Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

The most successful melodies of Herb Apert, the inventor of the Tijuana brass style, in which the typical Mexican way of playing is mixed with jazz and funk.

This fusion rock chart features rhythm section and can also showcase electric guitar. A great way to add a pop element to your program, this piece is also an ideal vehicle to feature your alto or teno...

Arctic Funk might just as well have been a flashing sequel to a scene from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Popular music but with a difference, as indicated by the title. The work's quiet section...

Speed ist eine spritzige, schnelle und spannende 'Funky' Komposition für Jugenorchester. Im ersten Teil enthält das Thema einen erzieherischen synkopierten Rhythmus. Der zweite Teil fängt ganz ruhig a...

The American soul music group 'Earth, Wind and Fire', set up in 1970 by singer and drummer Maurice Whitney, started a real international career from 1975 onwards. Especially the brass players were foc...

The young Spanish conductor and composer Ferrer Ferran is a pupil of Jef Penders. He conducts the symphonic band of the Valencia Conservatory of Music and the Banda Primitiva de Paiporta. For this thr...

This is the third part of the five-part suite 'Nomenclatura' commissioned by the Dutch Customs Band 'Douane Harmonie Nederland' for the band's performance at The Light Music Festival in Sankt Gallen,...

This little modern suite by Ennio Salvere is an easy but most pleasant concert piece for youth band. The three parts 'Give me some Funk', 'Give me some Blues' and 'Give me some Soul' allow young music...

While conducting younger groups in the UK, Andrew Pearce wrote a funky and accessible piece that younger musicians would appreciate playing. The piece begins with a repeated quaver motif in low brass...

While conducting younger groups in the UK, the composer decided to write a funky and accessible piece with a catchy tune that younger musicians would appreciate playing each week. It is aptly called '...

'I Got You (commonly known as 'I Feel Good') is a hit song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1965, it was one of Brown's signature songs, and is arguably his most widely known recording. A very...

Mezzoforte is an instrumental jazz-funk fusion band from Iceland, formed in 1977. Their biggest hit single was Garden Party (1983), taken from their fourth album (second international release) Surpris...