Who says drummers need drums to be drummers? In Stick With It!, your drummers perform a highly choreographed visual showpiece, using their sticks, voices, and feet to supply the sounds. Originally written for a mass ensemble of over 100 players, the piece can…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Kit Mills
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Opening with an ominous fanfare, Storm Warriors will quickly hook your musicians and audiences with its infectious melody and rhythmic pulse. Matt makes a band sound great!
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2020 Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing Series: Intermezzo…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Matthew R. Putnam
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
This new lyrical work for developing band will stretch your musicians’ expressive and sensitive playing. In song form, Sunset Lullaby is a heartfelt work that will move your audiences and students alike.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2020 Publisher: Excelcia…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David Samuel
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Leave it to the creative mind of Kris Berg to come up with a swingin’ jazz piece inspired by the Ferde Grofé composition On the Trail from the Grand Canyon Suite! After a short Alto Sax solo there is a cool unison line for the band with just light…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Publisher:
Kendor Music Publishing
The zesty syncopated rhythms of Tango are fully explored in this well crafted composition. All the sections of the orchestra have a turn in the spotlight as this piece unfolds.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2023 Publisher: Kendor Music Publishing Category: String…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Publisher:
Kendor Music Publishing
This ballad has every bit of drama that can be fit into a grade 2 piece! Wonderful textures and harmonies make this a challenging piece musically, but so very rewarding. Audiences will be helpless when it comes to loving this new work.
Grade Level: 2…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Publisher:
Wingert-Jones Publications
The Texas Prep series is the quintessential daily exercise collection specifically designed to increase sight reading performance and skill! Written by experienced Texas Educators and Composers, this series covers every Key, Rhythm, and Time Signature that…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Publisher:
RBC Publications
This new Calypso chart from jazz musician and educator Kris Berg might be the happiest piece ever written for young jazz ensemble. Like the classic Sonny Rollins piece St. Thomas, this composition uses simply basic chords and rhythms, but the end result is a…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Kris Berg
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
This chart comes out of the gate swinging with a solid, punchy brass line. The distinctive harmonic structure of the first few choruses is definitely more than just I - IV - V, but the melody is very straight forward. After the Trumpets take a turn with the…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Peter Blair
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
This powerful work by composer William Owens is not only contemplative, but a poignant reminder of our history. A great teaching piece equally at home in the classroom as it is on the concert stage.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2022 Publisher: Excelcia Music…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
William Owens
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing