Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

After the famous Dutch TV show 'Searching for Zorro' looking for the leading role, there was a very successful tour of this musical, featuring music from the Gypsy Kings. This arrangement includes the...

The symphonic poem 'The Island of the Light' illustrates legends and places of the island of Minorca. In ' Cova d'enXoroi ' the listener can hear the legend of a Moor nicknamed Xoroi, who after a pira...

'Sway' is the English version of 'Quién será?', a 1953 mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. The most famous version is that of Dean Martin recorded in 1954. English lyrics...

Here's at last a nice new piece of music for your Christmas concert: Michael W. Smith composed this enchanting music in the style of John Williams' film music for E. T. and Harry Potter. Henk Ummels s...

Odin is the god of war and victory according to Norse mythology, but he is also associated with wisdom and magic. Furthermore he is also considered to be a composer of magical songs. On Slepinir, his...

Back to Normandy is a composition for concert band on the occasion of D-Day. On D-Day (June 6, 1944) the liberation of Western Europe started at the beach of Normandy. A long campaign through Europe f...

The composition Guggisberg Fantasie is based on a beloved and well known Swiss folksong. This song from the 17th century tells the sad story of two lovers who can never be together. The girl Verena is...

Scarborough Fair is a traditional English ballad that originates from 1670. This song has been arranged countless amounts of times but was made world famous by Simon and Garfunkel. In 2007, Scarboroug...

Blu is a tame Macaw parrot who never learned to fly. He enjoys a comfortable life and thinks he is the last of his kind, but in exotic Rio, lives Jewel, who is a female of his kind. Together with his...

When an Egyptian hero fell on the battlefield he entered the underworld named Duat. There he had to fulfill his last task: pass through all the gates guarded by monstrous creatures and enter Aaru (par...

Ron van Riel composed Solidarity in Gold to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his band, Cromvoirtse Fanfare. The music reflects all the various facets of life in the club during those 50 years. The...

In 2014, Feike van Tuinen won the third prize in a composition competition organized by the Belgian music federation VLAMO, with his work Orlando. This work is based on the love song, 'Matona mia cara...

Music has a way in which we can explore our emotions, often creating a new sense of perspective for us. You will detect a sense of positivity from this thought-provoking music which will hopefully be...

EN Film Score Suite (I. Main Theme II. The Office Battle III. A Language Barrier IV. Problem Solvers V. Ernests' Farewell) In 1998 I was commissioned to score a short film for some student filmmakers...

This Symphonic Poem was dedicated to the Musical Union El Xúquer from Sumacàrcer and its conductor, Josep Ros. The work is inspired by the people from Sumacàrcer trying to tell the different character...

Epic Journey to Torshavne is a 4e division Test Piece commissioned by Gouden Spiker Festival 2016. The journey begins At Sea as trombones announce first sighting of the island. A stirring theme in bas...

Guido von Arezzo (991-1050) war ein italienischer Musiktheoretiker. Er entwickelte u.a. die Neumen-Notenschrift und die Solmisations-Stufen do-re-mi-fa-so-la. Im vorliegenden Stück wird die originale...

Days Remembered was written for the High School Band, located in Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka Japan, in celebration of 30th anniversary of their annual concert. The premiere was held on March 21, 2015 at...

A young European of the 19th century is fascinated by the beauty of the sapphire, a jewel that can be found in India and Sri Lanka. Full of ambition to find the stone, he sets out on a journey to Sout...

A Poem against War A Poem against War was commissioned by Psalm 150, Dinxperlo for the project Leven in Vrijheid!. Starting point of the composition of this piece was the poem A Poem against War from...

The origin of Bella Ciao is uncertain. Possibly it is derived from an older song on the same melody, also called Bella ciao, about the abuses in the rice harvest in northern Italy in the 19th century,...