Music Works Grade 3

Commissioned by the Iowa Bandmasters Association, this dynamic new work from Michael Sweeney is written in three contrasting sections. The opening Lament features a plaintive F Horn melody and expansi...

Here is a captivating piece for young band that explores the intrinsic beauty of the earth and mans quest to preserve it. John Higgins imaginative composition uses contemporary sounds and techniques t...

New to the MusicWorks series, Ted Ricketts brings a fresh and exhilarating style to the concert band medium. Displaying a mastery of tone colors and scoring techniques, this overture begins with a tun...

MusicWorks - Grade 3 Here is a marvelously appealing work suitable for contest or concerts composed in two main sections. The melodic and reverent Ballad is richly scored and contains nicely contrasti...

First published in 1950, Robert Russell Bennett's Suite of Old American Dances has established itself as a classic in the repertoire for wind bands. This edition is designed for younger players and fe...

The early American hymn tune Nettleton is creatively arranged in this beautful setting by Johnnie Vinson. Using the horns as a focal point for the first section and followed by a lyric section scored...

F. E. Bigelow composed Our Director in 1892, and in the decades that followed it became widely used in such diverse settings as silent films, vaudeville, World War I, and adapted as college fight song...

F. E. Bigelow composed Our Director in 1892, and in the decades that followed it became widely used in such diverse settings as silent films, vaudeville, World War I, and adapted as college fight song...

Composed as a celebration of life in memory of a beloved teacher, this tender and heartfelt tone poem is very melodic and tuneful in nature. It focuses on a series of soloistic woodwind lines interspe...

Using a recurring four-note motif and a variety of textural punctuations, here is a stunning and fresh-sounding overture from Richard Saucedo. A slow and lyric middle section featuring woodwind colors...