Matt Johnston

This newly arranged edition of perennial favorite 'The Elephant and the Fly' is based on the original concert band parts published in 1918. Each of the solo parts is transposed into a variety of keys,...

Arthur Pryor's best-known composition, 'The Whistler and His Dog,' exists in a variety of forms. He created arrangements of it for theatre orchestra, solo piano, as well as concert band. This arrangem...

Originally composed for four solo horns and orchestra, Robert Schumann's Concertstuck is a beloved favorite of horn players everywhere. In this arrangement of the first movement, the accompaniment has...

Franz Krommer's beloved concerto for solo clarinet (Opus 36) in three movements (Allegro; Adagio; Rondo), arranged here by Matt Johnston for accompaniment by Clarinet Choir.

Luigi Bassi's fun and flashy Rigoletto Concert Fantasia for solo clarinet, arranged here by Matt Johnston for accompaniment by Clarinet Choir.

Originally composed for Voice and Piano, this arrangement of John La Montaine's 'Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair' was created for Elise Curran and The Licorice Sticks Clarinet Ensemble (Rick...

Charles Gounod composed his five-act opera ‘Faust' based on the tragic play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Considered by some as the greatest work of German literature, Goethe's ‘Faus...

A rollicking tune from Johann Strauss, Jr., sure to get stuck in your head. This piece is performed by the Vienna Philharmonic every New Year's Eve.

The most familiar melody of Rachmaninoff, arranged here for a variety of solo instruments, accompanied by clarinet choir.

Der Valse Triste, op. 44, von Jean Sibelius ist ein kurzes Orchesterwerk, ursprünglich Teil der Begleitmusik zum Theaterstück Kuolema, das sein Schwager Arvid Järnefelt schrieb. Das finnische Wort kuo...

The music for 'Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral' comes from the end of the second act of Richard Wagner's epic opera, 'Lohengrin.' Many band students are familiar with this work through the arrangem...

An arrangement of the beautiful fourth movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2. It is possible to substitute a vocal soloist in lieu of the Clarinet 1 part, singing the original material from the s...

Marche Slave is one of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's most popular and well-known pieces, frequently performed by orchestras of all levels throughout the world. It was commissioned by the Russian Musical...

The Enigma Variations (Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36) of Edward Elgar is an orchestral work consisting of an original theme with fourteen variations was composed in between 1898 and 1899. Th...

The Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna during the winter of 1785-86. It was premiered at the Vienna Burgtheatre in April 1786 only one month before the...

The Egyptian March of Johann Strauss, Jr. is a joyful, yet quirky, piece in which the surprise for the audience comes towards the middle of the piece when the members of the performing group begin to...

Italian composer and clarinetist Ernesto Cavallini's (1807 - 1874) Adagio and Tarantella for clarinet and piano was first published in 1869. Here, it has been arranged for solo clarinet and clarinet c...

One of Camille Saint-Saens most popular works is The Carnival of the Animals, composed in 1886 for two pianos and small chamber orchestra. Two of the movements, The Swan and The Elephant have been arr...

Without a great body of repertoire by the most famous composers, it is neat to know that this Romance is the only piece that Edward Elgar composed for a solo wind instrument with orchestra. Composed i...

One of the most beloved classical overtures ever composed is this Overture to An Italian in Algiers by Gioacchino Rossini. Written in 1813, along with The Barber of Seville (1816) and La Cenerentola (...

Die Ouvertüre zu Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Oper Die Hochzeit des Figaro ist ein Dauerbrenner unter den Holzbläsern. Dieses Arrangement für Klarinettenchor gibt den Spielern die Möglichkeit, mit den Fin...

Fanfare by Belgian composer Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, arranged for Clarinet Choir by Matt Johnston. Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881) is a composer unfamiliar to most, unless you happen to be either...

Das Concertino von Carl Maria von Weber wurde ursprünglich im Frühjahr 1811 innerhalb von drei Tagen für den deutschen Klarinettenvirtuosen Heinrich Joseph Baermann komponiert. Es war ein besonders pr...

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed the score for The Sleeping Beauty in 1889 and it was premiered the following January at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. One of the more freq...