Michael Sweeney: Easy Sheet Music

Michael's popular setting of tuneful Irish melodies is available here in an easy flexible format using just 4 parts plus percussion. Ideal for small group settings.

This funky original from Michael Sweeney is very effective for beginning groups and one that is fun to play. Includes short 4-measure feature spots for each section including drums. Also features a wr...

Although known primarily as the theme for the famed Harlem Globetrotters, this familiar standard has remained popular through the years with recordings by countless jazz artists. Here's a fun version...

Organize concerts with your beginning groups quickly and painlessly with this marvelous band collection of arrangements from the popular Essential Elements Band Series. Featuring 15 titles that correl...

This incredibly well-written work for beginning players lives up to its title! Your young musicians will absolutelty love this heroic piece that sounds like it was written as the score to a movie abou...

This incredibly well-written work for beginning players lives up to its title! Your young musicians will absolutelty love this heroic piece that sounds like it was written as the score to a movie abou...

This medium slow standard provides a nice introduction to Latin style for young players. Solo sections are based on easy scales and the rhythm section groove is completely written out. Online Audio av...

Made popular by Sergio Mendez back in the 60's, this up-tempo samba sounds great with bands with limited experience. The rhythm section parts are all carefully notated and the melodic lines are easy t...

This medium tempo swing standard provides the perfect way to get your young players to swing. Mike's easy arrangement features plenty of full ensemble tutti rhythms and no solos are required.

Available now in a very easy version, this Miles Davis classic is a must for bands just starting out. The modal structure teaches the dorian scale and students are introduced to one of the legends of...

Written in a very slow swing style, this is a marvelous study in ensemble playing with balance and blend. With plenty of tutti rhythms and very effective use of dynamics this beautifully scored arrang...

Practically a trademark Count Basie tune, this medium swing classic has been carefully modified to fit the needs of beginning bands. Features authentic style, lots of tutti ensemble playing and easy w...

Take this swingin' Ellington favorite and put it in the skilled hands of Michael Sweeney and you have a magnificent teaching and performance piece for beginning jazz groups. The style is authentic eve...

Here's a fun original swing tune with a bit of an edge! Michael Sweeney again shows his understanding of this easy level in this well-written blues that features some minor dissonances for spice and a...

One of the all-time classic charts from the Count Basie Band is this gem penned by longstanding guitarist Freddie Green. Available for the first time in an arrangement for beginning bands, Michael Swe...

Here's an easy version of this big band favorite from the Count Basie Orchestra. Your audience is sure to recognize this one, and it's the perfect way to introduce young players to one of the great ba...

Michael Sweeney has successfully harnessed the menacing power of this Moussorgsky classic in this easy version that remains amazingly true to the original. Featuring interesting parts for all sections...

Aleatoric music for grade 1? Why not?! Through carefully controlled parameters, your beginning players can actually create their own erupting volcano effect! Mazama was the imposing mountain peak in s...

Themes from Black Panther

From Hal Leonard's acclaimed Essential Elements series for Jazz Ensemble, here is an economical collection of 15 complete arrangements in a variety of styles. As a bonus feature, each arrangement incl...

Essential Elements Explorer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 11).

Featuring the clarinets in their low register, along with Michael Sweeney's unique harmonic approach and a tasty percussion accompaniment, here is a splendid yet easy setting of this traditional Scott...

With its modal harmonies and hauntingly beautiful melody, this holiday favorite will sound terrific with your beginning players thanks to Michael Sweeney's skilled arrangement.

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...