Diverso

This swinging piece is the solution for those looking for a combination of original music and Caribbean rhythms; it will make your audiences jump up and start dancing. Hans Elzinga got his inspiration...

The popular youth band suite 'Straight Ahead' has completely been revised by Ennio Salvere who has added extra percussion and a timpani part. The suite consists of four parts: Straight Ahead, Wicked W...

This piece was composed on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Frysk Fanfare Festival Foundation in 2006. It is a fine work for bands of the lower divisions that puts the stress on tone colour...

Another new item in this series is the pedagogic piece 'Four Happy Tunes' by Patrick Millstone. We have several performance styles in the separate parts.

A documentary film about the Rocky Mountains inspired Patrick Millstone to write this piece. The majesty of this natural site is described by a regularly repeated octave leap. The splendour of nature...

Go tell it on the mountains, Go down, Moses, Oh, when the saints, My Lord, what a morning and By the rivers of Babylon. Have your young musicians acquainted with these traditional spirituals. They wil...

Here is another fine work for flexible instrumentation by Patrick Millstone. Three Cool Dances consists of a solid rock tune, a romantic ballad and, to close, a nice sensual calypso. This piece will b...

This work by Peter Goosensen is, once more, splendid though quite simple and easy to play. Without using great means, this piece makes any starting band sound terrific and impressive. A nice work, eas...

or young musicians and beginning bands and each time he succeeds to compose in a most effective way nice works that are easy to play. This is also the case with 'Fun for Band' a piece in Dixieland sty...

This simple arrangement of this classic piece can optional be played with choir, or instrumental soloist

A popular and moit interesting piece by Ennio Salvere. This suite consists of the following expressive titles: 1. 'Staring Up', 2. 'Chat', 3.'Virus!' and 4. 'Control Alt Delete'. This is a must for th...

A very full sounding arrangement from our famous 'Flexible Wind' series, for every band. In three movements. 'Just Drifting', Just Go For It en 'Just Rocking' come in the Swing, Easy Beat and Rock sty...

Finally a follow up to the popular 'Our Man in Paris' from the composer Terry Kenny. This composition combines an Arabian flavor with European swing.

Drive me Wild (Maak me gek) was a hit single in 2007 from Dutch popular artist Gerard Joling, and his first solo single in a very long time. This work has a big carnival party feel, which will have ev...

On the occasion of its centenary the 'Excelsior' band from the Frisian town Rijperkerk (The Netherlands) commissioned its former conductor Feike van Tuinen to write a concert piece. One of his inspira...

Regina Coeli is a scene from the opera Cavelleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni set in a church service on Easter morning. Well known and extremely passionate Italian opera music! Extremely skilfully a...

The Lion Sleeps Tonight is based on the African melody 'Mbube', written in 1939. This melody can be heard in many various different forms all over Europe, for example in the popular musical 'The Lion...

Here we have a rather easy piece with a grand effect. This 2 x 4 voice Renaissance piece was composed by Orlando di Lasso for double choir. It can be performed by two (half) bands or by a band and a q...

Everybody has already heard this tune, but this arrangement is full of unexpected pedagogical elements. The starting young musician is confronted with the 'question and answer' system, with several su...

Patrick Millstone was inspired to write this composition during a trip through New-Zealand. The names of the places Kaikoura, Akaroa, Punakaiki and Waikuku are also the subtitles of this suite. With i...

Here we have another splendid pleasing suite by Ennio Salvere. It consists of the following three parts : 'Of Guilds and Bagpipes', 'Of Sailors and Fishermen' and 'Of Singers and Dancers'. With this c...

'Funny Fay', 'Dixie Trix' and 'Swinging Sarah' are the names of the 'girls' in this new exciting piece by Patrick Millstone. Do invite those girls to join you on the dance floor.

Patrick Millstone was inspired by some Frisian folk melodies to write this nice piece for flexible instrumentation. Thanks to the variety of dances such as a calypso, a waltz in 5/4 and a kind of cha-...

Besides what their names tell you about their native country, you can easily hear what the birthplace of the five 'universal girls' is. Both the structure and each melody clearly illustrate in which p...