Opening Pieces for Concert Band

The Origins - A Spacetime Journey traces the pivotal stages of cosmic evolution—from the first physically describable moments to the continuous flow of space and time. Its seven sections translate sci...

Jupiter Fanfare by Mekel Rogers is an outstanding concert opener for beginners and first-year students, composed in the style of a heroic fanfare. The main theme draws from a four-note idea in Mozart'...

Jupiter Fanfare by Mekel Rogers is an outstanding concert opener for beginners and first-year students, composed in the style of a heroic fanfare. The main theme draws from a four-note idea in Mozart'...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian-American composer who was recognized as an exceptional musical talent at a young age. The son of the influential music critic Julius Korngold, he gr...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian-American composer who was recognized as an exceptional musical talent at a young age. The son of the influential music critic Julius Korngold, he gr...

Rise Up to the Sky evokes a sense of upward movement and grandeur. The composition combines a fanfare-like funk rhythm with subtle Latin American influences, uniting dynamism and modernity. The piece...

Rise Up to the Sky evokes a sense of upward movement and grandeur. The composition combines a fanfare-like funk rhythm with subtle Latin American influences, uniting dynamism and modernity. The piece...

For its 125th anniversary, the Stadtkapelle Owen (Germany) commissioned the Austrian composer Fritz Neuböck to write a new composition. You're Welcome - this short, simple greeting, which is familiar...

For its 125th anniversary, the Stadtkapelle Owen (Germany) commissioned the Austrian composer Fritz Neuböck to write a new composition. You're Welcome - this short, simple greeting, which is familiar...

This energetic piece appears on many state required lists and is among the prestigious All-Japan Top 100 band pieces. Based on folk-like melodies and featuring playable solo passages, the work is safe...

Blackbird Special' is a song by American band Dirty Dozen Brass Band. The song is an entertainment piece, a good concert opener or encore. When used as a concert opener one may let the different secti...

Even beginning groups can play with a bold and impressive sound with this dynamic piece from Paul Lavender. A great opener for your first concert, this very easy composition guarantees success with it...

Even at the beginning level, Michael Oare shows that it's possible to provide creative music in a concise and appealing overture format. A stately opening leads to the exciting and energetic main them...

This piece was composed for the youth wind band at the Marienschule in Saarbrücken, Germany. The title praises the importance of an education emphasizing freedom, responsibility and getting to know an...

Odilia is an up-tempo and joyful ode to Baume-les-Dames, a village in the department of Doubs in Franche-Comté, Eastern France. The title is derived from the legend of Odilia of Alsace (venerated as S...

Few composers in history have had more influence on music and on other composers of the Romantic period than Richard Wagner. Whenever his works are performed somewhere, resident composers flock to con...

Apertumkommt aus dem Lateinischen und bedeutet 'freier Himmeloder 'offener Raum'. Auf der einen Seite ist der Titel insofern Programm, als dass das Werk speziell für die Verwendung als Gesamtchor und...

Written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen back in the '80s, this powerful song has reached almost legendary status with its frequent usage in TV and movies. Recorded by such diverse artists...

Written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen back in the '80s, this powerful song has reached almost legendary status with its frequent usage in TV and movies. Recorded by such diverse artists...

Composed in three movements: overture, ballad and func disco beat for solo Tuba and band. Lots of audience appeal but not too difficult, Weekend in the City is sure to be one of your soloist, performe...

This notable work has remained a model for the band overture format, with an entire movement growing out of the opening fanfare. From the gifted pen of Clifton Williams, this overture continues to be...

Written in a quick two, this Show-Style Opener lives up to its title with much of the thematic materials in the opening theme faalling to the brass, while the woodwinds interject flourishes and counte...

This spirited new overture from John Higgins presents a wealth of musicality at an easy level. Written in traditional A-B-A overture format, the powerful opening theme is played first by the trumpets...