Sheet Music Downloads by Michael Sweeney

Michael takes this tender and lyrical folk song and creates a marvelous setting for beginning players. Even at this easy level, this arrangement provides a wealth of musicality through creative harmon...

Michael takes this tender and lyrical folk song and creates a marvelous setting for beginning players. Even at this easy level, this arrangement provides a wealth of musicality through creative harmon...

Drawing on the rich and varied tradition of Celtic folk songs, this piece opens with the touching and melodious 'The Parting Glass. ' The flutes and percussion take center stage on the dance-like 'Tha...

Even developing bands need to be challenged with music that stirs the imagination. Here's a great-sounding overture with bold melodies, creative harmonies, and contrasting styles that's still within t...

Even developing bands need to be challenged with music that stirs the imagination. Here's a great-sounding overture with bold melodies, creative harmonies, and contrasting styles that's still within t...

In the style of an overwrought melodrama, here is a descriptive soundtrack for the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. From an innocent walk in the woods, to a frightening encounter, and finally the he...

The giant stone statues of Easter Island (known as Moai) have long been a source of mystery and wonder. Using hints of Polynesian drumming and haunting ancient-sounding melodies, this intriguing work...

Themes from Black Panther

Themes from Black Panther

Featuring two of the most popular movements from Percy Grainger's cornerstone work for band, this mini suite of Horkstow Grange and The Lost Lady Found is the perfect introduction to Grainger's music...

Featuring two of the most popular movements from Percy Grainger's cornerstone work for band, this mini suite of Horkstow Grange and The Lost Lady Found is the perfect introduction to Grainger's music...

It would be difficult to find another grade 2 selection with as much drama and musical depth as this impressive work from young band master, Michael Sweeney. Depicting the momentous events of the fina...

Rarely does a Grade 2 composition contain as much musical depth and variety as this powerhouse from the pen of Michael Sweeney. The impressive opening strains lead to a fast-paced ostinato accompanyin...

Here is something different for contest or festival. Written in the style of a tone poem, this work uses minimal melodic development but builds emotional intensity through changing textures and evolvi...

From Grainger's masterwork for band Lincolnshire Posy, here is the second movement smartly adapted for young level by Michael Sweeney. This edition uses a lower key for range considerations, yet retai...

From Grainger's masterwork for band Lincolnshire Posy, here is the second movement smartly adapted for young level by Michael Sweeney. This edition uses a lower key for range considerations, yet retai...

The centerpiece of this work for band is the memorable Appalachian folk hymn Down to the River to Pray, which was featured in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thoü Interspersed with this melody is a...

The centerpiece of this work for band is the memorable Appalachian folk hymn Down to the River to Pray, which was featured in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thoü Interspersed with this melody is a...

Written for a middle school band in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the composer states that although commissioned prior to the catastrophic flood of 2008 that affected so many people including students and teach...

Written for a middle school band in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the composer states that although commissioned prior to the catastrophic flood of 2008 that affected so many people including students and teach...

Opening with an attention-getting fanfare and scored for just about any combination of instruments, here is an extremely versatile, yet great-sounding arrangement of our national anthem.

The Native American Cree tribe refer to the aurora borealis (or northern lights) as the dance of the spirits. Using a variety of unusual sounds and effects, quickly changing textures and surprises, Mi...

The Native American Cree tribe refer to the aurora borealis (or northern lights) as the dance of the spirits. Using a variety of unusual sounds and effects, quickly changing textures and surprises, Mi...

The final movement of Percy Grainger's masterwork Lincolnshire Posy is arranged here for younger bands with reduced instrumentation. Similar to his earlier adaptation of Horkstow Grange, Michael Sween...

The final movement of Percy Grainger's masterwork Lincolnshire Posy is arranged here for younger bands with reduced instrumentation. Similar to his earlier adaptation of Horkstow Grange, Michael Sween...