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This classical transcription features sensitive scoring and would be a valuable musical experience for any younger band. The percussion writing is particularly well done.

A superbly crafted and exciting transcription by the author of Blueprint for Band and Instructional Designs for Band. Includes many performance options.

Excellent transcription Hayden originally wrote for eight winds.

Captures all of the excitement of the original in a setting approachable by most high school bands.

Exceptional band setting of a Brahms vocal motette.

Five sections of Rachmaninoff's little known choral setting of the Russian Orthodox liturgical service are included in this powerful band arrangement.

Written in two connected movements, this arrangement captures the power and drama of the high baroque.

Exciting, well-scored condensation of themes from the Verdi opera.

Singleton, a master arranger well-known for his work with the U.S. Air Force Band and the Denver Brass, has created a genuine tour-de-force for young band based on the music of Susato. The four-moveme...

At the tender age of 15, Mendelssohn crafted one of the earliest works for wind ensemble (an 11-wind bathhouse ensemble on the German seacoast). This modern resetting makes this historically significa...

This is probably the most exciting overture ever written, and Singleton's new transcription is just as much fun as the original orchestral version. A 'must play' for all upper level bands.

Great thought and care went into this highly authentic band transcription of Schubert's timeless piece for piano four hands. This is a classic setting that offers much deeper musical rewards than othe...

Extremely colorful young band transcription of one of French composer Offenbach's most famous opera overtures. This setting is energetic and transparent, proceeding through a number of moods and style...

Penning another superb entry to his Master Transcriptions for Young Bands series, Ken Singleton has created a beautiful set of two of Tchaikovsky's sacred works, Legend and The Grace of Peace. Besides...

P.I. Tchaikovsky originally composed 'Hymn to Saints Cyril and Methodius' in 1865 for four-part mixed chorus. Besides being a gorgeous work to perform, this setting provides a valuable medium for teac...

Eine Bacchanalie ist das "römische Fest des Bacchus" und ein "betrunkenes Gelage". Saint-Saens fängt die Exotik einer solchen Szene meisterhaft ein, indem er nahöstliche Melodien (gekennzeichnet durch...

Taking an early baroque keyboard work with a chromatic theme and beautiful counterpoint, the transcriber has crafted a classic work for the modern wind band. Optional instruments used in the colorful...

One of the most authentic band transcribers active in the field today has crafted a masterwork for the modern concert band out of one of the most famous Romantic opera overtures of all time. In seekin...

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) based this ballet suite on the earlier opera music of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868). The suite of three movements opens with a spirited Can-Can, in the traditional style...

The piano music of Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky is here expanded into a grand Russian soundpiece for large wind orchestra, much in the tradition of Maurice Ravel's great orchestral settings. Singleton b...

This sparking arrangement of a movement from the Divertimento in Bb Major is a terrific way to introduce your young musicians to the Classical style. The very lighthearted and singable tunes are typic...

Following in the footsteps of his renaissance dance suites A Renaissance Festival and A Renaissance Revel, the arranger has here assembled another sterling collection of renaissance masterpieces for t...

This lively Allegro is the third and final movement from Mozart's Tenth Symphony, composed in 1770 at the age of 14. Originally in G Major, the arranger has moved it to the much friendlier band key of...

Based on the famous Tchaikovsky tone poem March Slave originally published in 1876, this setting by David Bobrowitz is a reimagining of the original work that allows younger players to directly experi...

Brahms Symphony No. 1 was finally premiered in 1876 after he had worked on it on and off for 14 years. This is an exciting new arrangement for young band that captures all sections of the final moveme...