Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Mozart belongs to everyone! The experience of actually playing Mozart's music makes him real and more than just a name we associate with old music. Stephen Bulla's arrangement of the first movement of...

Imagine Tchaikovsky on a vacation trip that was arranged by a really, really bad travel agent. That, in a 'nutshell', describesThe Nutty Nutcracker. This humorous style parody of what may arguably be...

Developing an intimate understanding of the world's greatest musical accomplishments is an important part of a music education. Every musician should have the joy of playing the music of Mozart, and t...

This is an opportunity for you to introduce some great classic melodies to your beginning band. The Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods are represented in creative and accessible ways so that your...

Tchaikovsky's excursion into music for young people carries the indelible stamp of masterful composition. James Curnow has carefully maintained the intent of this work while making it accessible to th...

National and state standards for music education have re-emphasized the need for more high-quality transcription pieces for the concert band. Every musician should develop a familiarity with each of h...

A poignant setting of one of the most beautiful melodies ever written. The flexible nature of this arrangement will allow you to accommodate nearly combinations of players. A minimum of four players i...

Edgar was Giacomo Puccini's second opera but despite numerous changes and adaptations, it was never able to match the success enjoyed by his first opera Le Villi. Puccini himself was never completely...

Edgar was Giacomo Puccini's second opera but despite numerous changes and adaptations, it was never able to match the success enjoyed by his first opera Le Villi. Puccini himself was never completely...

Following the success of Madame Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed the opera La Fanciulla del West, a dramatic love story based on the Wild-Western play, The Girl of the Golden West. Thi...

Following the success of Madame Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed the opera La Fanciulla del West, a dramatic love story based on the Wild-Western play, The Girl of the Golden West. Thi...

Bei dem Duett, das Johan de Meij meisterlich für Blasorchester umsetzte, handelt es sich um Dio, che nell' alma infondere aus dem zweiten Akt von Giuseppe Verdis berühmter Oper Don Carlo. In diesem Du...

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano is the last aria that tenor-role Dick Johnson (the bandit Ramerrez) sings before his death sentence is carried out. Puccini's opera La Fanciulla del West is set in Am...

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano is the last aria that tenor-role Dick Johnson (the bandit Ramerrez) sings before his death sentence is carried out. Puccini's opera La Fanciulla del West is set in Am...

Giacomo Puccini was commissioned to write a second opera after the resounding success of his first, Le Villi. However, the original four-act, grand opera Edgar, to a libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, re...

Giacomo Puccini was commissioned to write a second opera after the resounding success of his first, Le Villi. However, the original four-act, grand opera Edgar, to a libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, re...

Eigentlich ist eine Kirche ein Ort der Ruhe, des Gebets und der Meditation. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall in Giacomo Puccinis Oper Tosca: Er verwandelt die römische Basilika Sant' Andrea in einen Spielpl...

Willis sind feenhafte Wesen. Wenn eine Frau unverheiratet an gebrochenem Herzen stirbt, zwingen sie den Herzensbrecher dazu, sich zu Tode zu tanzen. Diese Legende wählte Giacomo Puccini für seine erst...

Together with his good friend Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst had a strong liking for the abundant folk music of the British Isles. This influence is heard in many of his works and is perhaps str...

The first movement of Nielsen's spectacular 3rd Symphony, skillfully arranged for wind orchestra by Johan de Meij.

The first movement of Nielsen's spectacular 3rd Symphony, skillfully arranged for wind orchestra by Johan de Meij.

La Danza is a playful Neapolitan tarantella, composed by Gioacchino Rossini, that became world famous in the orchestration by Ottorino Respighi. It's hard to sit still during this fresh whirlwind!

La Danza is a playful Neapolitan tarantella, composed by Gioacchino Rossini, that became world famous in the orchestration by Ottorino Respighi. It's hard to sit still during this fresh whirlwind!

This new arrangement contains all five movements of this gorgeous orchestral suite, written in the same period as his famous New World Symphony, and containing the same American folk song elements suc...

This new arrangement contains all five movements of this gorgeous orchestral suite, written in the same period as his famous New World Symphony, and containing the same American folk song elements suc...