Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Opening with a lyric section featuring a solo for flugelhorn (or trumpet), this appealing work includes sensuous melodies surrounded by lush and 'bluesy' harmonies. The uptempo 'mambo' kicks in with a...

With its heartfelt message and appealing gospel flavor, Oscar Peterson's Hymn to Freedom has been embraced by choirs throughout the world. This band arrangement matches the classic version arranged by...

Exploring different facets of time, this unique work utilizes a wide range of compositional devices, including periods of carefully controlled aleatoric playing, a dizzying effect of multiple ticking...

Exploring different facets of time, this unique work utilizes a wide range of compositional devices, including periods of carefully controlled aleatoric playing, a dizzying effect of multiple ticking...

Under orders from General George Washington at the height of the Revolutionary War, a spy ring was organized for the purpose of providing critical information on the movement of British forces in the...

Recorded by the Edgar Winter Group in 1973, here is a classic rock tune that has stood the test of time! Paul Murtha's solid arrangement for concert band skillfully preserves the distinctive riffs and...

From Bernstein's 1956 operetta Candide, the beautiful closing number, Make Our Garden Grow, has gone on to become a beloved and familiar classic. Arranged here for younger bands, this setting moves fr...

Although titled as a quickstep march, this appealing number from the Civil War era features a moderate tempo and distinctively spirited military style. Scored with plenty of variety in textures and dy...

Music performed by bands of the Civil War era often included familiar airs and patriotic tunes. Included in this rousing medley is an early treatment of The Star-Spangled Banner (which wasn't recogniz...

Although brief in duration, this powerful fanfare from Richard Saucedo packs plenty of excitement and drama in a short amount of time! Interstellar Fanfare features a spirited 12/8 pulse throughout, s...

As the title might imply, this unique composition contains several references to the number 5. For starters, the meter of 5/4 is an obvious connection. More subtle is the prominent use of the interval...

As the title might imply, this unique composition contains several references to the number 5. For starters, the meter of 5/4 is an obvious connection. More subtle is the prominent use of the interval...

In 1917 two ships collided in the harbor of Halifax, Canada. The resulting explosion devastated most of the city. Echoes of the Silent is a hymn that pays homage to those who perished and to the resil...

Over the past few years I must have read Goodnight Moon to my son a thousand times - maybe more. Somewhere around reading number 500, I began hearing little musical fragments as I read, and over time...

Commissioned by the Owen J. Roberts Middle School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the piece honors the school's namesake, Supreme Court Justice Roberts who served from 1930-1945. Composed using a single t...

Based on the traditional American shaped-note melody The Promised Land (first published in the 1800's), Beyond the Stars captures the spirit of the early American church musicians who voiced their ent...

Drawing on his many years of experience building nationally acclaimed band programs and also his work as a successful guest conductor and clinician, Richard Saucedo has created a much-needed set of ke...

Filled with colorful effects and vivid dissonance, Eric Whitacre has created a remarkable setting of our national anthem. Challenging and impressive, this arrangement is both reverential and unique. (...

Synergy' is the combined power of a group when they are working with each other - in musical terms, it's that magical something that happens when people create music together. Written as a celebratory...

Composer Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) received an Emmy award for his 1965 score for the television program The Louvre. His concert band adaptation resulted in a five movement suite combining original...

Inspired by the ever-popular snack, Pop! is a grade 3 band piece by composer Tawnie Olson that imitates the sounds popping popcorn beginning with that first, single kernel to the exploding sounds of a...

The fourth movement of Robert Buckley's grandly cinematic suite describing impressions of the seas of the moon, Serpent Sea is animated, exuberant and somewhat over-the-top. It was inspired by the ide...

During his brief lifetime, Sidney Lanier (1842-1881) was at one time or another a soldier, musician, teacher, lawyer, and a college professor. He is perhaps best remembered as a poet and for the middl...