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A Child's Embrace' was written to commemorate the birth of the composer's first child, Katherine Anne Young, who was born on January 18th, 2000. It has been scored in such a way as to permit performan...

This overture is based on a Scottish sounding folk melody by the composer. The opening theme is lively and articulated, based loosely in the Dorian mode. The slow middle section features solo horn, fo...

Fanfare and Processional by celebrated composer James Barnes is a rousing concert opener for younger bands, or may be performed as an occasional piece at ceremonies. (Grade 2.5)

Cottonwood Falls draws its inspiration from the Great Plains of Oklahoma, and Kansas' Flint Hills. A faster, rhythmically active theme depicts the myriad wildflowers and teeming wildlife in this lands...

James Barnes masterfully scores a handful of the most beloved and famous Christmas carols in this short, three-movement suite for beginning band. Can be performed individually or as a suite. Includes...

Immerse yourself in the epic expanses of the ocean with "Of Sailors And Whales," published by the renowned Southern Music Company. This monumental masterwork for concert band brilliantly captures the...

Experience a thrilling masterpiece full of energy, passion, and symphonic brilliance with 'Danza Sinfonica op. 117'! Published by the renowned Southern Music Company, this captivating work unleashes t...

Danza Sinfonica is a single movement work for virtuoso band. The flavor of the dance is decidedly from south of the border, and uses all the technical resources of the modern concert band in a work of...

Contains practical solutions to specific problems in the performance of 20th Century band music and beyond. In 14 exercises master conductor and composer Francis McBeth focuses on seven areas in his s...

The 28 chorales in this collection are suitable for concert band/wind ensemble as well as woodwind/brass choir, saxophone quartet, trombone quartet, or mixed woodwind/brass groups. They are well-suite...

Volume 3 includes several advanced problems in the areas of ensemble reading and performance. These include smaller rhythmic divisions, more complex syncopation and asymmetrical meters in the area of...

This unique method takes a practical approach in teaching the essential musical skills to the entire band. With consistent attention to the three fundamentals addressed in this book - technique, rhyth...

An early work written in 1908 while the composer was still studying with Rimsky-Korsakov, 'Fireworks' is dedicated to his teacher's daught Nadia and her husband Maximilian Steinberg, and gave the youn...

Strauss took the title 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' from the highly controversial book of the same name by Friedrich Nietzsche for this forward-looking tone-poem. This piece, although written in a passio...

Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826) grew up in a musical family that longed for him to be a musical prodigy like is relation (by marriage), W.A. Mozart. As a young man, he met famed clarinetist Heinric...