Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

With a subtitle like "Whatsa That on Your Lip?," you've got to expect some humor. David Martin does not disappoint in this tongue-in-cheek work for young band. The bass line is repetitive yet clever,...

Experienced educator Doug Bradley gives us another tool for building bands and band programs. Exciting music, engaging rhythms and enthralled audiences are just a part of the package…the cowbell makes...

Your students bring the sights and sounds of a monster wood rollercoaster into the concert hall in this pleaser from Dan Adams. Keep your hands inside the car at all times, because this is the next be...

With clanks, bangs, clatters, and whistles as building blocks, Andrew Balent has crafted the ideal tool for your young percussionists. Beginning instrumentalists will find a fascinating world of tone...

A familiar style, accompanied by syncopated rhythms and contemporary harmonies, make this a favorite with young musicians. Chromatics allow for the expansion of student ranges while remaining conserva...

The title explains just what is going to happen as you open with this thriller for young band. Rob Foster shows an intimate knowledge of the grade 1 band and its capabilities.  It is equally at h...

Shiver me timbers, matey! What a terrific training work for young band and wouldn't you, the conductor, cut a swashbuckling figure in a tri-cornered hat and eye patch with a parrot on your shoulder? (...

This isn't a processional march, but it could easily serve as one, for it captures the pomp and pageantry of a royal procession. This is an expressive and compelling work for very young players.

Can your band save the world from these eerie invaders from somewhere in outer space? Using only seven notes, some humorous vocal effects, and an easy way to learn about dynamic contrast, this is the...

The image of a band of centipedes marching down the street in band uniforms, struggling to keep all their legs in step is an excellent method by which to introduce your students to sixteenth notes. Wi...

From the pen of Aric Branchfield comes this exotic and exciting work that conveys the drama of the high seas in the days of pirate and buccaneers. It is just the work to capture the imaginations and e...

A tuneful delight to the ear with a satisfying array of teaching points for the band director, "The Blue Hornets" makes a superb concert or festival selection. At home in any place in a program, the w...

Capturing the pomp and pageantry of a royal coronation, this original march has plenty of teaching points, yet can still be performed with a minimum of rehearsal time.

Conservative ranges, easy rhythms, and a beautiful melody make this work an ideal training piece for the young band. There are only two styles of articulation, the melody appears in every wind part, a...

Sinister, dark, and downright creepy... your beginners will love it! This piece uses nothing more complex than two eighth notes with no dotted notes or syncopations. The ranges are conservative so it...

An ideal early-in-the-year selection that features idiomatic writing, conservative ranges, very few eighth notes, and no divided sections. There are plenty of teaching points, from music history and s...

Riding in a sleigh across snowy fields and roadways seems hard-wired into our consciousness. Even if we've never experienced it, it seems as real as anything! The snap of the cold, the crack of the wh...

With unequalled cleverness, Jeremy Martin takes us deep into the world of the secret agent/private detective. Whether you opt to play this for the myriad teaching points or just because it sounds ente...

Clever and melodic, this fanfare based on Good King Wenceslas makes a wonderful opening statement for holiday concerts. The lively rhythmic impulse adds to the jovial mood and is sure to lift spirits...

This treatment of an African American spiritual, "The Gospel Train," also known as "Get On Board," is a treat for young players. It has a melody they may well know that lies well for their instruments...

An exciting new work from the pen of Aric Branchfield, Into the Deep is an exercise in syncopation. There is a middle passage that sounds slower because of the note values, but the work remains at a c...

American Strong is catchy tune in a spirited march with a unique and unusual form: there's not much more to ask for. Composer David Bobrowitz has provided the "more,"---every section makes a significa...

Clarence E. Barber's arrangement of the classic carol Greensleeves is manageable for all players. Everyone gets a shot at the melody and there are many different percussion colors to set the arrangeme...

A humorous and most assuredly tongue-in-cheek work by Clarence E. Barber, Alien Autopsy offers cross-cued solo opportunities for bassoon, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, and tuba. A wide array of per...

This piece has everything the grade 1 conductor is looking for: safe and solid scoring, limited and comfortable ranges, enough percussion to keep the section busy and out of trouble, and exciting them...