Concert Pieces for Concert Band

Here’s an impressive and dramatic anthem for winds and percussion from the pen of David Holsinger! "The Quest" was originally conceived as a processional, but evolved into a full-scale celebratory mas...

Perhaps no piece of music is more aptly titled than David Holsinger’s "Whimsey." This quirky and enjoyable piece mixes meters, unusual melodic lines, some unexpected key changes, fascinating rhythms (...

Feature an outstanding student or guest artist as soloist with your band on "Introduction and Rondo." Originally composed for solo tuba and piano, this work is equally effective for solo bass clarinet...

Mark is a relatively short, but strong guy with an interesting accent. He gives emphasis to everything he does. He often stands out in a crowd, sometimes even wearing a cap to get noticed. Your studen...

The year 1951 was very productive for Leroy Anderson. For a recording project with Decca records in June of that year he composed a number of his most popular pieces, many of which were played for the...

This reimagined band edition by Mark Rogers breathes new life into an absolute gem by Leroy Anderson. This publication features the first full score offered with the parts - as well as an alternate tr...

Like Anderson's signature piece Sleigh Ride, Horse and Buggy is another example of his extraordinary ability to sketch a nostalgic scene in sound on a small canvas without a wasted motion. Here, a dif...

Serenata was first performed on May 10, 1947 as an encore at the Boston Pops, with Arthur Fiedler conducting. Fiedler would later praise the piece as among the conductor's favorites. Lyrics were added...

The perfect first-concert tune, Castlewood is melodic, energetic, and right in the wheelhouse of first-year players. Claves and tambourine are introduced, so there is a little something for the percus...

In 1946, George Walker was still doing graduate work at the Curtis institute when he composed Lyric for Strings, which would prove over the coming decades to become one of the most performed and endur...

Hope Arises is one of two new works requested in 2021 of composer James Barnes by Colonel Donald Schofield, to be written for the United States Air Force Band. It is a short piece intended to be used...

Distant Hymns is the third movement from the composer's work Dreams and Faith (The Solomon Valley Anthology). The American Composers Alliance commissioned the work for their Continental Harmony Projec...

Distant Hymns is the third movement from the composer's work Dreams and Faith (The Solomon Valley Anthology). The American Composers Alliance commissioned the work for their Continental Harmony Projec...

FORGOTTEN DREAMS was completed on May 28, 1954. The first performance was a few days later on June 2nd during a recording session for Delta Records in New York, at which time Leroy Anderson performed...

Capriccio is the third composition by James Barnes that resulted from a commission by the Zushi High School Alumni Band in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a light-hearted, happy piece in rondo form,...

Capriccio is the third composition by James Barnes that resulted from a commission by the Zushi High School Alumni Band in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a light-hearted, happy piece in rondo form,...

CONCERTINO FOR BASSOON, Opus 171 was commissioned by Dr. Mark Rogers and was premiered in April 2023 by the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Dr. Paul Popiel conductor, with Eric Stomberg playing ba...

Composed during the summer and fall of 1974, Barnes' FIRST SYMPHONY, Op. 35 was his master's thesis at The University of Kansas. It was premiered in the spring semester of 1976 by their Symphonic Band...

Gillis' BALLET FOR BAND is music of the 20th century. The score is endlessly inventive and richly colored, with scoring for the full palette of sounds available in the symphonic wind band. The score c...

A clever, humorous composition to aid in the teaching of changing meters, TIME BANDITS uses nothing more complex than eighth notes in its exploration of time. Suitable percussion, particularly temple...