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'Dream of the Return' is one of the tracks on Pat Metheny's album of 1989 'Letter from Home'. The CD recording is remarkable for its variety, imagination and musical artistry, and the combining of Lat...

'Stealing Apples' is an old swing-tune written by Fats Waller. Performances by Benny Goodman and his big band made the song very popular. In this arrangement for brass band, the mallet percussion is v...

Hunting Wabbits is Gordon Goodwin's homage to the composer Carl Stalling who is famous for composing the music to the Bugs Bunny movies. This is very entertaining music with speed, excitement and quic...

This is really a powerhouse of a piece! Hard-driving rock'n roll at a high tempo with the Jazz Police at the heels ... Please note the dynamics. Tempo and good articulation is a very big part of the e...

Catharsis explores purification through musical art - a process that provides spiritual renewal and release from moral ambiguities. Its etymology traces back to ancient Greece, but understanding and u...

Der amerikanische Komponist William Bolcom schrieb eines seiner bekanntesten Stücke - das wunderschöne und melancholische 'Graceful Ghost' - in Erinnerung an seinen Vater. Auch wenn Ragtimes kaum in M...

Root Beer Rag' was written for the 1974 album release 'Streetlife Serenade' by American pianist/vocalist/composer Billy Joel. After the success his own recording, several other pianists have performed...

Funky Kidz is a cool tune that fits perfectly to showcase the beginners as soloists with the band. The solo part is easy to learn 'by ear', while a stylish bass ostinato makes it fun for the band to a...

The four elements; Earth, water, fire and air, were the four substances which ancient philosophers believed to be the building blocks of the physical universe. The elements were bound together by thei...

A good friend of mine, trombonist and professor Jesper Juul Windahl commissioned me a trombone quartet. I then wrote Four Nordic Folk Pops. The last of the four is a Norwegian tune called Havard Hedde...

Daylight Funk is a light, funky and catchy piece of music that will fit well for concerts with your young band throughout the year. With some challenges in leading parts and simple lower parts, this i...

With it's over five billion(!) views on YouTube, it's quite likely you've seen the overly catchy 'Baby Shark' ... If not, it´s about time! Here it is as a funky beginners feature where the youngest mu...

Stamp, tramp, put your foot down! The lyrics are in the South African language Afrikaans, which originated from Dutch. The song is mainly used at sports events, but is also common at happy events such...

Halleluja is a gospel song used in churches all over South Africa. The lyrics are in Xhosa: 'God's praise. We are not here to stay, we are just visitors. We are soon going to a better place'.

Prelude Festivo is intended to be performed in concerts and in competitions as well. The work includes solo passages for most instrument groups. Duration 7 ½ minutes. Form: Fast - slow - fast. The pi...

Fanfares and Fantasies' was commissioned by Strindheim Janitsjar for their 40th Anniversary in 2019. The commission was supported by The Composers' Remuneration Fund. With the title 'Fanfares and Fant...

Ukraine was invaded on February 24, 2022, and the world again became spectators to a conflict between unequal opponents. Once again we saw lies, injustice and brutality up close. I must admit that a f...

The Norwegian Festival Overture was written for the grand opening of the National Theatre on September 1st, 1899. In the opening bars, one can virtually imagine the stage curtain being drawn aside, an...

This piece was commissioned by Torskangerpoll Musikklag as a massed-band item for their “Storm Festival” in 2016. The “Storm Festival” is a festival for from bands all over Norway with concerts, parad...

'The Godfather' made in 1972 is regarded as one of the best movies of all times. The lone trumpet during the opening sequence brings us deep into an epic drama. During the film, Don Corleone - played...

This arrangement is based on the well-known melody 'Little Cat' from the Swedish TV-series about Emil from L(o/nneberget written by Astrid Lindgren. The easy melody is arranged with a funky accompanim...

The song appears early in the movie 'Back to the Future' as Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) skateboards to school. Later in the film, McFly and his band play a hard rock version of the song for a Battle...