Partitions facile chez Grand Mesa Music

This noble two-part work captures the essence of a royal celebration, and can be used effectively to teach younger players to perform in more than one style within a single work. Opening with a slower...

You find yourself at the door of a large mansion. It's nighttime, and you don't remember how you got here, or even why you're at this house in the first place. You step inside to see a long, carpeted...

ake a ride in the country with this lively tune! A percussion solo gets our ride started, followed by a unison clarinet melody that leads us along this melodic road, picking up the flutes on the count...

In this musical salute to the 95th year, the composer creates an extremely engaging sound environment that includes melodic material for all instruments. Easy imitative background parts and a very mel...

An excellent review of most snare rudiments, while providing the wind players an easy yet exciting concert march with irrepressibly cheerful melodies.

Terrific contemporary march for young bands.

A perfect introduction to the march style for young players.

A gorgeous chorale is followed by a spirited march (both based on the same memorable melody) in this great young-band composition. Ideal for concert and festival use.

Modal sounds, syncopations, and easy but effective counterpoint highlight this great new march for first and second year players. Tasty and humorous percussion effects further enhance this great compo...

This south Texas arranger has here created the quintessential 'Celito Lindo'

This classical transcription features sensitive scoring and would be a valuable musical experience for any younger band. The percussion writing is particularly well done.

A perfect piece for a young orchestra to perform on their first concert for an opener or feature work. It is also a great tool for teaching young players about bow distribution. The piece contains eig...

This great arrangement of the famous melody is designed to be played by young students after only a few months of instruction. The pentatonic nature of the melody avoids any issues with high or low se...

Regal Overture is a fast, exciting young string work in G Major. It features a very catchy melody, and all of the instruments have challenging and interesting parts. String crossings, arpeggios, pizzi...

Down Bow Dance is a Grade 1 piece in G major written to introduce students to the concept of the 'bow retake.

The Yucatan Peninsula on the east coast of Mexico is world famous for its Mayan ruins, sandy beaches, dense jungles and opulent resorts. This playful, lively, and easy waltz with the third as its main...

Your young string players will love sounding sophisticated and mature beyond their years playing this loosely based arrangement of the Andante from Handel's 'Overture to Berenice'.

Ms. Day has here written the perfect centerpiece for a Holiday Concert for first and second year players, with optional parts for beginners. This medley smoothly and expertly combines Jingle Bells, Jo...

In this dramatic and fun string work for 1st year players, the arranger has set up a musical showdown between a pesky fly and a very persistent spider, using the folk tunes 'Shoo Fly' and 'The Eency W...

The Low Down is a great application of the G major scale for young string players. The piece stays entirely in the range of the lowest octave of G major and has a flowing 'in 2' feel when played more...