Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

One of three Leroy Anderson works depicting horses (the other two being "Sleigh Ride" and "Home Stretch"), this American Pops classic scored for band by the composer is part of the Anderson Classics S...

Uniting the traditional Woodwind and Brass Quintets into a ten-player performing group, the Alfred Reed has treated the various combinations possible with this instrumentation in various ways: sometim...

Commissioned in the late Fall of 1975, work on the SECOND SYMPHONY was not begun until the Summer of 1977, when the score was completed in sketch form in three months, July through September. The inst...

In collaboration with his brother, James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond composed the music for "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1899 to accompany James's lyrics. First performed in February 1900 by 500 sch...

Written by Alfred Reed, THE ENCHANTED ISLAND, a Mystic Idyl is drawn from William Shakespeare's "The Tempest." It is an attempt to portray in purely musical terms the moody, mysterious setting that is...

Throughout "Alpha and Omega" the broad humor and kaleidescopic scoring of Paul Yoder is evident. Beginnings and endings of no fewer than seventeen widely-known band works blend into a distinctive inst...

Throughout Alpha and Omega the broad humor and kaleidescopic scoring of Paul Yoder is evident. Beginnings and endings of no fewer than seventeen widely-known band works blend into a distinctive instru...

A lively work with a catchy melody, colorful harmonies and rhythms accessible for the young band. There are interesting sections in the form of a round that add interest throughout. A Study Guide is i...

Of all four marches that came after the overwhelmingly successful No. 1, March No. 4 seems to many people to be most closely related in general effect to the first. Just why this should be so is diffi...

Calvin College commissioned Mountain Prayers as one of three works to mark the retirement of Dr. Derald DeYoung after his twenty-seven years of conducting ensembles at Calvin. At the request of Dr. De...

Calvin College commissioned Mountain Prayers as one of three works to mark the retirement of Dr. Derald DeYoung after his twenty-seven years of conducting ensembles at Calvin. At the request of Dr. De...

Take a musical trip through Colombia with this four movement work that offers the players a cultural experience that is second to none in representing folk music traditions of this South American coun...

This work for intermediate band by the great American composer, arranger, and teacher Fred Kepner (1921-2003) is written as Mysterioso in style. Adherence to a strict rhythm is probably the most impor...

Jean de Smetsky (1885-1954) of Belgium attained success with the works which he composed for the soldiers in the First World War. Because of this success he was awarded the Legion of Honor medal. MARC...

This piece was written to commemorate the retirement of Colonel Jack Grogan. Col. Grogan had told the composer that he was of two minds about the military, and held his patriotism and love of country...

This work for intermediate band by the great American composer, arranger, and teacher Fred Kepner (1921-2003) is written as Mysterioso in style. Adherence to a strict rhythm is probably the most impor...

A solid, no-frills band work in three short movements, this work comes together quickly in rehearsal and is equally successful at high school, university, and community group levels. Allowing for a fe...

While not a programmatic piece, necessarily, the composer here evokes the mystery and sense of drama that encompasses the Stonehenge site, as well as the surrounding countryside. At times atmospheric,...

Jean de Smetsky (1885-1954) of Belgium attained success with the works which he composed for the soldiers in the First World War. Because of this success he was awarded the Legion of Honor medal. MARC...

A fresh, overture-like work, a bombastic, short opening gives way to an extended legato andantino section featuring all of the woodwind family. Rhythmic excitement and strong ensemble figures (with so...