This incredible overture was written for the All County Honor Band in Mercer County, Pennsylvania and is based on the familiar folk song, 'Erie Canal.' The slow, powerful introduction is comprised of...
Brahms's Academic Festival Overture was composed in the summer of 1880 for the conferment of his own honorary doctorate of philosophy degree by Breslau University. The piece is based on a number of st...
Imagine magicians and wizards entering a vast hall as they gather for a great conclave-The Sorcerer's Procession conjures just such an image with its stately gait, ominous melodies and mystical progre...
Flourish and Festivity was composed to celebrate the remarkable careers of two gifted music educators, Ronald Case and Robert Lehner of Clarence, New York. The Maestoso sections soon leads to the driv...
Ever More Distant is a quietly moving piece of remembrance that offers the young band a wonderful opportunity for expression. Very moving - a wonderful moment of contrast for your next concert.
Driving syncopation and woodwind flourishes will transform your next concert into a festival! A rhythmic showpiece for your whole band, Doug Akey's Canarios Fantasia makes tremendous use of the trumpe...
Riders on the Wind is a musical flight that features lyrical melodies soaring over a rhythmic undercurrent. Written in a single tempo throughout, the piece is a study in continuous motion right up unt...
Written for Dan Bell and the Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School Symphonic Band, this work was named by the students for a nearby canyon. Cheyenne Canon presents a wide variety of musical styles from...
Over Slope and Summit was written for the Mountain View High School Wind Ensemble (Loveland, CO) and its director, Peter Toews. Alpine fanfares and soaring melodies create a musical painting of the fi...
Here is an outstanding opportunity to both ring in the season and help your students to develop the important skills of rhythmic independence and stylized articulations. An Angel Fantasie is a creativ...
This musical trilogy makes for a truly beautiful addition to any Christmas concert. Simple rhythms and the familiar melodies of 'Silent Night,' 'Once In Royal David's City,' and 'We Three Kings' let s...
Rocky Mountain Carnival is filled with opportunities for contrast both stylistically and dynamically, allowing students to continually assess the importance of their individual parts as they shift fre...
