Concert Pieces for Concert Band

Displaying an aura of power and brilliance, this exhilarating work is a perfect concert opener and can be effectively performed with small ensembles with incomplete instrumentation. Dur: 2:00

Close your program with this non-stop, energetic barnburner that combines elements of dance, jazz, and Latin grooves! As its title suggests, Rail Riffs feels like one massive party on rails that is ce...

A Last Christmas Fantasy! is an arrangement based on Wham!'s world-famous Christmas song "Last Christmas", written by George Michael (1963–2016). Arranger Jan van Kraeydonck wrote this piece with the...

This fantasy tells the story of Oregon, one of America's north-western states. Traveling by train on the Northern Pacific Railroad, the listener is taken through the fascinating Oregon landscape. Indi...

Otto M. Schwarz composed Fire & Ice for a symphonic rock project commissioned by the national music schools of the Austrian cities of Imst and Pitztal. In these cities, winter tourism plays an importa...

Children's Oak was commissioned by the wind band from Beauquesne, France. This solemn work pays homage to a city particularly affected by the two World Wars and is inspired by the knowledge that the c...

Using only six notes and note values no smaller than a quarter note, Robert Grice has managed to compose a piece that every beginning band student will want to play. Brake drum and gong contribute to...

In this sequel for orchestra, five musical acts take us into the wonderful world of the circus, the fanfare rings out: the artists show up for the parade. All you have to do now is to close your eyes...

Iron Mountain stages the legend of the Erzberg in Upper Styria in an impressive musical way. At the beginning, the atmosphere of the grotto where Aquarius lives comes alive through imitation drops of...

'Unmengen an Nudeln' (so die wörtliche Übersetzung des Titels) hat Ihr Saxophonist in diesem Werk der amerikanischen Jazzlegende Jimmy Dorsey zu bewältigen. Hat er diese erst einmal entwirrt, wird das...

Carol Brittin Chambers is extremely clever in this Tarantella, as she weaves a web of wonder. Technical prowess is on full display as well as a range of styles, making this work not only exciting, but...

War and Peace was commissioned 2021 by The Royal Swedish Navy Band and conductor Alexander Hanson to mark the celebration of The Svea Life Guards' 500th anniversary. I. "Fanfares and Battle" opens in...

Nigel Hess's bustling 6-minute work, A Christmas Overture, is an exciting new addition to the Christmas repertoire and a must for opening any seasonal concert. Originally commissioned for orchestra by...

Fascination Fanfare - a hymn to passion, fascination and generations of music lovers! This dynamic fanfare is a rousing work full of catchy melodies and fascinating sounds. The opening work and the si...

Here is a follow-up to the popular Concert Favorites, Volume 1 that features even more terrific easy works for beginning bands. Perfect for groups with limited rehearsal time, this collection is also...

A major work for advanced bands that utilizes the full resources of the modern concert band/wind ensemble. Solos for flute, alto sax, oboe, euphonium, horn, and trumpet. Vast dynamic contrasts as it b...

Experience a dynamic oceanic adventure with this engaging work by Rossano Galante, who has composed the piece in a sea shanty style. A Ship in the Mist includes strong rhythmic elements that complemen...

Travel to the unknown in Lucid Dreams, an exciting work based on a five-note melodic idea that can't quite make up its harmonic mind. Adrian B. Sims takes the listener through musical hallucinations,...

Fanfare for the Fearless is a dynamic fanfare by Brian Balmages celebrating those willing to take risks in an effort to grow musically, personally, or academically. Powerful melodic statements contras...

Jacob de Haan was commissioned to compose this concert piece by the 'St. Peters Wind Symphony' from Brisbane, Australia. 'Ross Roy' is the monumental late 19th century villa where St. Peters Lutheran...

Pacific Dreams describes the experience of Miguel, a traveling composer from Spain who, feeling somewhat alienated from his homeland, is wandering through an area of Sydney known as The Rocks. At a sm...

Golden Peak is a concert piece that takes us deep into the world of volcanoes of the Auvergne in central France. They are dormant volcanoes whose origins date back from 7, 000 to over 65 million years...