Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

The music of Handel is considered the culmination of the Baroque period of music history, and his Water Music (1717) has endured in popularity for nearly 300 years! Performed from a barge traveling on...

The year 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. While the first movement of his famous fifth symphony is more often performed, the majestic and triumphant finale beauti...

Composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875, music from Peer Gynt was originally incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's five-act play. The beautiful Solveig's Song is from the second orchestral suite later extracte...

'Anniversary Overture' was commissioned in 1968 as a twenty-first birthday piece for Hong Kong Philharmonic Society, and is a four-minute firework display for orchestra. Within the framework of a two-...

This may well be one of the finest transcriptions ever done for developing bands. Jim Curnow's carefully crafted arrangement features the six most loved movements of Moussorgsky's best-known work in s...

Dvorak/Curnow - Grade 3

Here's an excellent, playable arrangement of the symphonic tone poem made famous in the motion picture 'Fantasia. ' Fine programming for developing bands.

James Curnow skillfully brings one of Tchaikovsky's most memorable symphonic themes to the concert band stage with this new arrangement. It's always a good idea to let your band members become familia...

Transcribed by Donald Hunsberger, this setting has been scored for the expanded orchestra wind section. Grade 4-5.

Introduce your students to Gustav Holst's monumental work, 'The Planets' with this beautiful majestic chorale from the movement 'Jupiter. ' James Curnow's solid scoring of this work makes it a choice...

One of the best-known classical themes ever written, Ravel's familiar melody appears in many movies as well as on the concert stage. Johnnie Vinson's skillful adaptation allows even younger players to...

Land-Sighting, Opus 31, was composed by Edvard Grieg in 1872 to a text by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. It premiered at Akershus Fortress on May 17, 1872, as part of a fundraising event for the restoration o...

In terms of scope, the stage music for Bjørnson's play "Maria Stuart in Scotland" is Nordraak's main work. It demonstrates his undeniable talent for bringing a text to life dramatically, as well as hi...

August Söderman (1832-1876) is considered to be the first national romantic composer in Sweden. From his father Johan Wilhelm, who conducted theatre orchestras, he had a great musical talent and he wa...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer (1791-1864) was a German opera composer who established in Paris a vogue for spectacular romantic opera. He grew up in a wealthy Jewish family whose h...

Must never be performed. E.G. This is what Edvard Grieg wrote on the score of his only symphony after attending a rehearsal and hearing Johan Svendsen's symphony. The work remained "dormant" for over...

The March in E-flat major, WAB 116, was composed on August 12th, 1865, during his time in Linz. The piece was written for the military band of the local rifle regiment as a gesture of appreciation for...

Nordic Capriccio, Op. 28, was composed in 1943. About its creation, Erland von Koch wrote: This was my first composition that truly expressed my emerging interest in folk music. The foundation is an o...

Planning a gaming-themed concert for your band and struggling to find music? You're not alone! The arranger faced the same problem with the school band he conducts, so he took matters into his own han...

Originally written for an outdoor performance by a Baroque wind band of double reeds, brass and percussion, Handel's historic celebration comes to life in this joy-filled, skillful arrangement. This p...

Here's another great arrangement from Mark Williams! This arrangement of selections from the beloved William Tell Overture will enthrall listeners and performers alike. The Lento introduction features...

This surprisingly accurate, yet playable transcription will enhance any program. Great pains were taken to keep this transcription pure, and the result is a wonderfully written version of one of the o...

Cavalleria Rusticana is Mascagni's most popular opera. 'Intermezzo' is the instrumental interlude that accompanies villagers leaving an Easter service. This operatic gem brings relief to the tensions...

This delightful band transcription of a Debussy piano classic is an ideal teaching tool. The piece will help teach tempo, dynamics, and rhythms such as the sixteenth-eighth-sixteenth pattern. The perf...

Antonin Dvorak's Slavonic Dances have been an audience pleaser at orchestral concerts for generations. Here, one of his most well-known Slavonic Dances has been wonderfully adapted for young bands. Th...