Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

An easy yet effective, colorful Latin selection with lots of melodic interest for all sections.

Add the excitement of Spain to your next concert with this exciting composition. Plenty of audience appeal. Ole!

LIGHTLY LATIN is a light 'pop style' piece composed especially for younger bands. Interesting syncopated rhythms have been combined with lyrical melodic passages in a most engaging and effective way.

Catchy calypso rhythms highlight this delightful treatment that features the Banana Boat Song and Jamaican Farewell, both arranged with a wonderful variety of instrumental colors.

An original dance selection written for the purpose of developing fluency in playing half-steps, this piece captures the flavor of the type of dance one might hear at a party on the beach in Latin Ame...

An original dance selection written for the purpose of developing fluency in playing half-steps, this piece captures the flavor of the type of dance one might hear at a party on the beach in Latin Ame...

Here is a delightful Latin-style original that will bring a fresh sound to any concert program. The lively syncopated rhythms in 3/4 time bring an energetic and vibrant sound that is both spirited and...

Here is a delightful Latin-style original that will bring a fresh sound to any concert program. The lively syncopated rhythms in 3/4 time bring an energetic and vibrant sound that is both spirited and...

Here is a delightful Latin-style original that will bring a fresh sound to any concert program. The lively syncopated rhythms in 3/4 time bring an energetic and vibrant sound that is both spirited and...

Focus on the Latin rhythms and musical concepts popular in Central and South America with the popular folk song, featuring the "Latin percussion of El Condor Pasa." Use all of your percussionists, and...

Focus on the Latin rhythms and musical concepts popular in Central and South America with the popular folk song, featuring the "Latin percussion of El Condor Pasa." Use all of your percussionists, and...

Everybody's Mambo was written during spring 2010 on commission from the municipality of Asker in Norway. The aim with the composition was to write groovy and catchy music affordable to play for musici...

Champagne Tango was recorded for the first time in 1914 by the pianist Roberto Firpo. After the first release, is's recorded a numerous times both in Argentina and abroad. It was written by Manuel Aró...

Santiago Lope was born in Ezcaray (La Rioja, Spain) on May 23. 1871. He studied violin and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Madrid. When the city of Valencia organized a municipal band in...

'Hi New York' was released for the first time in 1982 as a part of the LP-recording 'Original Nilsen', one of the greatest successes by Norwegian artist Lillebjørn Nilsen. Unlike most of the music by...

'Sad Samba' is a 'happy' samba in a minor key. Starts soft, builds up and ends kind of softly. There is a solo section (ad lib.) for any instrument. If possible, feel free to use a soft instrument suc...

Sabor Caribeño' means 'Taste of Caribbean'. This original composition is written by Norwegian composer Sverre Indris Joner who has studied Caribbean music since mid-80s. The music presents traditional...

Summer Play Samba is, as the title suggests, a light summer samba, which flows like a fresh summer breeze into the ear canals and stays there. The piece was written in connection with an assignment th...

A trip to Coconut Island is always enjoyable! Soft Latin rhythms, a relaxing tempo, and tutti rhythm figures combine to create the perfect vacation. Coconut Island introduces young musicians to Latin...

Guajira is both a term for a song form, where most people will recognize the song "Guajira Guantanamera," but also a Cuban word for farmer or fieldworker, as there are many of in the eastern Oriente p...

Kein anderer Musikstil bringt diese unverwechselbare Mischung aus Leidenschaft, Humor, Freude und Melancholie wie Klezmermusik hervor. Ein großer Teil des Repertoires besteht aus Tänzen, die ursprüngl...

Klezmer is the traditional instrumental music for weddings and parties of the Yiddish speaking Jews of Eastern Europe. Its origin goes back to the sixteenth century. At this time Yiddish culture was a...

Klezmer music originated in the shtetl (villages) and ghettos of Eastern Europe, where itinerant Jewish troubadours, known as klezmorim, had performed at celebrations since the early Middle Ages. Thre...

Klezmer was originally the name given to the music of the Yiddish speaking Jews in Eastern Europe. The klezmer musicians played dance music, mainly at weddings. Historically string instruments such as...