Michael Sweeney: Easy Sheet Music

Imagine the mist rising on a secluded Scottish valley to reveal a festival of song and dance. Here's a marvelous piece in a variety of styles that uses a mix of original themes and folk songs from the...

Written in a style similar to Michael's popular Celtic Air and Dance, here is another terrific setting of Celtic tunes arranged for very young bands. This arrangement opens with a beautiful and flowin...

Written in a style similar to Michael's popular Celtic Air and Dance, here is another terrific setting of Celtic tunes arranged for very young bands. This arrangement opens with a beautiful and flowin...

Following in Michael's popular Celtic Air and Dance format, here are two contrasting melodies associated with centuries of Irish conflict and turmoil. The haunting ballad The Foggy Dew was composed sh...

Featuring two traditional Irish tunes, this effective work for second year players opens with a sensitive and lyric setting of Perry Maid Milking Her Cow. The dance segment features the familiar tune...

Featuring two traditional Irish tunes, this effective work for second year players opens with a sensitive and lyric setting of Perry Maid Milking Her Cow. The dance segment features the familiar tune...

Here is an emotion-filled arrangement for young players based on the folk tune Down to the River to Pray, which is thought to have been composed by an African-American slave. There is an element of sa...

Here is an emotion-filled arrangement for young players based on the folk tune Down to the River to Pray, which is thought to have been composed by an African-American slave. There is an element of sa...

Beautiful rendition of the beloved American song. (Artist Level)

Beautiful rendition of the beloved American song. (Artist Level)

Essential Elements Performer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 24) Here is a marvelous yet easy arrangement of this familiar spiritual in a gospel-rock style. The flutes and percussion start things of...

The ancient city of Aztalan existed around a thousand years ago in southern Wisconsin, but disappeared mysteriously by around A. D. 1300. Through careful use of tone clusters, haunting melodies and cr...

Designed for second-year players, Michael's energetic overture provides mature and dynamic sounds at a very attainable and easy to learn level. Combining full band unison statements along with some un...

Panther Rising was composed in celebration of a new school whose mascot is the Panther. Skillfully designed for first-year players, this driving and energetic piece features an intense attitude with i...

Arranged here for first- year players, this stirring patriotic tune from early American features a strong melody and energetic drive. Sure to be come a standard for beginning bands, this version is sk...

Located near the base of scenic Paine Mountain in Vermont, Norwich University boasts the oldest collegiate band in the nation. Paine Mountain Legacy celebrates their 200th anniversary and is filled wi...

Continuing the popular format of previous Celtic Air and Dance settings, this work for second year players opens with the tender Irish ballad Ned of the Hill. The dance segment combines two popular Ir...

Originating from the Iroquois Native Americans, the term Orenda describes an extraordinary and mystical force within all people that empowers us to affect positive change. From the chant-like opening...

Originating from the Iroquois Native Americans, the term Orenda describes an extraordinary and mystical force within all people that empowers us to affect positive change. From the chant-like opening...

Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 34) Combining two well-know Latin classics, Michael has created an exciting easy arrangement that is sure to be a hit with audiences and bands alike. The majes...

Essential Elements Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 34) Taking a more traditional Spanish approach to this well-known tune, Michael Sweeney uses a 3/4 key signature throughout, active percussi...

Essential Elements Performer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 24). Made famous by Harry Belafonte, bring a little bit of Jamaica to your next concert with this effectively written arrangement. The br...

It's hard to believe that this impressive piece for beginners uses nothing faster than quarter notes (a few 8th notes in percussion)! Michael cleverly uses the sound of stomping feet and bold harmonie...