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This piece was written to provide an opportunity for young bands to work on a variety of articulations and dynamic contrasts while enjoying the dialogue between the different choirs in the band. Your...

Giant s Lair is an edgy and exciting piece for very young band to perform on one of their first concerts. The melodic material in the outer sections portrays an agitated giant stopping around violentl...

This piece is light hearted and bouncy and could resemble the feelings and senses a child might have when exploring a candy shop; different colors, sights, smells and of course, tastes! The piece is e...

Four notes and a few simple rhythms. Follow that with three notes and some cool harmony. Add a pinch of fun for percussionists. That s all it ll take for your young musicians and their brains will be...

Renaissance music for very young bands! In common time with a contrasting 3/4 section, this modal piece will give your beginning group that full band sound. Percussion is scored for bells, tom-tom, ba...

Who doesn t love a cha cha? This one takes place in the streets of Cuba with infectious rhythms and a lot of cowbell. Go on a cha cha holiday with your band and you ll have the audience dancing in the...

Think cowboys, horses and the Wild West. There s a ton of musical fun here for percussion along with contrasting themes and melancholy solos for flute and alto saxophone. The low winds even get some a...

Western Fair is an energetic, uplifting piece that can be fun for both players to perform and listeners to hear.� It is composed using two main melodies that are performed in many forms, combined...

Reverie is a lyrical piece reflecting someone in a dream-like state. It is a peaceful song using repetitive melodic figures, lush harmonies and simple rhythms. The alto saxophone gets a brief solo but...

This slow ballad depicts the final days of Lonesome George, who died in 2012 as the last of the giant Galapagos tortoises of Pinta Island. An opening baritone solo is the prelude for an extremely expr...

With catchy syncopation and contrasting moods, this adventurous overture is a perfect concert opener. The thrill of exploration gives way to the discovery of that perfect view. Your students will be r...

Imagine you were a member of the crew on those early ships of exploration leaving Europe in the 15th century to sail to America. Feelings of anticipation and apprehension would give way to feelings of...

The Builder is a dedication to the creative process and to those who create - whatever that might be - from idea, to construction to the unveiling of the creation. Hammering, metallic sounds evoke wor...

Colours, textures, impressions. Rhythms that float, rhythms that drive, themes that are lyrical. If you are looking for something different, you ve found it. Written for the Chippewa Secondary School...

Firescape is the third piece in a series of elements inspired works. Through music it demonstrates the various characteristics of fire described by the titles of each section - Hephaestus - God of Fir...

Sunset Over Blue Water is a fresh new scoring of the famous hymn tune It is Well With My Soul. The simple melody combined with the powerful, heart-wrenching lyrics, have made this hymn popular around...

An exciting set of original exotic dances, loosely in the Aeolian dominant, with solo opportunities for oboe, clarinet and trumpet. This one is a real barn burner with bongos, horn rips, mixed meters,...

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 2008, decided to thank and honor the music education profession by creating a contest to compose a new work which today carries the...

Battle with the Frost Giants is the third and final movement to The Hammer of Asgard, an original soundtrack style composition for winds and percussion. Using Norse mythology as the theme, this moveme...

Thor and Loki is the opening movement to the three part suite The Hammer of Asgard, an original soundtrack style composition for winds and percussion. Using Norse mythology as the theme, this movement...

The Hall of Valhalla is the second movement to the three part suite The Hammer of Asgard, an original soundtrack style composition for winds and percussion. Using Norse mythology as the theme, The Hal...

This energetic piece is a simulation of a horse race. All the emotions and thrill of a race can be felt in this work. This piece for very young band and optional choir was commissioned by Northern Dan...

Scotland's Loch Ness may have the fame as far as lake monsters go but, for many monster searchers, Ogopogo - a creature said to lurk in Canada's Lake Okanagan (in British Columbia) - is most likely th...

The dragon dance is often part of a parade during Chinese New Year and other special events. It is performed by a team of skilled dancers using poles to manipulate a long flexible figure of a dragon....

Commemoration is a simple piece that can be used to teach students different articulations, dynamics, rhythmic styles, and balance. Following the fanfare-like introduction, the piece is composed using...