Sean O’Loughlin brings us an intense and rhythmically stimulating new work for the young band with Archetypes! Full of teachable moments and high-impact areas, this one is sure to keep them in their seats from start to finish! An enjoyable time for both…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Sean O'Loughlin
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Originally written for organ, Emma Lou Diemer's thoughtful and expressive Aria adapts perfectly for 4-part flex band. Whether performing with 4 players or a full wind ensemble, the long, cantabile melodic lines give opportunity for rubato.Program…
Style: Flex Band
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Transcribed for band from a famous classical vocal selection. Lyric in style, Aria di Chiesa unfolds in an emotional display of harmonic and dramatic tension.
Grade Level: 2.5 Copyright: 2008 Number of Players: Standard Duration: 4:50
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Style: Concert Band
Composer: Stradella, Thomas Fraschillo
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Arise! is as uplifting and exciting as its title! Amy has a fresh and wonderful sound color palette for beginning band that will give you some variety in your program. Fanfare-like, Arise! will be a piece your students ask to play again and again!
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Style: Concert Band
Composer: Amy Riebs Mills
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Step into an adventure on the high seas as you encounter a band of pirates who are intent on capturing your ship and plundering all of your possessions! This navel odyssey is filled with adventure, intrigue, and fun as you battle your way through a gauntlet…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Jason K. Nitsch
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Written in 1901, Army & Marine won the march composition contest sponsored by the London publishing house of Hawkes & Son. Zehle was still in German military service when this march was composed. He was undoubtedly grateful to the sailors who helped…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Wilhelm Zehle, Timothy Rhea
Publisher: RBC Publications
Art is Life! This sentiment is abundant in this wonderful new work for concert band by Larry Clark. Full of flourish and thick brass writing harkening back to the days of Alfred Reed, Ars Vitae has everything you could want in a contest and festival work.…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Larry Clark
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Enter a world of knights, kings and castles as you experience the brass fanfares and urgent chimes of the knights on patrol. Heavy scoring in the brass and fun themes in the woodwinds permeate The Arthurian Symphony all the way to its dramatic conclusion.…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Jeffrey S. Bishop
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
The Artist Within was written to depict the journey of an artist from the struggles of the beginning artist to the joy and wonder of an advanced performance. This work begins with a mysterious opening that leads to a glorious, rhythmic melody. Sweeping…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Joshua V. Hinkel
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composers Christina Huss and R. Alan Carter have collaborated to create a poignant ballad based on several folk songs about rivers. Flowing lyrical lines and beautiful harmonic choices drive this composition to a wonderful peak of all of the themes combined…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Christina Huss, R. Alan Carter
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing