Spartiti per banda

In the mid 19th Century Saskatchewan was a vast, flat, treeless and lawless area. In the 21st century it is a vibrant energetic blend of wheat, oil, potash and gas. Commissioned by The Saskatoon Conce...

William Berczy is considered to be Canada's most important pre-Confederation artist. Mr. Cable has taken three of his paintings and set them to music. The first portrait is of the Woolsey family of Mo...

Masquerade was commissioned by the Hannaford Street Silver Band. This is a brass band whose personnel is composed top freelance musicians in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Coakley wanted to personalize the piec...

The Dragon King, China's first emperor, was crowned in 221 BC. He unified the various states throughout the country and led with an iron hand. His ambitions saw no boundaries. Some of the massive proj...

This five-minute work is an ideal concert or contest selection. After a slow opening, a driving rhythmic pulse takes over with the colors of the band being shown off with contrasting scoring. This pie...

In 1956, Howard Cable created Newfoundland Rhapsody, a collection of well-loved folk songs from eastern Canada. This brilliant montage has been performed hundreds of times by band all over the world....

Kingsmere Overture is an exciting and rhythmic piece by talented composer Ryan Meeboer. This work is divided into three main sections depicting the development of a career as a music educator: 'The Es...

In the words of the great Duke Ellington, 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing),' and that song title is just one of the tasty morsels in this concert band salute to the world of jazz. T...

Summertime is one of those special, memorable melodies that finds its way into everyone's lives and is so evident of the genius that is Gershwin. Calvin Custer's silken scoring for concert band presen...

It seems that every community or school has at least one vocal soloist just ready, willing and able to perform with your concert band. To fill the need for audience-pleasing 'pop' standards, Warren Ba...

Mix one part world-class composer and one part super-skilled arranger and the result is a perfect medley of all-time Gershwin favorites. Our musician's musician, Warren Barker, blends his tasteful tak...

Of all the Dr. Seuss stories, possibly none is more delightfully charming than the take on that mean old man who disliked Christmas so much that he stole all the presents, the toys and the Christmas t...

Darth Vader lives! Seldom has a series of films had such an impact on the entertainment world. We relive each episode and await what will be next. The marvelously exciting music of John Williams has c...

The world welcomes the George Lucas revitalization of the Star Wars motion pictures. These magnificent films transport us to an unknown galaxy thousands of light-years from earth. The soundtracks by J...

We leave the cares of our troubled world and escape to a distant galaxy where we are enveloped in one of the most captivating ongoing adventures of all time. The continuing Star Wars saga crosses all...

This spectacular piece, commissioned by the Markham District High School Wind Symphony, Bill Thomas conductor, is a large-scale dramatic work for concert band. Chromatic harmonies and dissonant interv...

The excitement never lessens! The great Star Wars trilogy of films, with the musical scores that have captivated generations, continue their journey. From The Empire Strikes Back comes this combinatio...

To celebrate the centennial of the great American composing team George and Ira Gershwin, we proudly present a resplendent Warren Barker treatment of some of the Gershwin's fabulous hits, including Fa...

The Dave Brubeck Quartet literally broke the ice regarding odd time signatures with their recordings Time Out and Time Further Out. Today, the ability to play in all time signatures is in every musici...

The title says it all! What a smashing way to begin a concert, as the genius of Warren Barker's scoring launches a sound that has built-in, guaranteed excitement. The timeless melodies of George and I...

In this day, when rock and rap reign supreme, the world takes notice when a beautiful ballad comes along. This gorgeous melody gained exposure and fame as part of the soundtrack to the television mini...

This is a great piece by Donald Coakley. He has taken commonly used compositional techniques and developed them into a three movement work. He had this to say about the piece: All these components are...

The symphony audience takes its seat, the conductor approaches the podium, gives the down beat, and the cartoon music begins. Cartoon music?!? Yep, it's bits and pieces of the most wonderfully scored...

Each year at the time of the holiday season, those lovable Peanuts characters find their way into the homes of millions of fans through their famous television specials. Charlie and his friends are mu...

Mahler is regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. There are very few arrangements of his brilliant music so this arrangement for band of his first symphony is quite significant. The mel...