Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Forest of Tranquility is our newest work in our very beginning band series. Like all of our compositions in this performance level, your students can play this within the first few months of study. Th...

Forest of Tranquility is our newest work in our very beginning band series. Like all of our compositions in this performance level, your students can play this within the first few months of study. Th...

Fast, driving, and full of attitude, Top Speed by Randall Standridge pushes young ensembles into high gear. Set in an unusual fast 3/4 meter and in B♭ major, this Grade 1.5 work blends elements of min...

Program Notes Last year, I wrote a piece called The Great Rubber Chicken Galop. It featured vaudeville flair, ragtime energy, and of course a small army of squeaking rubber chickens. It was ridiculous...

Canadian composer Matt Neufeld launches young musicians into an intergalactic adventure with Doom Star, a bold reimagining of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Set in C minor and driving 4/4 time, this...

Here's a bold and exciting composition that's perfect for young players. The exciting Spanish style will have even very inexperienced bands sounding their best in no time.

Here is a tasteful adaptation for the young ensemble of several of the most memorable themes from George Gershwin's monumental work. The scoring is brief and to the point, and will serve as a phenomen...

Your students and audiences will have an absolute ball with this one! If a mouse has ever interrupted one of your rehearsals, you already know how it unfolds. We fully encourage you to ham it up durin...

Your students and audiences will have an absolute ball with this one! If a mouse has ever interrupted one of your rehearsals, you already know how it unfolds. We fully encourage you to ham it up durin...

Your students and audiences will have an absolute ball with this one! If a mouse has ever interrupted one of your rehearsals, you already know how it unfolds. We fully encourage you to ham it up durin...

Your students and audiences will have an absolute ball with this one! If a mouse has ever interrupted one of your rehearsals, you already know how it unfolds. We fully encourage you to ham it up durin...

Your students and audiences will have an absolute ball with this one! If a mouse has ever interrupted one of your rehearsals, you already know how it unfolds. We fully encourage you to ham it up durin...

The piece's minor key melody and beat-afterbeat accompagniment give associations to other well-known dances from Hungary, like Czardas and Brahm's famous Hungarian Dances. A lively tempo is an importa...

Essential Elements Performer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 24) SSSSSSS.... watch out for this dangerous varmint as the sound of its rattle travels throughout your band unseen! This clever novelty...

Give your new rhythm kings the spotlight.

Here is the perfect first march for your beginning band! Using solid scoring techniques, °Forward March!° features strong melodic writing with easy counterlines, a short percussion break, a "trio" mel...

In Celtic folklore, a selkie is a mythical creature appearing as a seal in water, but taking human form on land. In this striking setting for second-year players the first movement, in a lyric and mel...

The title for this thrilling work for young players comes from the small rural town of Level Cross, North Carolina, which is home to one of America's sports royal families: the legendary racing Petty...

Even on cloudy days your beginning band will have fun with Blue Sky Rock. There are melody spots for all instruments, including a question and answer section, and easy rhythms with no syncopation.