Lighter Selections for Concert Band

Fun and spooky with creepy colors - this piece is an effective way to reinforce tempo changes, articulations, dynamics, harmonic minor scale, and counting. A fun and engaging addition to your Halloween,

Halloween night means haunted houses, spooky goblins, and ghosts everywhere. With a haunting melody and lots of creepy effects, this evocative piece will take you on a spooky journey that will send chills

Get into some graveyard rock with this playfully spooky tune set in a minor key - it will be a fun highlight of your next elementary concert or Halloween program. Simple rhythms, dynamics, great percussion

Ghouls, ghosts and goblins want to dance their Halloween night away, but try as they may, it just doesn't turn out right. This quirky tune lets your band frighten and delight your audience with screams,

This work utilizes the sound of a theremin, an electronic instrument often used in old science fiction and horror movies and the part is optional, doubled by instruments of the band. The

This fun and playfully spooky tune covers a wide variety of musical concepts. Some vocalizations and the use of a flexatone highlight this beginning band gem. Only the standard first six notes are used. An

Shadows lengthen, birds fall silent, and the moonlight reveals ghostly images of a ballroom from long ago. This haunting work evokes images of dancers swirling around with malevolent grace as their cobweb

Your band will love playing this playfully spooky piece in C minor. There is a lot of interaction between the sections and great percussion effects – perfect for teaching articulation.

Shambling creatures made of metal come to life in this eerie offering for beginning band. The first six notes taught (plus one extra accidental!) are utilized in a unique fashion to create a work that

Shambling creatures made of metal come to life in this eerie offering for beginning band. The first six notes taught (plus one extra accidental!) are utilized in a unique fashion to create a work that

Bring a uniquely lilting yet haunting feel to your concert! This lively minor-key waltz brings an eerie scene to mind as creatures of the night dance until dawn. After a brief introduction where the dancers

It's a familiar scene: cars in line at the fast-food drive-through, beeping their horns as they slowly approach the window. But there's a twist - on the other side of the window there's a creature eagerly

Capture the spooky, yet joyous spirit of Halloween with this clever work. The intriguing sounds alternate between the dark and foreboding music in the opening to a light and quirky melody that captures the

Experience the paranormal in this spine-tingling work with spooky sound effects, unexplained noises that interrupt frightful melodies, and even a hint of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain and

Prepare yourself for a thrilling journey into the inky dark depths of the sea. As you descend deeper into the darkness you sense the presence of something lurking just out of sight, seeking its next prey.

It may be a creeping alligator, but it's not my alligator! Provide your students practice performing sixteenth notes at a moderate tempo with this programmatic piece. Hold on to your quarter notes

While fun to play and hear, this spooky and creative composition will also reinforce playing 6/8 compound meter. Colorful harmonies add to the eerie mood that will pique the interest and imagination of your

A musical presentation of the German fairy tale popularized by the Brothers Grimm. In addition to original music, the composer includes excerpts from Grieg's Morning Mood, Wagner's