Konzertmärsche für Blasorchester

The march is based on the motto 'Commitment to Victory'. The main theme is loosely built around a Norwegian dance; halling from Senja. It has a 'kvænsk' origin (Finnish-Hungarian spark), but the sourc...

Frode Thingnaes was one of the 'Grand Old Men' of the Norwegian Military Bands. This march was commissioned by the Norwegian Air Force to it's 50 years anniversary in 1994. There was a wish tht the ma...

In 2018, the Military Bands in Norway celebrates their 200 year Anniversary. In this regard, the great composer Oscar Borg deserves an extra attention. The Norwegian 'March King' Oscar Borg was chief...

This march uses simple diatonic patterns and call-and-response melody to create an accessible introduction to march style. The melody is also easy to whistle. Try performing the march by whistling the...

In Charge was commissioned by the Home Guard Band of Eksjö to honour Thomas Samuelsson, whose efforts with the orchestra have been of great significance. He was a driving person within Swedish militar...

Onwards with Grieg is a festive march commissioned by the Norwegian concert band, Skjold Nesttun Janitsjar, for their 115th anniversary in 2019. The famous Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907...

The melodies in this march came to me when I made pancakes at home before rehearsal in the Band I conduct. The players in the band enjoyed the music as well as the title.Most children enjoy eating pa...

Die Skagerak Arena liegt in meiner Nachbarschaft und ist das Heimstadion des ODD Football Club, der zu den besten Vereinen Norwegens gehört. An den Heimspieltagen versammeln sich die Leute früh, und i...

The conductor for 35 years of B.T. Orchester Bad Bramstedt (Germany), Walter Kruse, was very often on holiday in Dr(o/bak (Norway) where Leiv Flisnes also conducted Wind Band. This march was written t...

This march was written for Furuset skoles musikkorps and Haugen skolekorps to use on the 17th of May 2007. Those familiar with Norwegian culture know that this day is the national holiday of Norway. W...

I wrote this march for Furuset skoles musikkorps and Haugen skolekorps for the 17th of May 2007. It has a simple texture that you will have sounding good with not too much practice. It is also suitabl...

This march is a celebration of all the volunteer work that parents do in all the local school band communities around Norway, everything from being on the board of directors, to arranging flea markets...

This is the main theme from the Norwegian TV-serie and Movie 'Orps' 'Korps' is the Norwegian word for Wind Band. In the series the K falls off and you are left with 'orps' indicating a band in trouble...

Rock the Streets is a march based on a dialog between the winds and percussion. The piece is build up on ostinato figures, something that makes mastery of the individual parts easier and faster. The f...

Alfred Oscar Johannesen Borg (1851-1930) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and musician. He is best known for his compositions for concert band and especially marches. For many years, he conducted t...

ALBERT LÖFGREN (1872-1930) is one of the great names in the annals of Swedish military music. He came from a poor peasant family and went the same way as his two older brothers. Only ten years old he...

One of the really great Swedish Marches is 'Our Fleet' which he wrote in 1917 as op. 11. It was composed in Goden as 'Military March' When Widner became conductor of the Royal Swedish Navy Band in St...

The Norwegian Parliament's Festive March was commissioned, by teh Parliament, for the Centennial celebration of Norway as a free Nation (1905-2005).

Grieg is the most important Norwegian composer in the national-romantic period. In 1872 he composed the incidental music for Sigurd Jorsalfar, a play on a subjekt drawn from Norse saga by the national...