Erika Svanoe: Intermediate Sheet Music

Slow Burn uses a 12-bar blues form to explore various 16th note rhythms in a funky groove that grows from soft to strong. Written for a Grade 9-12 band with a variety of experience levels, this piece...

Fairest of the Renaissance Faire takes melodic themes and motives from John Philip Sousa's march Fairest of the Fair. These melodic materials are transformed into a Renaissance context, with inspirati...

Determined Hearts was composed for the Middlesex Concert Band in celebration 50th Anniversary. The piece was inspired by a past event in the ensemble’s history. Specifically, there was a fire where th...

The majestic and noble toucan dons its tutu and prepares for its grand entrance. What will the toucan ballet entail? Nimble hops on delicate legs? Short but graceful flights across the stage? Rousing...

Commissioned by the Fergus Falls MN Area School District, Echoes celebrates "The Kirkbride," a sprawling Victorian campus which formerly housed the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center. The piece tr...

This piece for band is a short fanfare that celebrates the determination, bravery, and boldness of women who have pushed beyond society's expectations of gender. The main melodic material features lar...

The Town Band celebrates the spirit of the many community bands that exist across the United States. I have played in various community bands throughout my life, always appreciating that wherever I go...

Where No One Has Gone Before is an original work that is a love letter to Star Trek and its optimism about humanity and the future. The piece is based on a 6-note motive that is derived from the origi...

Winds Across the Water was commissioned by the Michigan City Municipal Band, Michigan City, Indiana, for its 157th season. The ensemble suggested that a water theme might be appropriate based on their...

Ascendant was composed for the 50th anniversary of the McHenry County Honor Band. The term "ascendant" means increasingly successful or powerful. In astrology, the term is also known as the "rising si...

Winter's Revel imagines a snowy winter celebration in a small town, with a festival taking place in the town square. Picture chilly sleigh rides, hot chocolate, and friendly snow ball fights between r...

Baskerville is inspired by imagined scenes from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, specifically the setting of the moors. During much of the story, Holmes is...

The title "Category 4" refers to Hurricane Harvey, classified as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. This piece for Concert Band with iPad utilizes a large percussion se...

Clocktower Fanfare utilizes the familiar chimes of the Westminster Quarters heard on many college campuses. This academic fanfare works well as a concert opener, as well as at graduation and commencem...

Florence and Alice Leduc were sisters who founded and ran Hastings Needle Work out of their home in Hastings, MN from 1888-1922. The story of these two young women who used their creativity and needle...

This interactive musical adventure includes a narrative PowerPoint presentation that is coordinated with the music. The audience votes on which direction the story and music take in this live-action m...

This interactive musical adventure includes a narrative PowerPoint presentation that is coordinated with the music. The audience votes on which direction the story and music take in this live-action m...

This interactive musical adventure includes a narrative PowerPoint presentation that is coordinated with the music. The audience votes on which direction the story and music take in this live-action m...

This interactive musical adventure includes a narrative PowerPoint presentation that is coordinated with the music. The audience votes on which direction the story and music take in this live-action m...

Winner of the 2014 National Band Association Young Band Composition Contest, 'The Haunted Carousel' was conceived as a piece for band utilizing the sound of a theremin, an electronic instrument often...

Winner of the 2014 National Band Association Young Band Composition Contest, 'The Haunted Carousel' was conceived as a piece for band utilizing the sound of a theremin, an electronic instrument often...

Slow Burn uses a 12-bar blues form to explore various 16th note rhythms in a funky groove that grows from soft to strong. Written for a Grade 9-12 band with a variety of experience levels, this piece...

Fairest of the Renaissance Faire takes melodic themes and motives from John Philip Sousa's march Fairest of the Fair. These melodic materials are transformed into a Renaissance context, with inspirati...

Determined Hearts was composed for the Middlesex Concert Band in celebration 50th Anniversary. The piece was inspired by a past event in the ensemble’s history. Specifically, there was a fire where th...

The majestic and noble toucan dons its tutu and prepares for its grand entrance. What will the toucan ballet entail? Nimble hops on delicate legs? Short but graceful flights across the stage? Rousing...