Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

The European Overture is an enthusiastic and amazing opening dedicated to and premiered by Jan Cober and the European Union Youth Wind Orchestra in Luxembourg, 2013. As a clarinetist member of the EUY...

Gladiator is an epic film about the loyal Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius: reduced to slavery, Maximus rises through the ranks of the gladiatorial arena to avenge the murder of his family and h...

This arrangement from Henk Ummels contains three big movie hits from the year 1984. The title songs from Ghostbusters, Footloose and Beverly Hills Cop. It's inconceivable that 1984 was a year that so...

This composition by Andrew Pearce was commissioned by the French television channel TF1, to celebrate the end of the year's festivities. This bright and festive piece features euphonium soloists with...

Discursum is a short piece with a vigorous and solemn character. It opens with a bold and triomphant theme. This passes into a compelling and impressive middle part to end heroic and powerful. The ori...

Using a stately fanfare, this action-packed piece has all the hallmarks of the drama, nerve and excitement that make the title come to life! Enjoy the various themes as they seamlessly glide through t...

Odin is the god of war and victory according to Norse mythology, but he is also associated with wisdom and magic. Furthermore he is also considered to be a composer of magical songs. On Slepinir, his...

Far From Over is the title song of Staying Alive, the 1983 film sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta. The movie was directed and co-written by Sylvester Stallone and Far From Over wa...

Thrift Shop is a song by the American rapper Macklemore and his producer Ryan Lewis. The single was released on 3 September 2012. The song is about buying cheap clothing in thrift shops, and contempt...

Call of Heroes is an opening piece not only suited for concerts but for all festive occasions. The first part begins with a fanfare in the brass supported by woodwind motifs. In the second section the...

Adagio for Strings is one of the most well-known and loved pieces from Samuel Barber. Barber himself, arranged the 2nd movement of his first string quartet for string orchestra. By popular demand, Ton...

Live And Let Die is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die, written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by their band Wings. It was one of their most successful singles...

Festival Signation is an opening piece, suitable for the beginning of a concert, or start of a second half. It begins with a majestic fanfare with powerful chords in the brass, and light motives in th...

The Lady Caliph is Ennio Morricone's main theme of the 70's Italian drama film La Califfa directed by Alberto Bevilacqua, entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. After Andrew Pearce arranged and t...

Back to Normandy is a composition for concert band on the occasion of D-Day. On D-Day (June 6, 1944) the liberation of Western Europe started at the beach of Normandy. A long campaign through Europe f...

Sequences for Band is constructed from several melodic sequences that converge independently of each other on many occasions but sometimes also agree together. The work is divided into three distinct...

The composition Guggisberg Fantasie is based on a beloved and well known Swiss folksong. This song from the 17th century tells the sad story of two lovers who can never be together. The girl Verena is...

Especially for the upcoming Football World Cup in Brazil 2014, Anton Burger has arranged this well known song in a samba style. If the Netherlands wants to be worldchampion, this piece shouldn't be mi...

In 2012, Stevenson was commissioned by the wind music association from Kärnten to compose a symphonic work based on the work of Austrian composer Rudolf Kummerer, to mark the 90th anniversary of the S...

It's going to be difficult not to get up and dance along with this medley from some of the best hits from the popular television show So You Think You Can Dance. The exciting medley includes Fame - Mi...

Scarborough Fair is a traditional English ballad that originates from 1670. This song has been arranged countless amounts of times but was made world famous by Simon and Garfunkel. In 2007, Scarboroug...

Sting was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band The Police from 1977 to 1984, before launching a solo career. He has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, cl...

Blu is a tame Macaw parrot who never learned to fly. He enjoys a comfortable life and thinks he is the last of his kind, but in exotic Rio, lives Jewel, who is a female of his kind. Together with his...

This composition was written at the request of the symphonic wind band 'Na Lang Streven” from Klaaswaal, to celebrate their 100th anniversary. As a starting point the English translation of the book A...

Ave Musica is a musical impression about the fusion of two different bands. The charactaristics from the past; the chorals (Grosser Gott, wir loben dich) and the marching are the ingredients for the f...