Grand Mesa Music

Energize your band with this exciting piece, which features two sources of energy trying to mesh. The first is a driving, pulsating theme with accents in the percussion and brass, the second a mysteri...

Waltzing With Dragons is a medieval fantasy inspired work for band that harkens back to a more ancient era with its use of modal harmonies. The piece attempts to place the listener in the midst of a m...

Canadian composer Kristofferson has here written a beautifully melodic and poignant reflection on a young life ended far too soon. Featuring lush textures highlighted by an optional piano part, the vi...

Pulsating rhythms, dark harmonies, and constantly contrasting musical elements give this edgy work the feel of a spy novel unfolding. The composer's imagination and scoring expertise are on full displ...

Louis M. Gottschalk, a nineteenth century pianist and composer and native of New Orleans, created many original works that showcased his formidable piano technique, and this remarkable band transcript...

Inspired by Mount Princeton, one of the 14,000-foot mountains visible from Buena Vista, Colorado, the composer has captured a sense of awe and dignity in this very original band work. Hatfield uses tw...

A subtle masterwork for wind band, this piece features slowly shifting curtains of sound, and optional harp and string bass that can further enhance the sound palette. The title refers to the divide b...

Spring Dances was a work composed for the 2017 MakeMusic Young Composers Composition which received 1st place. This work depicts the composer's favorite season of the year, and ebbs and flows melodica...

Utilizing advanced scoring techniques for an easier band work and some approachable mixed meters, listeners will know right away that your young band is advancing in their musicality! The music starts...

A meerkat is a small, hyperactive animal in the mongoose family that lives in the southern regions of Africa. The composer has set out to create music that is fast throughout, exemplifying the meerkat...

The Battlemage is a concert band work themed around a mythical warrior of legend who wields both magical spells and swords. The composer incorporates this dichotomy of soldier and scholar throughout t...

The Hidden Planet takes you on a journey through space as you search for an elusive sphere that many have tried to find. The Hidden Planet is filled with syncopated rhythms, dissonance, and unique cho...

From the Greek words meaning 'perpetual motion,' KINESIS PERPETUUM is an exciting concert opener for young band. Syncopated rhythms, tone clusters, flowing motives, and shifting key centers give the p...

Black Sails is a fast-paced adventure on the high seas, featuring arpeggiated figures in the woodwinds, powerful brass hits, and bombastic percussion. Set in 6/8, the piece makes heavy use of hemiolas...

The French Horn section provides harmonic and rhythmic structure to the band, but does not often get a chance to be featured. Sweet Horn Rag was written to give them a chance to show their beauty and...

Evoking images of the American West, arranger Bobrowitz here spins a highly creative set of variations on 'She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain'. The four variations explore a wide variety of musical s...

Using three hymn tunes commonly used in modern Christian churches for singing the doxology, arranger Andrews has created a powerful band work that will afford your group many opportunities to create r...

Through the process of forging, metal is turned from scrap into something spectacular. In 'Forge' the same idea of shaping and hammering is applied to music. Through a juxtaposition of metallic percus...

The journey to the summit will be long and hard, but the accomplishment will be worth it.' Life is full of challenges that may seem like unclimbable mountains. 'Summit' is about taking on those challe...

Based on a twelfth century Latin melody 'From the East…', this inspired setting from 2016 was written for the Bethel University Wind Ensemble in St. Paul, Minnesota. The original words were written to...

La Mariposa (The Butterfly), was originally written for string orchestra, and now a complimentary arrangement for concert band has become available. The composer, Lorrie Baum, herself having taught bo...

This highly expressive band work was first dreamed by the composer as a choral work of the same name, using the words of the poem 'Dreams in the Dusk' by Carl Sandburg. It had its wind ensemble premie...

Here is a piece that is completely original, but yet captures the essence of Hebraic music with its wonderful use of the minor key. Appropriate anytime of year, it would even be an excellent selection...