Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

This song from the band Hekla Stålstrenga is about Joe the boatbuilder. Joe builds the most fabulous boats, but has a deal with the devil that every seventh boat is going to him. Norwegian band Hekla...

Laling is a Norwegian folktune from Bø. The arrangementet of the lullaby starts off with a calm atmosphere (like a dream). The dream develops into a more funky section, until it calms down again. Lali...

Jules Sylvain (1900-1968) (pseudonym for Axel Stig Hansson), was a Swedish composer of popular music, writer and musician. As pianist, he had success first as musician at cafees and later as orchestra...

This piece is a collection of three folk songs from Nord-Gudbrandsdal in Norway. To the Conductor: First part (from bar 8): The trumpets presents the theme while the horns and trombones represents a k...

Svendsen wrote his three Norwegian rhapsodies between 1876 and 1877. All of them are largely based on themes from a collection og songs Ældre og nyere norske Fjeldmelodier' by L.M. Lundeman. Norwegian...

Johan Svendsen wrote several great adaptions of folk music for strings. These are all characterized by his tasteful harmonics. Far Away Star is one of the two Swedish folk songs published as op. 27 fo...

Down home funky rock tune that should be a favorite concert piece for young players

Dieses kleine funkige Rockstück, das Musiker und Publikum gleichermassen lieben werden, geben jeder Ihrer Aufführungen den perfekten leichten Anstrich. Die Tonumfänge sind für alle Instrumente machbar...

Recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire and often heard in TV and films, this classic funk tune from the '70s is a sure way to pump some energy into your next program. The melody is skillfully passed from sect...

This interesting and unique version by Mannheim Steamroller, adapted from Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, is funky yet tastefully sophisticated (as only Mannheim Steamroller can do!). C...

What kid doesn't love a train! This entertaining and fun piece for beginning bands calls for some lucky student (or administrator) to be featured on a wooden train whistle (the cheap kind!). Along the...

What kid doesn't love a train! This entertaining and fun piece for beginning bands calls for some lucky student (or administrator) to be featured on a wooden train whistle (the cheap kind!). Along the...

The funk hit by the Commodores and Lionel Richie has hardly lost any of its popularity since it first appeared in 1977. Paul Murtha, who is known for his ability to transform grooves very authenticall...

The funk hit by the Commodores and Lionel Richie has hardly lost any of its popularity since it first appeared in 1977. Paul Murtha, who is known for his ability to transform grooves very authenticall...

In this high-energy arrangement of the signature hit from the Godfather of Soul, the low brass start out on the theme with the band answering with the familiar riffs. The saxes are featured on the bre...

In this high-energy arrangement of the signature hit from the Godfather of Soul, the low brass start out on the theme with the band answering with the familiar riffs. The saxes are featured on the bre...

Joseph Zawinul's hit chart in an easy and highly imaginative arrangement.

Composer's note: Coogee Funk was inspired by a trip to Sydney, Australia. I had decided on a whim to travel to OZ and, after a lot of busking, managed to save up enough money. Once there I fell in lov...

Coogee Funk was commissioned by James Gourlay and the Royal Nothern College of Music Wind Orchestra, who gave the premiere at the 2005 Resonances season, Manchester 2005

Motown Records is responsible for some of the most remembered and cherished songs in all of popular music. Here is a medley of hits from some of Motown's biggest names including 'Stop! In The Name Of...

This 1965 funk classic became one of James Brown's signature hits. The trademark syncopations are written here in a very repetitive and teachable fashion, and lend a definite sense of authenticity to...

This 1965 funk classic became one of James Brown's signature hits. The trademark syncopations are written here in a very repetitive and ‘teachable' fashion, and lend a defi nite sense of authenticity...