Music Works Grade 1

Here is a terrific patriotic medley for young players that uses fragments of several familiar melodies in a creative collage setting. Every section of the band gets a chance to play the melody at some...

Continuing with Michael's popular series of Celtic Air and Dance arrangements, the third installment opens with Red is the Rose (or Loch Lomond) in a flowing ballad treatment. The lively Bill Sullivan...

For that first holiday concert, here is a wonderful and very easy setting of O Come Emmanuel in an expressive style.

Featuring two distinctive Scottish melodies, the first is the melancholy waltz Bonnie George Campbell. Next is Up and Waur Them A', Willie, which is a sprightly dance with characteristic Scottish rhyt...

Aleatorische Musik für die 1. Klasse? Warum nicht?! Durch sorgfältig kontrollierte Parameter können Ihre Anfänger ihren eigenen Vulkanausbruch erzeugen! Mazama war der imposante Berggipfel im Südweste...

This single movement/single tempo composition is sure to make any beginning group sound good. Even at this easy level, Douglas Akey has created an impressive-sounding and musically varied setting. (2:...

MusicWorks - Grade 1 There is a flavor of medieval chivalry in this appealing easy overture. Strong themes and active percussion writing characterize the opening section. A brief slow section featurin...

Michael takes this tender and lyrical folk song and creates a marvelous setting for beginning players. Even at this easy level, this arrangement provides a wealth of musicality through creative harmon...

Atztalan war vor tausend Jahren eine Stadt im Süden des heutigen Staates Wisconsin, die um 1300 auf rätselhafte Weise verschwand. Das gleichnamige, sehr leichte Stück für Blasorchester arbeitet mit ge...

Featuring a flowing lyric style and beautiful harmonies, this composition for beginning groups allows you to teach phrasing and musicality in a rewarding setting. With easy rhythms and moderate ranges...

Ein lyrisch fließender Stil und schön klingende Harmonien bilden den Rahmen, in dem richtiges Phrasieren und musikalisches Spiel trainiert werden können. Einfache Rhythmen und ein überschaubarer Tonum...

In 2004, NASA's Cassini spacecraft (named for astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini) entered into orbit around the planet Saturn. The famous rings are named for the first seven letters of the alphabet,...

In 2004, NASA's Cassini spacecraft (named for astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini) entered into orbit around the planet Saturn. The famous rings are named for the first seven letters of the alphabet,...

Even developing bands need to be challenged with music that stirs the imagination. Here's a great-sounding overture with bold melodies, creative harmonies, and contrasting styles that's still within t...

Even developing bands need to be challanged with music that stirs the imagination. Here's a great-sounding overture with bold melodies, creative harmonies, and contrasting styles that's still within t...

Hyperion, the mysterious moon of Saturn, boasts of a very musical race of robots! (Well, it makes for a fun story!) A perfect introduction to 6/8, this appealing and fresh-sounding work is written wit...

Die einfache Melodie im typischen Cajun-Zweiertakt erklingt zunächst in den Trompeten mit einer zydecoähnlichen Begleitung. Eine optionale, etwas schwierigere Posaunenstimme ergänzt Elemente des New O...

Während des Bürgerkriegs war Aquia Landing, ein strategischer Knotenpunkt am Potomac River und dem Aquia Creek, für Nord- und Südstaaten gleichermaßen wichtig. Gleichzeitig war es für flüchtige Sklave...

From Rimsky-Korsalov's opera Snow Maiden, 'Dance of the Tumblers' is considered to be one of this composer's most well known themes. Although brief in duration, this vibrant and energetic dance contai...

Here is an exciting and powerful work for very young players with one year of experience. Written using a single tempo throughout, a driving 8th note pulse and minor mode provide the underlying energy...

Here is a high-energy piece that gives your young percussionists a chance to shine. James Curnow employs a wide range of percussion instruments and effects in this entertaining and rollicking tour de...

As the nation commemorates 150 years since the Civil War, here is an appealing medley for young players that uses music of the period. The bugle call Taps originated during the Civil War and is used h...