Leichte Noten von Grand Mesa Music

Propelled by an exotic-sounding percussion score, this very easy band composition takes the listener on a vivid African Safari. The composer uses a great deal of interplay between parts for this level...

Composed in sonata allegro from, Royal Gardens has a'classical' feel, making it perfect for concert or contest. The composer here has used a variety of contrasting textures that includes the use of ma...

Originally written in England as an aid to help children learn to count, this familiar folk song has been given a very original treatment that allows young players an opportunity to enjoy an engaging...

An Odyssey is an epic voyage, and this very classy beginning band work manages to pack an epic feel into a two and a half minute work. The two memorable melodies are presented in evolving guises, begi...

Intended to be a selection that prepares students for the more advanced folk suites available, Of Emerald Shires gives a stylistic 'nod' to folk suites by Holst and Vaughn-Williams while including som...

This noble two-part work captures the essence of a royal celebration, and can be used effectively to teach younger players to perform in more than one style within a single work. Opening with a slower...

You find yourself at the door of a large mansion. It's nighttime, and you don't remember how you got here, or even why you're at this house in the first place. You step inside to see a long, carpeted...

ake a ride in the country with this lively tune! A percussion solo gets our ride started, followed by a unison clarinet melody that leads us along this melodic road, picking up the flutes on the count...

In this musical salute to the 95th year, the composer creates an extremely engaging sound environment that includes melodic material for all instruments. Easy imitative background parts and a very mel...

An excellent review of most snare rudiments, while providing the wind players an easy yet exciting concert march with irrepressibly cheerful melodies.

Terrific contemporary march for young bands.

A perfect introduction to the march style for young players.

A gorgeous chorale is followed by a spirited march (both based on the same memorable melody) in this great young-band composition. Ideal for concert and festival use.

Modal sounds, syncopations, and easy but effective counterpoint highlight this great new march for first and second year players. Tasty and humorous percussion effects further enhance this great compo...

Jason Nitsch has created an accessible show for developing bands that maintains a competitive edge and provides musical challenges and opportunities for visual expression. Original music and familiar...

Jason Nitsch has created an accessible show for developing bands that maintains a competitive edge and provides musical challenges and opportunities for visual expression. Original music and familiar...

Jason Nitsch has created an accessible show for developing bands that maintains a competitive edge and provides musical challenges and opportunities for visual expression. Original music and familiar...

Jason Nitsch has created an accessible show for developing bands that maintains a competitive edge and provides musical challenges and opportunities for visual expression. Original music and familiar...

For teachers wishing to expose their students to music outside the major/minor system, Dorian Waltz is a beautifully crafted work in the dorian mode that is quite approachable by string students just...

Pizzicato Boogie is designed to be a first concert piece for beginning strings. As the piece uses no bowings and only open strings, students can perform this work after just a few lessons. The composi...

Based on a 12-bar blues pattern, this playful string work for first or second year players will thoroughly engage young players and give them a fine piece for a successful early performance; all notes...

Take your young string students way back in time in this lumbering tribute to the massive reptiles that roamed the earth in the cretaceous period. Built melodically and harmonically on a minor third,...

This all-pizzicato work for young strings imitates an African instrument called the kalimba (also known as an mbira or thumb piano.) This lovely-sounding instrument consists of a series of metal tines...

Into the Midnight Forest is a perfect selection for a string orchestra’s first concert! Using only quarter notes and half notes in B minor (relative of D Major), the composition has a “mysterious marc...

Early in 1781, during the American War for Independence, Colonial General Nathaniel Greene and British General Lord Cornwallis covered over 250 miles across North Carolina with their armies in an atte...