Ryan Meeboer Sheet Music for Concert Band

In music, a drone is a repeated or sustained pitch that provides a harmonic foundation for melodies and harmonies to build around it. This definition describes this piece perfectly as the entire piece...

Echoes in the Tundra was composed to paint a musical picture of someone trying to survive in a dark, vast, snowy plain. Much of the piece uses call and response to represent the echoes in this environ...

Serenity is the perfect word to describe this lyrical piece: calm, peaceful and simple to perform. This selection was composed with the intention to introduce very beginning musicians to lyrical music...

Of Fate and Fortune is a great piece to introduce beginning students to more challenging music. The music focuses on one theme that is manipulated to take on several forms throughout.

Beneath the Golden Sky is a lyrical song that allows an ensemble to develop its skills playing in 3/4 metre. Each part is given the opportunity to play melodic material at some point in the piece.

The Spectacle is a fast and energetic piece composed to reflect the excitement of witnessing something astonishing or 'spectacular' for the first time. This feeling is carried from the opening measure...

Storm the Keep is a fun, energetic piece that is perfect for introducing young musicians to playing in 6/8 time. The rhythmic figures used are simple enough to help performers learn the feel for the t...

Vida del Sol (Life of the Sun) is a straight ahead Latin chart with a catchy groove and interesting parts for all players. With lots of opportunity to work on both technical and jazz skills, young mus...

This lyrical piece was composed to reflect the open plains and nature of the Prairie province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The melodies are moving, singable and memorable with many sections featured at so...

The title, A Rift in Time, represents this piece perfectly, as it is a great way to introduce developing musicians to the 7/8 (2+2+3) metre, with the 'rift' being the extra beat in the 'time' signatur...

Lumina Cordis, latin for 'Lights of the Heart', is a title that reflects the joy and brightness of the piece. Composed using overture form, each section has elements that represent all the happy emoti...

This ballad uses a light shuffle feel that features a band's alto sax or trumpet player. Written using the standard AABA form, the chart also highlights the flute, oboe, and trumpets in the introducti...

This piece is a dramatic and rhythmically exciting overture for band. It is set in three contrasting sections: 'Ablaze,' 'Glistening,' and 'The Radiance,' each with its own character and style. Brilli...

This piece is a celebratory work composed to reflect a special occasion. Even though it uses just the first six notes, the various articulations and dynamics used make this a terrific piece filled wit...

Fantastic Overture is a musical depiction of a knight's battle, against an evil force, for the love of a woman. All instruments get colourful and interesting parts with the percussion helping to maint...

This piece contains two distinctively different themes a traditional European folk song sounding melody and a Japanese inspired one. Each melody is introduced on its own, then they are combined with b...

There are many different myths about how the sword Excalibur came into King Arthur's possession and all lead to him being recognized as the true ruler of England. In one myth, Arthur draws the sword f...

The Heather is one of the national flowers of Scotland. This purple flower flourishes in the damp, rainy weather of Scottish moorland, glens and hills. The piece opens with the instruments imitating t...

Out of the Shadows is a piece that follows the traditional march form, and is easy enough for early musicians to play, by focusing on the first six notes learned in most method books. Bold and triumph...

The Lion Heart is a great way to describe one who is brave, be it a soldier, knight, or a member of society who risks their lives everyday to keep others safe. The piece is meant to be strong from sta...

For the glory of my country' describes the passion and loyalty to one's nation when a women or man joins the military. This piece is composed to reflect many feelings and emotions as a soldier goes of...

This arrangement of the Canadian folk song is simplified for beginning bands to work on techniques for playing a lyrical piece. By the Clear Fountain (A La Claire Fontaine) is a song that tells of a y...

The title of this suite refers to the headdress (the 'glen') worn by the cadets of the Lorne Scots Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps and the 'galley' is the Galley of Lorne, which is displayed on the co...

A Regal Celebration is a great introduction piece to a concert, and is composed to reflect the entrance of a King and Queen into court. Focusing on the first seven notes used in most method books, it...

Castle on the Cliff is a piece reflecting the many sieges on castles in medieval history. The piece begins with a fierce opening, setting the ‘menacing' mood of a war between an army (the winds) and...