Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Creating whale sounds will be the most challenging---and most enjoyable---part of the experience of Leviathan by Clarence E. Barber. There are many options from playing pre-recorded sounds to the most...

An exciting opener or closer for a second-year concert, Triple Trouble's 12/8 meter is simple and repetitive enough to be easy to play but not boring. Trombones will have to learn long positions for t...

An exciting opener or closer for a second-year concert, Triple Trouble's 12/8 meter is simple and repetitive enough to be easy to play but not boring. Trombones will have to learn long positions for t...

If you've got a large percussion group, you'll be able to keep them all busy without drowning out the rest of the band with this Dan Adams tour de force. Some traditional percussion instruments are us...

If you've got a large percussion group, you'll be able to keep them all busy without drowning out the rest of the band with this Dan Adams tour de force. Some traditional percussion instruments are us...

Driving snow with gusty winds and bone-chilling cold are fascinating and beautiful . . . when you're indoors with a cup of hot chocolate! Alternatively, you could be playing Terry White's programmatic...

Faithfully transcribed by Grainger expert Dana Perna, Handel in the Strand is a work every band of appropriate experience and skill should perform. The instrumentation is full, and includes harp and p...

A singular look at Abraham Lincoln's decision to go to war over the slavery issue and secession of states in 1861, Road to Freedom is a perfect vehicle for cross-curricular study. It reflects the trou...

There's never been another screamer quite like it! Fillmore's venerable warhorse has been given a thorough looking over by one of the foremost band conductors of our time. Drawing on his years of expe...

Karl King wrote more than marches. He embraced the music of his day and incorporated it into his own writing. This delightful rag is dedicated to his friend Charles Rozell, ragtime drummer.

John Philip Sousa himself was a fan of the music of this important African-American composer. Cave of the Winds is an inventive and highly original march scored for band by Percy Grainger expert Dana...

With all of the fire and excitement that youngsters love but no technical demands to get in the way, this could well be the hit of your school year. While it won't "play itself," it will require minim...

Limited ranges, safe doublings, and even an opportunity to let the percussion section shine make this perfect for your first concert. It captures the spirit of the Olympics with grade level appropriat...

This new 2020 revision by R. Mark Rogers addresses errors found in the previous edition and follows Grainger's scoring practices and concept of instrumental color more closely. One of the absolute gem...

Youngsters love to win, to be at the top, to accomplish something difficult. Apex by Kevin Hilbun brings the excitement of accomplishment to first year players. It has the celebration and excitement t...

Teaching points abound in this exciting work, but technique does not get in the way. Some eighth note / eighth rest counting spices things up and a wider than usual array of percussion instruments add...

The result of a commission from the St. Edward High School Band (Lakewood, OH) for their performance at Severance Hall, Of Dreams and Destiny by Clarence Barber speaks to the dreams of students for th...

This new 2020 revision by R. Mark Rogers addresses errors found in the previous edition and follows Grainger's scoring practices and concept of instrumental color more closely. One of the absolute gem...

Young players enjoy playing in minor keys because they are often filled with excitement and drama. This melodic new work capitalizes on that fondness for minor keys and has all the energy and drama th...

Evoking "jog trot" images and moving steadily from beginning to end, this wonderful tune is classic Grainger. This arrangement of the Joseph Kreines edition of Mock Morris for flexible instrumentation...

This work was commissioned in 1996 by the Arosa Cultural committee and first performed in Arosa in that year. The majestic introduction opens with trombones and euphonium, heralding a legato theme, ch...

The 2017 version of The Year of the Dragon was commissioned by the Siena Wind Orchestra and given its world premiere on June 17th 2017 in Bunkyo Civic Hall, Tokyo, conducted by the composer. The origi...