Intermediate Sheet Music from Kendor Music

Recorded in 1998 by the Monday Night Big Band on their Thanks To Thad album, this is Part 3 of Thad's larger Return Journey Suite. It features lots of powerful writing for the full ensemble and abunda...

Recorded in 1968 by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra on their Monday Night album, this swingin' blues at a moderate tempo opens with an ad lib piano solo, then shifts immediately to a solo chor...

Subtitled A Shuffle For Art's Sake (referring to Art Dedrick, Kendor's founder) and commissioned by Kendor in celebration of its 25th anniversary, this dynamic original assigns solos to alto, tenor an...

Commissioned by the Prescott (AZ) High School Jazz Ensemble directed by Dan Bradstreet, this Fred Sturm original is everything we've come to expect from this talented jazz composer. Set in a half-time...

Regarded as the first published ragtime composition, this upbeat two-step from 1897 demands rhythmic precision from everyone and offers unique 'as written or improvised' solo opportunities in the 1st...

George Gershwin completed Rhapsody In Blue in 1924, and it was one of the first orchestral works to fuse together blues, jazz and classical styles to create a distinctly American orchestral sound, and...

George Gershwin completed Rhapsody In Blue in 1924, and it was one of the first orchestral works to fuse together blues, jazz and classical styles to create a distinctly American orchestral sound, and...

This collection contains ten original solos featuring a variety of key signatures, tempi, and styles to interest and challenge players. The solos are scored in a variety of styles including swing, fun...

Lennie Niehaus, former featured alto sax soloist and arranger for the Stan Kenton Orchestra has composed this grade 4+ original for S(A)ATB saxophone quartets. This contemporary quartet is written in...

Recorded by the SWR Big Band on their 'Fun Time' CD, the 'aces' here are the alto sax and trombone soloists who play in separate and simultaneous solos for a truly unique effect. A dynamic chorus by t...

This Basie flavored chart does not have the ordinary chord progression. It's 'pretty' jazz, but always keep the beat in mind. It heats up with some very interesting, playable ensemble work from measur...

This chart features combos within the band, and alternates back and forth between the keys of F and Ab. There are two sax choruses and solos for tenor saxophone, trumpet, and trombone.

Commissioned by Keith Winking at Texas State University, this unique piece for proficient groups is an engaging samba-funk original that was inspired by the composer's visit to a town in Brazil of the...

Paul Merrill, director of the Cornell University Jazz Ensemble (Ithaca, NY), commissioned this engaging bossa nova original for proficient groups. Don't let the title fool you, though, because there's...

This grand march from Giacomo Meyerbeer's The Prophet is perfect for festive and ceremonial occasions. An ideal processional, its majestic opening melody is followed by a lyrical interlude which leads...

This rousing movement from Handel's Music For The Royal Fireworks is ideal when a majestic brass showpiece is called for. All instruments in this grade 4+ arrangement share in the grandeur of this fes...

This set of three famous Beethoven piano works has been beautifully arranged for grade 4-5 quartets. The contrasting pieces offer solo passages and interesting lines for all.

We welcome Kevin Mixon to the Kendor family of writers with this arrangement of Edvard Grieg's classic piece for percussion quartet.

A brilliant arrangement for Percussion Septet.

Georges Bizet's seductive aria from his opera Carmen is certainly his best known work and with good reason: the floating melody over the habanera bass ostinato transplants the listener to a different...

This grade 4-6 collection of 15 pieces includes a wide variety of music from the Baroque era, adapted as 2, 3, and 4 mallet marimba solos. Each piece contains its own technical and musical challenges,...

Arranged for 2, 3 and 4 mallets, this wonderful collection of 10 Baroque gems for capable players includes performance suggestions for each work.

Finally adapted for string orchestra, this irrepressible classic at a brisk tempo demands well-articulated bowings, careful attention to dynamics, and a strong sense of the dramatic for best results....

Finally adapted for string orchestra, this irrepressible classic at a brisk tempo demands well-articulated bowings, careful attention to dynamics, and a strong sense of the dramatic for best results....

This powerful arrangement of the popular tone poem by Moussorgsky makes for a great festival selection. Different string articulations are employed to achieve orchestral color, and all parts share mel...