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Although associated with the bebop and hard bop jazz movements, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard brought a sweet delicacy to the gem, Little Sunflower, which Bert Ligon smooths out for jazz orchestra. A perf...

Johannes Brahms became known for his four symphonies and his great choral work A GERMAN REQUIEM. In the opening chorus, "Blessed Are They That Mourn", he reaches heights of sublimity. Performed at Bre...

This collection contains some of the best-known Christmas carols including Jingle Bells, Silent Night, Carol of the Bells, Angels We Have Heard on High and more. Selections are arranged at the interme...

The title is a play on words. At a dance invariably a couple will approach the leader of the band in between tunes and say 'Howa Bouta Cha-cha'' Latin music is an excellent choice for large percussion...

Suppose your students went to a yard sale, bought all kinds of interesting items, and returned to school to play a concert with those items? Yeah, we think it would be really cool, too. Such is the pr...

Nuance abounds in this superlative work for young percussionists. Musicality will take precedence over bombast and reward the players with increased musical skills. A quartet of percussionists using f...

An exciting work for younger performers, BATTLE SCENE uses three mallet players and three non-pitched percussionists to weave a description of an imaginary battle. Two-mallet playing is required. Ther...

Created with the developing percussion ensemble in mind, Snowfall Dances is a work with few technical difficulties. The focus should remain on balance and blend. All must be treated in such a manner t...

The Mad Hatter is one of Lewis Carroll's most unusual characters from ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. At a tea party with the March Hare, the Hatter, and a Cheshire Cat, Alice is bombarded with ridd...

Written to expose young percussionists to ABA form, easy mallet parts, and delicacy of approach, WINTER WARMTH is scored for ten players. The work will be a remarkable change of pace for programming a...

British Isles Travelogue features a folksong from each of the four UK countries. "The Ash Grove" from Wales highlights first and second violin harmonies, followed by the lively "English Morris Dance."...

Based on Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree, this popular title has been re-scored for bands with limited instrumentation. It is playable by as few as five winds, yet still retains the beauty of this f...

Walden is a beautiful new ballad for strings by one of the most respected composers for young performers. Warm harmonies support a pastoral melody, while exquisite moving lines for all parts make this...

This is, of course, one of the more famous Sousa marches, and as is the case with most marches, it works quite well for tuba-euphonium ensemble. The four parts may be performed by a large number of co...

The title refers to the principal teaching point and the clever hook on which the march is built: the accidental. Everything is approached logically yet cleverly, making the teaching of new fingerings...

The title refers to the principal teaching point and the clever hook on which the march is built: the accidental. Everything is approached logically yet cleverly, making the teaching of new fingerings...

Accessible to student ensembles and appropriate for any patriotic occasion. Contents: Star-Spangled Banner; National Hymn; America the Beautiful; Navy Hymn; Spirit of '76; Armed Forces Medley; America...

Gentle Waltz by Thom Sharp is a grade 2 string orchestra work in C major. There is lots of independence between sections and a fair amount of chromatics, as well as some divisi in the second violins....

Gentle Waltz by Thom Sharp is a grade 2 string orchestra work in C major. There is lots of independence between sections and a fair amount of chromatics, as well as some divisi in the second violins....

A wistful, nostalgic melody in D major makes its way throughout the orchestra in this original waltz. The B section in D minor features a lyric bass line and melodies in the inner parts that allow oth...

This fast swing piece in G minor is playfully sneaky! With a catchy, singable tune, this work features a tutti pizzicato section, as well as some melodic moments for bass and celli. All parts remain i...

Take a musical tour of the Emerald Isle. Three popular Irish tunes come to life for string orchestra with melody in all parts. From silky-slow to fiery-fast, "Tour of Ireland" begins with the stately...

Originally written for three trumpets, Song and Polka has become so popular that the composer has written versions of the piece for flutes, clarinets, and saxophones. All versions have been written in...