Concert Marches for Concert Band

The perfect march for young players in order to be introduced how to perform in a traditional march style. The title says it all...this March should be the first for your students to start with. Numbe...

The large creative output of the Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931) contains six symphonies, chamber music, vocal works and music for the theatre: two operas (Saul & David and Maskerade) and s...

The funeral music from the melodrama Bergliot by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg consists of two instrumental fragments, that musically illustrate the dramatic events of the story. Johan de Meij i...

The funeral music from the melodrama Bergliot (declamation and orchestra) by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907) consists of two orchestral fragments which illustrate the dramatical even...

The composer was inspired by heroic movie marches by composers including John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Alfred Newman, and others.

The opera-ballet Mlada was an epic project involving six different Russiancomposers including Mussorgsky, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov. Unfortunately the work didn't ever receive a performance howevert...

Lively and upbeat in nature, The Centurion follows the conventional British march format. It is not technically demanding yet a successful performance will need skill and commitment from every player...

Navigation Inn was originally written for brass band to celebrate one of the most famous events of the brass band calendar - the Whit Friday marches. The Navigation Inn is a pub which is a popular mee...

This collection provides a practical edition that can be used for marching as well as in the concert hall for 15 Sousa classics: The Beau Ideal > The Black Horse Troop > El Capitan > The Fairest of th...

Beethoven's York'scher Marsch is one of a collection of three tattoos (WoO 18-20) and has had a chequered history, to say the least. There are several autograph copies for different instrumentations,...

This piece was inspired by the composer watching his young son, Benny, playing 'soldiers' with his collection of teddy bears - how appropriate! But it made him think of the many character pieces which...

What a way to open any concert. The Black Horse Troopis one of John Philip Sousa?s best known marches and was described by the great Frederick Fennell as ?a regimental march of classic content and pro...

This march from Philip Sparke is in the tradition of the English ceremonial or concert march, such as the masterpieces written by Sir Edward Elgar and Sir William Walton. It attempts to continue this...

Philip Sparke wrote this march for the famous brass band contest held ever year on Whit Friday in Oldham and Saddleworth. Given the competition's long history (over 120 years), he consciously composed...

Sandstone Centennial wurde von der Frodsham Silver Band aus dem Nordwesten Englands in Auftrag gegeben, zur Hundertjahrfeier dieses Blasorchesters im Jahre 2007. Dieser Marsch wurde im traditionellen...

A Christmas March was written to provide the young band something up-beat with which to open or close a Christmas or holiday concert. The main theme of the march is original, but many short references...

Philip Sparke selected two well-known marches from the region around Southern Belgium and Luxembourg as the basis for his March Celebration: after we hear an original march theme and second theme in t...

Raid on the Medway was written in standard march form for the Royal Netherlands Marine Band, by its conductor Peter Kleine Schaars. The traditional trio is followed by a solo by the famous pipes and d...

Wind Sketches is a top quality concert work for wind band in three movements, inspired by the relationship between man and wind. Trade Winds, in the form of a march, is reminiscent of a shanty, conjur...

Salute to the Victor is in traditional march form and contains, as a tribute to Victor Grieve who was a devotee of English music (in particular that of Sir Edward Elgar), a short quote from Elgar's Se...

March Prelude: Alnwick Town was commissioned by the Alnwick Playhouse Concert Band (with Ray Thompson as conductor) to celebrate their first 25 years. It opens majestically with answering phrases betw...

Salutation was commissioned by Japanese conductor and broadcaster, Yutaka Nishida, a dear friend of the composer Philip Sparke. Salutation follows fairly conventional march form. A short fanfare intro...

Step by Step was commissioned by the Sony Concert Band to celebrate their 60th anniversary in 2018. Step by Step is an up-tempo concert march. The title was chosen as it has obvious associations with...

Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995), ein geborener Ungar, war einer der letzten großen Filmmusikkomponisten der 'Goldenen Ära' Hollywoods. Drei der über 100 von ihm vertonten Filme wurden mit Oscars ausgezeichne...

Who has not played with toys as a child? While listening to this wonderful suite, your audience will regain their youthful memories by entering a world of fantasy and imagination with each movement re...