Easy Sheet Music from Grand Mesa Music

Utilizing advanced scoring techniques for an easier band work and some approachable mixed meters, listeners will know right away that your young band is advancing in their musicality! The music starts...

The Hidden Planet takes you on a journey through space as you search for an elusive sphere that many have tried to find. The Hidden Planet is filled with syncopated rhythms, dissonance, and unique cho...

Based on hymn from the mid 1800's originally titled 'My Life Goes on in Endless Song', David Myers has creatively shaped this hymn tune into a band work that brings out the beauty and lyricism of the...

This lush, melodic band work uses a shifting kaleidoscope of sounds that take the listener on a transformative musical journey, while always staying within reasonable ranges and technique for less adv...

This lively minor key waltz brings to mind an eerie scene as creatures of the night dance the night away. After a brief introduction where the dancers seem to curtsey to each other, the elegant but sl...

Not your everyday, traditional march, 'To the Summit March' features contemporary harmonies and more lyrical melodies than are the norm for this genre. Rhythmic background parts and active percussion...

String Theory is a high-energy, rock-inspired original piece that brings the power of classic bands like AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, and Metallica into the string orchestra setting. Driving rhythms and a gro...

As fun as the title sounds, this Circus March is a great way to build young players' technique while introducing them to a classic march genre. Sound effects and melodic patterns handed from instrumen...

This sparking arrangement of a movement from the Divertimento in Bb Major is a terrific way to introduce your young musicians to the Classical style. The very lighthearted and singable tunes are typic...

Brahms Symphony No. 1 was finally premiered in 1876 after he had worked on it on and off for 14 years. This is an exciting new arrangement for young band that captures all sections of the final moveme...

Flute, Oboe (sub 2nd Flute), Clarinet (sub Alto Sax), Basson (sub Bass Clar or Bari Sax)

Two Christmas Angels: Two traditional holiday tunes, 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' and 'Angels We Have Heard on High' have been beautifully arranged and interwoven so all sections get the melody. The...

Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707), a British composer, was organist and chorus master for the Chapel Royal. Originally composed for harpsichord, this very playable string arrangment comes from Clarke's coll...

Hopkins has created in this work a sophisticated sound environment reminiscent of a classical style string quartet, yet playable by first year players. Several important techniques are incorporated he...

Written to evoke images of a radiant fall in the high country, this key of G work features interesting melodic lines in all parts, a relaxing tempo, a variety of articulations, and 3/4 time.

A lemon twist is used in beverages to add zest or is sometimes just for decoration. Musically, our Lemon Twist is a zesty melody that has some surprise twists rhythmically, and is spiced up even more...

Composer Bobrowitz in this very entertaining work finds a perfect way to make playing scales fun while painting a musical picture of the step-saving device of the title. Both acro and pizzicato techin...

Perfect for the developing string orchestra, this piece features a lilting melody with an adventurous ‘pirate' feel. Useful for reinforcing low-2 finger patterns in the key of E minor, as well as slur...

Marsquake is an exciting minor piece for beginners that portrays a Marsquake, which is a shaking of the surface or interior of the planet Mars. NASA recently recorded a Marsquake for the first time wi...

Haunted Treehouse Waltz is a wonderfully spooky introduction to waltz-form that your students will love! Deep in the dark haunted forest is an old, abandoned treehouse, and if you look carefully throu...

Autumn Sundance is an upbeat and catchy work in the style of a contredanse (a French country dance). Place emphasis on each downbeat to maintain the dance style but without getting heavy. Keep 8th not...

This piece is intended to help students at the very beginning levels make 'real' music, using only open strings and pizzicato. The piano part is essential.

This lively grade 1 piece takes a new "spin" on the traditional dreidel song, as the main melody has been transformed from the major to the minor key. In "e" minor, and 4/4 time throughout, with easy...