Concert Band Sheet Music from Ludwig Music Publishing Company

Replete with the stark harmonies and driving rhythms young players love, Odyssey can invoke images of an epic journey. It can also be one of your most effective teaching tools along the epic journey f...

With a subtitle like "Whatsa That on Your Lip?," you've got to expect some humor. David Martin does not disappoint in this tongue-in-cheek work for young band. The bass line is repetitive yet clever,...

Experienced educator Doug Bradley gives us another tool for building bands and band programs. Exciting music, engaging rhythms and enthralled audiences are just a part of the package…the cowbell makes...

Your students bring the sights and sounds of a monster wood rollercoaster into the concert hall in this pleaser from Dan Adams. Keep your hands inside the car at all times, because this is the next be...

With all of the fire and excitement that youngsters love but no technical demands to get in the way, this could well be the hit of your school year. While it won't "play itself," it will require minim...

This is the perfect march for your first band concert. It is tuneful, traditional in style, and crafted by a knowledgeable educator to avoid pitfalls. You can open that concert knowing your band is go...

With clanks, bangs, clatters, and whistles as building blocks, Andrew Balent has crafted the ideal tool for your young percussionists. Beginning instrumentalists will find a fascinating world of tone...

Quintessential Mozart for the young band is hard to come by, but this sparkling arrangement from a veteran writer perfectly fits the bill. Everything youngsters need to know about the classical style...

Brilliantly transcribed for younger players by Aric Branchfield, Holst's timeless melody affords the conductor/teacher with a wealth of teaching opportunity. Inherently beautiful, the work will mesmer...

Limited ranges, safe doublings, and even an opportunity to let the percussion section shine make this perfect for your first concert. It captures the spirit of the Olympics with grade level appropriat...

Shiver me timbers, matey! What a terrific training work for young band and wouldn't you, the conductor, cut a swashbuckling figure in a tri-cornered hat and eye patch with a parrot on your shoulder? (...

With this fine arrangement, conductors can teach a variety of skills from swing style to solo playing with ease and humor. The tune is one recognized around the world but scored with a fresh approach...

Can your band save the world from these eerie invaders from somewhere in outer space? Using only seven notes, some humorous vocal effects, and an easy way to learn about dynamic contrast, this is the...

The image of a band of centipedes marching down the street in band uniforms, struggling to keep all their legs in step is an excellent method by which to introduce your students to sixteenth notes. Wi...

From the pen of Aric Branchfield comes this exotic and exciting work that conveys the drama of the high seas in the days of pirate and buccaneers. It is just the work to capture the imaginations and e...

Cold, biting, incessant -- these are the characteristics of the brutal winds of the Artic region. The bold, invigorating rhythms of this composition trigger images of this wind in the listener's mind...

Conservative ranges, easy rhythms, limited articulation styles and a beautiful melody make this work an ideal training piece for your young band.

Sinister, dark, and downright creepy... your beginners will love it! This piece uses nothing more complex than two eighth notes with no dotted notes or syncopations. The ranges are conservative so it...

The forces of nature that come into play over the oceans of the earth are both awe-inspiring and fear-inducing. Yet, they remain oddly benevolent. Thus it is with this forceful work: it sounds difficu...

Featuring a lilting melody in 3/4 time, this elementary selection is resplendent in eloquence and simple beauty. In the form of a round, the melody is shared by various sections, highlighted by the so...

Imagine riding in a sleigh over snowy trails. Feel the snap of the cold, the sound of horses bells, the crack of the whip--all captured in this delightful work for young band.

Sustained, beautiful playing is perhaps the most difficult skill to teach young musicians. This original chorale at the Grade 1 level is educationally and musically rewarding with a lovely melody maki...