Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Cast in three main sections, Chant Rituals makes use of two contrasting thematic statements to exploit the timbral and rhythmic resources of the symphonic band. A highly chromatic middle section leads...

Cast in three main sections, Chant Rituals makes use of two contrasting thematic statements to exploit the timbral and rhythmic resources of the symphonic band. A highly chromatic middle section leads...

The holiday season is probably the only time of year that your audience knows both the melody and the words to your band's music. Here is the opportunity for them to join in singing. Titles

This composition is reminiscent of an early American folk celebration, fashioned with the drive and energy one might imagine as the spirit of a new nation. Robert W. Smith's reputation for composing m...

This composition is reminiscent of an early American folk celebration, fashioned with the drive and energy one might imagine as the spirit of a new nation. Robert W. Smith's reputation for composing m...

This release celebrates the 30th anniversary of the first performance of this work by the conductor and band to whom it is dedicated: Dr. William Revelli and the University of Michigan Symphonic Band....

O Holy Night has been called the most popular Christmas solo song ever written. Calvin Custer artfully examines many of the tonal colors and sonorities available to today's concert band with his treat...

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...

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...

Of gigantic proportion, this work for concert band is a solid part of the s tandard repertoire. Giannini's numerous works for band are well known for t heir compositional quality, and this symphony, l...

Of gigantic proportion, this work for concert band is a solid part of the s tandard repertoire. Giannini's numerous works for band are well known for t heir compositional quality, and this symphony, l...

Of gigantic proportion, this work for concert band is a solid part of the standard repertoire. Giannini's numerous works for band are well known for their compositional quality, and this symphony, lon...

Of gigantic proportion, this work for concert band is a solid part of the s tandard repertoire. Giannini's numerous works for band are well known for t heir compositional quality, and this symphony, l...

Sakura is an ancient Japanese children's song. It is traditionally accompanied by a koto (a long 13-stringed instrument) or a shamisen (a 3-stringed lute) and various gongs, drums and bells. This is a...

Three Chorale Preludes epitomizes the perfect teaching piece and performance work. Although based on familiar chorale melodies, the work is an original. Each prelude reflects contrasting tempi and tex...

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...

After a majestic fanfare, a soaring melodic line appears, reminiscent of the flight of a hawk. With limitless freedom, the winged creature is master of all it surveys. The presence of the wind can be...

After a majestic fanfare, a soaring melodic line appears, reminiscent of the flight of a hawk. With limitless freedom, the winged creature is master of all it surveys. The presence of the wind can be...

After a majestic fanfare, a soaring melodic line appears, reminiscent of the flight of a hawk. With limitless freedom, the winged creature is master of all it surveys. The presence of the wind can be...

After a majestic fanfare, a soaring melodic line appears, reminiscent of the flight of a hawk. With limitless freedom, the winged creature is master of all it surveys. The presence of the wind can be...

Jericho is a name as newsworthy today as it was in biblical times, states Col. Arnald Gabriel (Ret.), whose interpretive analysis of this Morton Gould classic now appears as part of the conductor's sc...

One of London's top tourist attractions is the magnificent Tower of London, parts of which date back nine centuries. From a nearby hill echoes the themes of the Tower, from a time when it was a bustli...