Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon is a Grade 3, well-suited for the mature junior high or high school band. The opening 16 bars of this well-known setting of Percy Grainger’s have been re-scored for the mallet ensemble (Vibes plus four players on 2 marimbas,…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
The Young Masters' Concert is designed to be played when your students are half way through book 1 of their band method. It is written to be method book inclusive, as far as possible, and to allow for the band to play a full concert that also displays the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian Hogg, Brian West, Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
As the title suggests, Yuletide Flourish is a whirlwind of well-known carols. Fanfares and soaring melodies propel this work to its climactic rendition of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy”.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2020 Publisher: Excelcia Music…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
R. Alan Carter
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Xylophone/Marimba Feature
Zarabanda is in several sections with a Latin style rhythm that occasionally gets interrupted by accented outbursts from the ensemble. As the piece develops and moves from section to section, new rhythmic and melodic ideas are…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Zephyr is a poetic term for a gentle breeze. Nature offers few pleasures that are more calm and peaceful than the mood we feel with a refreshing breeze. It is this thought that is the stimulus for this ballad for band.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2004 Number of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
In five and a half minutes, the composer takes the listener on a sonic journey across a vast, awe-inspiring landscape that is filled with adventure one might expect in worlds dreamed up by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Grade Level: 3.5 Copyright: 2016 Number of Players:…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ilari Hylkilä
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Zig Zag is an exciting new composition for the young concert band. Full of flare and the rhythmic motifs that we have come to love, composer Sean O’Loughlin has created a piece your students will want to play again and again!
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2021…
Style:
Concert Band, Flex Band
Composer:
Sean O'Loughlin
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Zig Zag is an exciting new composition for the young concert band. Full of flare and the rhythmic motifs that we have come to love, composer Sean O’Loughlin has created a piece your students will want to play again and again!
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2019…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Sean O'Loughlin
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
You can’t get any closer to flying than riding the Zip Line! Great adventure as well as several teaching moments appear in this driving piece, including melody in upper and lower voices as well as active percussion lines. Enjoy taking a ride on the Zip Line…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joshua V. Hinkel
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Now set for Flexible Instrumentation!
This creepy new work for developing bands is a perfect fit for your next Halloween concert. With plenty of opportunity for sonorous tutti playing and low brass independence, Jason’s unique harmonic style is great for…
Style:
Concert Band, Flex Band
Composer:
Jason Taurins
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing