Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

This piece, one of hundreds of successful original concert band works by Frank Erickson, is a suite of three brief movements. The three movements investigate harmonic structuring, contrasting moods, a...

Encounters - 'a meeting between hostile factions, a sudden clash.' This dynamic concert work is destined to become a classic!

Encounters - 'a meeting between hostile factions, a sudden clash.' This dynamic concert work is destined to become a classic!

With the bold entrance of the chimes, the musical celebration begins. Turbulent energy unfolds in brilliant waves of sound. A rhythmic base soon becomes established and propels this work with finely f...

The third movement of a major new work by Robert W. Smith based on Dante Alighieri's literary classic The Divine Comedy, The Ascension is a sizzling musical experience with bravura wind parts and dazz...

For sheer, raw excitement, this work inspired by the 1993 Storm of the Century, the great blizzard which covered much of the United States, will become a classic. The blending of the choirs and the dy...

For sheer, raw excitement, this work inspired by the 1993 Storm of the Century, the great blizzard which covered much of the United States, will become a classic. The blending of the choirs and the dy...

Picture a lake before sunrise. With Dawn, the myriad varieties of life in and about the lake slowly awaken and, in the heat of the day, skip and skate across the water as if in a frantic ballet. Thus...

Picture a lake before sunrise. With Dawn, the myriad varieties of life in and about the lake slowly awaken and, in the heat of the day, skip and skate across the water as if in a frantic ballet. Thus...

The Inferno is the first movement of Robert W. Smith's four-movement work The Divine Comedy based on Dante Alighieri's literary classic of the same name. Dante's vision of hell consists of nine concen...

The Inferno is the first movement of Robert W. Smith's four-movement work The Divine Comedy based on Dante Alighieri's literary classic of the same name. Dante's vision of hell consists of nine concen...

The Inferno is the first movement of Robert W. Smith's four-movement work The Divine Comedy based on Dante Alighieri's literary classic of the same name. Dante's vision of hell consists of nine concen...

[The two movements already available are The Inferno (BD9563) and The Ascension (BD01085)].

From the opening flute statement, based on a traditional folk melody, this gorgeous tone poem ebbs and flows as does life itself. Showing superb musicality, the intertwining lines blend into a wonderf...

This appearance of Purgatorio marks the completion of Robert W. Smith's first symphony for band, The Divine Comedy. Following the hugely successful introduction of the other three movements, Purgatori...

Like the mist off the moors, a peaceful, quiet solo baritone/euphonium begins our journey to the land of castles and kilts. Robert W. Smith's recent visit to the British Isles was the catalyst and the...

A "Shivaree" is an elaborate, festive and raucous county wedding celebration. Bringing this spirited event into your concert hall, Carl Strommen delivers a percolating work with pile-driving rhythms,...

A "Shivaree" is an elaborate, festive and raucous county wedding celebration. Bringing this spirited event into your concert hall, Carl Strommen delivers a percolating work with pile-driving rhythms,...

For centuries, music has played an integral part in the daily lives of Native Americans. From the ancient burial mounds of the Southeast to the cliff dwellings of the Southwest, Indian musical instrum...

This celebration of salsa music begins with an evocative introduction that is followed by an array of salsa rhythmic styles. Included are the mambo, the cha-cha, and the son-montuno, which differ wide...

Cast in triple meter, this original composition begins with a delightful melody in the clarinet section. Although the tune sounds intricate, it falls well in the fingers - once mastered it will deligh...

Cast in triple meter, this original composition begins with a delightful melody in the clarinet section. Although the tune sounds intricate, it falls well in the fingers - once mastered it will deligh...

Robert W. Smith has scored a hit with this Irish treatment, based on the holiday classic 'What Child Is This?'. Beginning with a piccolo solo staged over the tuba, the work builds to a frenzy. This ye...

Following a year of studying Mexican folk music, Reed created this work which is subtitled A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band. Set in three contrasting movements, the entire work musically...

This enchanting melody from Lakme has been arranged for your choice of performers. In the opera, Lakme and Mallika sing this pastoral duet as they begin their morning tasks. The director can choose to...