Frank Erickson: Mittelschwere Noten

Here is a marvelously moving, yet highly sophisticated offering of tonal colors. Teach line and structure. Highly recommended for concert or contest. This title is available in SmartMusic.

The melody, 'Wachet Auf' ('sleepers, Wake') was not composed by Bach, but was used by him in three of the seven movements of his Cantata No. 141. This arrangement features adaptations of the third and...

This transcription for concert band captures all of the excitement and super-charged emotion of the original version. Its driving rhythms and repeating melodic motifs provide interesting parts for all...

The Christmas Oratorio was produced as a whole in 1734, but was certainly written by 1733 to celebrate the Festival of Christmas. It is the jubilation that streams from the open heart at the moment wh...

The Christmas Oratorio was produced as a whole in 1734, but was certainly written by 1733 to celebrate the Festival of Christmas. It is the jubilation that streams from the open heart at the moment wh...

Transcribed for Concert Band (Grades 4-5) by Frank Erickson.