Intermediate Sheet Music from Grand Mesa Music

Big Sky Overture: Sweeping melodies punctuated by energetic rhythmic motives make this original overture perfect for concert and contest. Observing traditional overture form, the main theme is set fir...

The Mountain City Fiddlers is titled after the Fiddlers Convention of 1925, which was held in Mountain City, Tennessee. The piece opens with violin and cello solos in A major, with stomping feet and c...

Rondo Recipe is a light-hearted work to be approached in the classical style. The “dash of Mozart” is not a facetious quote for there is in fact a small quote of music that is by Mozart hidden within...

Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was the first classical composer of African ancestry. Born in the French colony of Guadeloupe, Saint-Georges was taken to Paris by his father to be rais...

Exciting work employing contemporary harmonies within a traditional theme and variations format.

This minimalist soundscape recreates a quiet afternoon in the woods of New Hampshire. Three mallet parts create an underlying ostinato with wind parts layered above in expansive melodic lines, and eve...

Commissioned by the Delta, Colorado High School Band, this exciting, tightly-knit work in sonata form is sure to be a favorite of your players and audiences alike.

This piece, commissioned by the Overland Trail Middle School of Brighton, Colorado, tells a musical story of the settling of the west. Unique metrical feature is the use of 12/8 time.

This rarity in the band literature features an antiphonal set-up and is playable by most Jr. High/Middle School bands. Trumpets and trombones are employed in contrast to the rest of the ensemble in th...

This work is an imaginatively-scored set of three short preludes and fugues originally written for organ. While technically within the Grade3 range, this piece can be used as a teaching tool in perfor...

Commissioned by the Colorado Honor band, this is a uniquely compelling arrangement of familiar folk tunes associated with water.

Superb contemporary overture by one of America's finest and most respected band writers.

Spacious contemporary work musically descriptive of the Arkansas River's most spectacular canyon.

One needs only listen to a few bars of Doug's unique harmonization of this tune to realize this truly is a fresh look at an old familiar melody.

Under the influence of a desert full moon, a pile of bones comes to life and dances a series of bizarre dances.

Lyrical baroque gem from the opera Xerxes set beautifully for the modern wind band.

Perhaps the most strikingly original work by the patriarch of the Russian Five.

Commissioned by the Augusta County, VA Honors Band, a colorful set of variations depicting life in rural Virginia.

Each of the 3 movements is a modern representation of an ancient musical form. Vividly imaginative ideas and great scoring highlight this suite for band.

Old Scottish carol given a Grainger-like setting by this very gifted arranger.