Frank Erickson

What a great interplay of rhythms! History will remember this work as one of the most played concert and contest pieces of all time. The alternation of two rhythms, one syncopated and the other an aft...

What a great interplay of rhythms! History will remember this work as one of the most played concert and contest pieces of all time. The alternation of two rhythms, one syncopated and the other an aft...

Arranged by Frank Erickson. This exceptional work holds a special place in concert band literature (grades 4-5). In a bright 6/8 tempo throughout, the wonderful vitality of Grainger's writing makes fo...

This stunning original composition will really show off the maturity of your concert band. Written in ABAB form, the 'A' theme is a lilting dancelike melody that alternates between 3/4 and 6/8 time si...

Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, B...

Following a gentle, lyric fanfare at the opening, each section begins in a quiet way, gradually growing toward maturity, and isn't thus true of life itself? It is also hoped that other inflections of...

Following a gentle, lyric fanfare at the opening, each section begins in a quiet way, gradually growing toward maturity, and isn't thus true of life itself? It is also hoped that other inflections of...

Spoon River is and American folk-dance or fiddle-tune, the same melody that was used by Percy Grainger in his composition, Spoon River. The first eight measures in unison woodwinds is followed by the...

Spoon River is and American folk-dance or fiddle-tune, the same melody that was used by Percy Grainger in his composition, Spoon River. The first eight measures in unison woodwinds is followed by the...

The suite consists of five movements, four of which are included in this arrangement, omitting a short minute movement. Although the overture is somewhat abbreviated from the original, the other movem...

Country Gardens is typical of Grainger's humor and literary style where as the Irish Tune from County Derry Grainger expresses his grateful acknowledgment to Miss J. Ross who has made a large collecti...

Country Gardens is typical of Grainger's humor and literary style where as the Irish Tune from County Derry Grainger expresses his grateful acknowledgment to Miss J. Ross who has made a large collecti...

Two Songs Without Words was composed in 1906 and was dedicated to Ralph Vaughan Williams and is similar in style to his two suites for band. The Country Song opens with the principal theme as an unacc...

Although music can be sufficient unto itself, it also may conjure images and ideas of many kinds to the audience (as well as the composer). It is not difficult to imagine the restlessness, the flight,...

Although music can be sufficient unto itself, it also may conjure images and ideas of many kinds to the audience (as well as the composer). It is not difficult to imagine the restlessness, the flight,...

Although music can be sufficient unto itself, it also may conjure images and ideas of many kinds to the audience (as well as the composer). It is not difficult to imagine the restlessness, the flight,...

The Choral Fantasy varies from the Choral Prelude in that it is much freer in form and style. This number opens with a variation of the fanfare that has been traditionally inserted as an introduction...

The Choral Fantasy varies from the Choral Prelude in that it is much freer in form and style. This number opens with a variation of the fanfare that has been traditionally inserted as an introduction...

The Choral Fantasy varies from the Choral Prelude in that it is much freer in form and style. This number opens with a variation of the fanfare that has been traditionally inserted as an introduction...

The Choral Fantasy varies from the Choral Prelude in that it is much freer in form and style. This number opens with a variation of the fanfare that has been traditionally inserted as an introduction...

The melody, 'Wachet Auf' ('sleepers, Wake') was not composed by Bach, but was used by him in three of the seven movements of his Cantata No. 141. This arrangement features adaptations of the third and...

This transcription for concert band captures all of the excitement and super-charged emotion of the original version. Its driving rhythms and repeating melodic motifs provide interesting parts for all...

This piece, one of hundreds of successful original concert band works by Frank Erickson, is a suite of three brief movements. The three movements investigate harmonic structuring, contrasting moods, a...

What a great interplay of rhythms! History will remember this work as one of the most played concert and contest pieces of all time. The alternation of two rhythms, one syncopated and the other an aft...

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