Ensemble

A perfect concert opener, this selection is rimming with infectious energy. Students will be delighted by the strong melodies, and the chorale-like middle section will give them a chance to show their...

Another exciting selection from Timothy Mahr! Featuring a pensive introduction, a heavy, martial middle section, and a dazzling conclusion, 'Honoris Causa' tells a vivid and inspirational musical stor...

Pride, Promise and Progress was commissioned by St. Olaf College to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the City of Northfield, Minnesota, 1855-2005. The composition was premiered under the composer's b...

Having started his career in North Carolina, composer Jack Stamp feels a special connection to the state and its people in this exciting symphonic work. The composer pays tribute by writing evocative...

Picture Santa doing the Cha Cha Cha to Up On The Housetop , the Argentine Tango to a minor treatment of Jingle Bells and tearing it up to a funk rock version of Jolly Old Saint Nicholas! Christmas con...

This charming ghost enjoys playing tricks - from mysterious and noisy disturbances to turning lights on and off at random - and has chosen to visit your and your beginning concert band. From the first...

In the style of his popular Anasazi and Aztec Sunrise , this mood piece begins quietly with a flute solo or tutti section feature, builds throughout and ends quietly like it began. Interesting harmoni...

Knights and fair maidens, castles and keeps, this piece will take your beginning band on a journey back to the days of yore. One tune, one tempo and three different meters and three different musical...

A traditional folk song of South Africa and Zimbabwe, this song represents pride and strength and is presented in varying styles. Authentic African percussion instruments such as djembe, congas and bo...

This classic Irish melody is best known as the famous Percy Grainger arrangement, Tune from County Derry , but this one is easy enough for any middle school band and interesting enough for a band of a...

This is the overture you've been waiting for! McGinty again displays her distinctive and colorful style in this appealing and tuneful addition to the repertoire. With an opportunity to develop attacks...

Based on a 17th century French melody, this hymn setting is a delightful study in contrasts - brass and woodwind choirs, dramatic dynamic changes plus major and minor keys. A very musical addition to...

This work in overture form is reminiscent of this composer's earlier successes, Silvergate Overture and Harrowgate Festival . Featuring simple syncopation, exciting percussion, and memorable melodic t...

Exciting, rhythmic, syncopations, intervals and lots of percussion, this piece will showcase your band's sense of style while providing them with an opportunity to develop rhythmic accuracy, especiall...

You won't find another piece of music more fitting of its title! Relentless is an intense, aggressive, wild ride of a piece that maintains energy and excitement throughout - even through the silences!...

Composer Robert Rumbelow creates and out-of-this-world experience in your concert hall. Slow melodies rise from the depths to the heavens above through the sparkling woodwind and percussion tapestries...

Named after the fortified gateway protecting Trier, Germany, this fanfare uses bold, energetic and driving rhythms to mimic the colossal dimensions of the 'black gate.' Showcase the strength of your e...

Quincy Hilliard gives us another uplifting and powerful contest/festival piece. The bold 5/4 rhythms in the low winds are framed by the trumpet fanfares that open and close the work.

Picture cowboys riding across the saguaro-filled desert during the day, and at night, bedding down under the star-studded sky. In this descriptive piece, inspired by the Arizona desert, the composer h...

John Zdechlik's newest masterwork is based on the chant melody 'Pange Lingua.' An introspective fantasia in three parts, Sing My Tongue, Alleluia features Zdechlik's signature lush scoring in two oute...

Students and audiences will be in awe when they hear this musical portrait of travel through outer space and around the galaxy. The opening Moderato section starts the journey with careful attention p...

Music for the installation of royalty has always sought to portray the solemnity and dignity of the ceremony. This regal sounding composition, with its stately melodies and solid harmonic background,...

Masterfully arranged, this delightful three-movement suite from Handel's opera Ariodante makes use of symphonic capabilities as it explores musical characteristics of the Baroque style. Students will...

The Voice on the Mountain was written for Mike Veak, a band director who dedicated 30 years of his life to teaching instrumental music in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nolan Schmit begins the piece with a flute...