Old-Fashioned Sleigh Ride paints a warm, nostalgic musical portrait of a one-horse, open-sleigh ride like those depicted in a 'picture print by Currier & Ives.' Woven into an easy-going theme are the...
Powder your wig, polish your shoes, and get ready to enter the court of an 18th-century monarch with this bright, majestic concert work! Despite its pomp and grandeur, the rhythms, ranges, and scoring...
This piece provides notes and rhythms but no tempo, character, dynamics, or articulations. Enter into the creative process by discussing, auditioning, and choosing musical expressions, all while learn...
This lighthearted selection puts a warm musical spin on an activity so many find themselves doing every holiday season - shopping! A 'call bell' in the percussion section mimics the cash register and...
The skill and thrill of auto racing is captured musically in this piece via its infectious groove and exciting syncopations. Written in one continuous movement, its sections will help you imagine sitt...
Over the years, Prokofiev's 'Troika' from Lieutenant Kij Suite has become a seasonal, light classic. Now intermediate bands can enjoy and present this music with this new, approachable arrangement of...
When it comes to trills, why should the woodwinds have all the fun? Not so with this circus-style march, 'Thrills and Trills!' In this rambunctious, thrill-a-minute crowd-pleaser, trills are the main...
The Greek hero, Hercules, was sentenced by the Gods to endure 12 seemingly impossible 'labors' in order to redeem himself. This composition portrays the second of these tests - his battle with a nine-...
Der Erlkönig, or 'The Elf King,' is based on Johann Goethe's late 18th-century poem of the same name in which a father and his young son ride home on horseback one dark and eerie night. The father tri...