Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

This work is written in a C minor mode. There are no accidentals so it is easy for the student to play while have harmonies not usually heard in young band music. 1st trumpet's highest note is C. Clar...

Andrew Poor is a middle school band director and knows what students can easily play and what is difficult. He has taken this very easy march with limited range so you can teach the students easy sync...

This composition has a patriotic and majestic quality which pays tribute to our men and women in service of our country. The 1st trumpet's highest note is C. Only the 1st clarinets cross the break.

This work is taken from the original work by Fritz Spindler who lived ih the 19th century. It sounds far more difficult that it is to play (always a plus for programming). This is also a great exercis...

This is an easy and fast song to add to a religious theme concert or it is very playable in a church setting. Everyone in the Catholic church knows this song. The first clarinets play over the break....

All Grade 1/2's are playable with only 5 instruments: 1 flute, 2 clarinets, 1 alto saxophone, and 1 trumpet. Those instruments are not always doubled elsewhere. The song is written in such a way, it w...

A very easy work for beginners. Only whole, half and quarter notes are in the wind section. The percussion section plays eighth notes. The 1st trumpet's highest note is A. The 1st clarinet has to p...

Your percussionist will love this song. It gives them a chance to show off and have fun with different kind of percussion instruments. 1st trumpet's highest note is A. Clarinets do not cross the break...

This work is to honor the heroic efforts of the first landing of the moon in 1969. It has several contrasting sections from slow to faster and always wonderful melodies. Only the 1st clarinets cross t...

This is an easy song that features the percussion section The 1st trumpet's highest note is D. 1st clarinets cross the break. This is the perfect composition to introduce syncopation.

This song is easily playable by bands with limited instrumentation. The form is a basic ABA, with harmonies of a flatted 2nd and 3rd, seldom heard at this performance level. The middle section is in m...

This is an easy first concert composition that is fun for all. The percussion is just challenging enough to keep them busy and interested. Toward the end of the work, the students get to pick and play...

The first clarinets only cross the break at that is at the end of this song. 1st trumpet's highest note is C. It is a song that is playable right in the middle of the 1st beginning book. It is a good...

A very nice and easy melody. Only the 1st clarinets cross the break . 1st trumpet's highest note is C.

The song can be played anytime and is often performed at Christmas or holiday concerts. This is a great teaching tool for eighth/quarter/eighth note rhythms. The percussion greats a great workout but...

All Grade 1/2's are playable with only 5 instruments: 1 flute, 2 clarinets, 1 alto saxophone, and 1 trumpet. Those instruments are not always doubled elsewhere. The song is written in such a way, it w...

An exciting and brisk work. It sounds difficult, but is quite easy to play. 1st clarinets cross the break. 1st trumpet's highest note is D.

This is an exciting fun composition that is a great rhythmic tool for teaching eighth note combinations, dotted quarter/eighth note rhythm. containing some dissonance, which builds to dynamic ending....

This is a bold and old fashion style of march. A great audience pleaser while it is still a great teaching tool for young musicians. This song is a good one for working on dotted quarter/eighth note r...

A very easy composition for beginning band. It is a good introduction to very easy independence. 1st trumpet's highest note is Bb. Easily playable after a few lessons.

A very easy composition for beginning band. It is a good introduction to very easy independence. 1st trumpet's highest note is Bb. Easily playable after a few lessons.

This composition is almost a grade 1/2. Rhythms consist of quarter, half, and whole notes. It could easily be handed out after 4 or 5 lessons. 1st trumpet's highet note is A.

This composition is almost a grade 1/2. Rhythms consist of quarter, half, and whole notes. It could easily be handed out after 4 or 5 lessons. 1st trumpet's highet note is A.