Musica strumentale per banda

Opening with a stately Intrada, followed by a moving Siciliano, and melodic Scherzo and concluding with the spirited Gigue, this piece by Alfred Reed is excellent for contest and festivals.

Marche des satyres : The evocation of the satyres is a source of mysteries, at once strange, funny or disturbing ... This march is like a parade where these fascinating creatures would intrigue us as...

Where Eagles Fly is a cinematic tone poem by Belgian composer Sven Van Calster. Inspired by a documentary about eagles and other large birds of prey, the composer evokes the hunting grounds of these a...

Using only six notes and note values no smaller than a quarter note, Robert Grice has managed to compose a piece that every beginning band student will want to play. Brake drum and gong contribute to...

In this sequel for orchestra, five musical acts take us into the wonderful world of the circus, the fanfare rings out: the artists show up for the parade. All you have to do now is to close your eyes...

War and Peace was commissioned 2021 by The Royal Swedish Navy Band and conductor Alexander Hanson to mark the celebration of The Svea Life Guards' 500th anniversary. I. "Fanfares and Battle" opens in...

Travel to the unknown in Lucid Dreams, an exciting work based on a five-note melodic idea that can't quite make up its harmonic mind. Adrian B. Sims takes the listener through musical hallucinations,...

Duration: 13 minutes.

Little Concerto is a most useful solo item due to the fact that the key and the range of the solo part mean it can be performed by several different instruments, from flute to baritone. Little Concert...

This programmatic piece of music is one of the best-selling works from Otto M. Schwarz. There was a very high demand for a lower grade version to enable young and small bands to perform this epic piec...

Sahara takes you on a journey to the largest desert in the world. Located in the north of the African continent, it covers eight million square kilometres and spreads across ten nations. The work desc...

Children's Oak was commissioned by the wind band from Beauquesne, France. This solemn work pays homage to a city particularly affected by the two World Wars and is inspired by the knowledge that the c...

Program Notes POSTCARD was commissioned by my friend, colleague, and former mentor, H. Robert Reynolds, in memory of his mother, Ethel Virginia Curry. He requested that I compose not an elegy commemor...

Scritta in stile romantico/eroico, questa imponente ouverture di Rossano Galante presenta melodie ampie e lussureggianti insieme a brillanti fanfare di ottoni e fiotti di fiati. Per l'ensemble maturo,...

Drawing its inspiration from 'the land down under' and featuring quotations from the traditional Australian tunes 'Waltzing Matilda,' 'Bound for South Australia,' and 'Advance Australia Fair' in a glo...

Vivete una dinamica avventura oceanica con questa coinvolgente opera di Rossano Galante, che ha composto il brano in stile sea shanty. A Ship in the Mist include forti elementi ritmici che completano...

While many often underestimate the extensive colors, harmonies, and emotional ranges available to younger ensembles, this stunning lyrical work sets out to explore those very qualities. While playable...

Step back in time with this thrilling circus galop composed in the style of Karl L. King. Experience an evening inside the Big Top, complete with capricious clowns, amazing aerialists, enormous elepha...

The Glacier Express' is a famous Swiss excursion train that has traveled through the Swiss countryside between Zermatt and St. Moritz since 1930. Larry Neeck's new composition is clearly descriptive o...

La continua popolarità della musica drammatica ed evocativa di Eric Whitacre è evidente nella programmazione concertistica di tutto il mondo, con le sue opere sinfoniche, corali e operistiche. October...

Raffigurando un'antica storia di battaglia tra serpenti d'acqua e giganteschi uccelli tonanti, l'opera drammatica di Michael per giovani esecutori offre una grande quantità di immagini tra le sonorità...

As implied by the title, the meter of 5/4 is an important structural component of this creative and energetic work for band. After the intense opening statement, a brief lyric and calm middle section...

Sunlight Dancing was inspired by a walk through a forest on a bright summer day - the sunlight was flickering between the leaves and it seemed like the whole forest was dancing. This is a celebratory...