatics along the way evolve into an upl...

This is a three-movement suite capturing the pomp and majesty of life within a royal castle. The first movement, The King's Court, captures the hustle and bustle of the busy court. The second movement...

Temporal Shift takes your band on a thrilling journey where meter changes, tempo changes and shifting harmonies create a sense of constant motion. An exciting percussion soli brings the opening sectio...

Explore the intersection of nature and human ingenuity with A Niagara Portrait. This piece depicts the engineering marvels and natural splendor of the Niagara River and the Horseshoe Falls. Melodic wr...

Originally called Paraphrase on a Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus, this transcription from organ to winds and percussion is a natural one. The full band sonority is very organ-like and the entire ensembl...

Composer Donald Coakley was asked, by the Pastor of St. William's Roman Catholic Church, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to write a hymn based on verses he had written about the parish's namesake. What...

This is Sullivan at his best! The melodies of the famous Arthur/Sullivan team have become legendary and their musicals are performed all over the world. This is a chorus from Iolanthe in which the all...

This powerful and dramatic work makes an ideal contest piece. It is based on the legends The Fairy Ring from the Chippewa tribe and The Witch of the Mitche-hant from the Passamaquoddy. Both contain co...

This is an exciting work by composer Donald Coakley. The driving rhythms, lots of percussion and powerful melodic material make this an excellent choice for either concert or contest use. The beautifu...

Festive Occasion is a vibrant dynamic work that would be ideal for a competion. This shows everything that a band is capable of doing; clear ariticulations, powerful fortes and sensitive, well balance...

This is the composer's orchestration of his choral work There is Sweet Music Here. The joyous outer movements, Song of the Laughing Green Woods and Piping Down the Valley's Wild, inspired by William B...

In the early morning of August 3rd 1492, Christopher Columbus went aboard the Santa Maria and gave the command to unfurl the sails. When the wind caught the sails, the three caravels were off and they...

Now The Morning Is Begun was commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Michael's College School, a private Catholic high school for boys in Toronto, Canada. This work is constructed aroun...

Overture to An Unscripted Movie was composed to pay homage to the orchestral scores written for Hollywood action/adventure films. The Overture is in four sections: The Hero, The Villain, The Love Them...

225 million years ago, all of the earth's land masses were combined into one super continent- Pangaea. This giant land was inhabited by creatures totally alien to the world we know. Imagine if you cou...

Suite on Canadian Folk Songs was written as a Centennial project in 1967 and originally scored for brass band, although the music of the first movement had appeared in Suite from the Monteregian Hills...

Bonavist' Harbour is based on a catchy folk tune, popular in Newfoundland. A shorter version, often sung by Newfoundlanders, is known as The Feller From Fortune. Both versions, are rollicking, and goo...

In the mid 19th Century Saskatchewan was a vast, flat, treeless and lawless area. In the 21st century it is a vibrant energetic blend of wheat, oil, potash and gas. Commissioned by The Saskatoon Conce...