Harmonie pour débutants

A Sunny DayA fine sunny day, an ideal day to enjoy. How about cycling or driving by car through the country, the fields or the woods, while the wind blows through your hair? Put aside all your trouble...

Bonavista is one of Newfoundland's oldest settlements, with a population of about 4,200. It has been called the largest all-fishing town in the province. There is a statue of John Cabot at Cape Bonavi...

In this song by Randy Crawford, the stress lies on the beautiful quiet sound and most of all on the fine musical rendition. The theme travels all through the band.

A fine swinging piece of rock music, which proves that rock music, should not always be difficult to play with a band.4. Cortege (Procession): the procession starts at a solemn pace and proceeds very...

Precisely is with 'On the Rocks', 'Ballad' and 'This is Final', Jetse Bremer succeeds in writing a fine piece of modern band music for youth band by means of rather simple elements. The piece seems a...

A typical closing piece which has to be played very broadly and legato. However, it can also be played at any solemn occasion

This composition is based on a rhythmical cell - sixteenth /eight dotted - that is less familiar to beginning bands. From now onwards, your musicians will no longer have difficulties with this musical...

Willy Hautvast made a fine arrangement for symphonic band of this hit from the late sixties Little Green Bag by Bouwens and Visser. A quite simple, but funny piece to which you can add the original vo...

Peter Kleine Schaars wrote this 'children's song in pop style' for his youngest daughter. The theme is to be heard at least one time in all instrumental groups and the complete full orchestration prov...

Le chef d'orchestre et compositeur néerlandais Vincent van den Bijlaard (Rheden, 1968) s'est déjà fait remarquer par sa 'Winter Symphony' (Symphonie d'Hiver). Voici qu'il a arrangé dix chants de Noël...

The French accordionist and composer Frédéric Uhry (Strasbourg, 1932) conducts several choirs and symphonic bands in the Phalsbourg area. His compositions are often inspired by the regional folklore o...

In 2001 Eric Swiggers (Deurne, 1968) won the first prize of the composition contest organised by the city of Hilvarenbeek with his 'Suite for Saxophone Quartet, Piano and Percussion'. He also writes c...

Here we have one of the most famous 'Arie antiche' (ancient aria's) from the 18th century, written in the style of Handel. For many years it has been attributed to Giuseppe Giordani, opera and sacred...

The American conductor and composer Uri Hodorov, actually working in Israel, has been inspired by the great Johann Sebastian Bach to write this original, light and rather easy 'toccata and fugue' for...

Since 1980, the American composer Uri Hudorov is active in the world of symphonic bands in Israel and he has written quite a lot of arrangements for television companies and several military bands ove...

Le compositeur américain Uri Hudorov travaille depuis 1980 dans le monde de l'orchestre d'harmonie en Israël, où il a écrit de nombreux arrangements pour la télévision et pour plusieurs orchestres mil...

This suggestive novelty describes the somewhat jerky behaviour of the 'lazy robots' performing a kind of clumsy and yet comic dance.

Here is another fine piece by Ennio Salvere written on purpose for beginning bands or youth bands. The four movements contrast strongly, but each part appeals to both musicians and listeners. First we...