Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Enjoyable counterpoint and snippets of well-known carols along with delightful original material will make this engaging and humorous arrangement a memorable addition to your winter concert. Tick-tock...

These lovely settings of three Polish Christmas carols include good opportunities for teaching style and musicality as you prepare for your winter performance. While “Three Polish Carols”...

Here's a memorable and humorous contrast for your winter concert. A gregarious student or staff member in the guise of “Beethoven returned” suddenly appears on your concert stage in this c...

The piece was written for the Manger schoolband and is based on the English Christmas carol 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem'. A modern dance-rhythm surrounds the melody in an arrangement which is playable...

Det star eit lys' is a beautiful Christmas Hymn with melodic challenges in most of the wind band sections.

This is a Christmas psalm based on the poem 'in the Bleak Midwinter' by the English poet Christina Rossetti and written before 1872 for the magazine Scribner's Monthly. It was publishe posthuma in Ros...

The Light in the time of Darkness' by Trygve Hoff (1938-1987), tell us about how to see ahead in dark hours. The time of year without sun in the Northern parts of Norway have through generations broug...

This beautiful Christmas song was written by Mel Torme and Robert Wells in 1944. It is the most broadcasted Christmas songs of all times, according to BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated). Torme himself...

Warren Barker has done a remarkable job of combining three well-known carols in a unique instrumental treatment. Portraits of Christmas features the lilting tune of 'The Holly and the Ivy,' the longti...

Here's a terrific Christmas arrangement that your beginning band can actually play on that very first holiday concert. Correlated with the Yamaha Band Student, Book 1, page 13, it includes 'Good King...

Robert Sheldon has crafted a fascinating Christmas piece for your next holiday concert. This piece is very mature sounding--you won't believe it's only grade 1! 'The Holly and the Ivy,' 'Bring a Torch...

If you're looking for something different on your next holiday concert, this is it! An original tune starts the piece, with sections of 'Deck the Halls' and 'Jolly Old St. Nicholas' interspersed. It h...

This clever, yet easy arrangement interweaves the familiar strains of 'Old MacDonald' with favorite carols of the holiday season. 'Jingle Bells', 'Good King Wenceslas' and 'Deck the Halls' appear simu...

The Carol of the Bells is paired with 'We Three Kings of Orient Are' in this colorful and creative holiday piece. These two familiar Christmas carols provide a marvelous way to celebrate the season in...

Christmas Fanfares was born from the composer's desire to write a lively yet not overly difficult concert opener for his band's holiday program. Initially composed as three separate fanfares-each on a...

Two lovely English carols are paired together to create a very mature sounding arrangement for young players. After a brief introduction the flute section plays What Child is This? with a light accomp...

Some of the most popular Christmas selections of all time are included in this delightful arrangement, A Most Wonderful Christmas. Robert Sheldon has included Winter Wonderland, I'll be Home for Chris...

He knows when you've been sleeping. Michael Story has arranged this holiday classic for your beginners. You'd better watch out for this great new arrangement on a bunch of winter programs! Great tradi...

This lovely American carol was believed to have originated in Southern Appalachia in the early 1900's. It is a beautiful lullaby with a simple melody and lush harmonies. Jerry Brubaker's compelling co...

Carols are an important part of the holiday season. While most are very hymn-like, they are revered for their simplicity and the meaning of the occasion. Fantasia On We Three Kings is just such a piec...

This magical piece is the quintessential setting for the Christmas holiday's most treasured poem. The Night Before Christmas, originally commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra, includes numerous solo...

Written 60 years ago, this delightful holiday melody has been performed by all the greats including Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and a sleigh full of others. Now your first year band stud...