Concert and Contest Band Music

Written in a style reminiscent of Edvard Grieg's March of the Dwarves, this masterful work utilizes playful themes, creative harmonies, chromatic scales, and very colorful orchestrations

A fresh and modern setting of this beloved lullaby featuring gentle as well as powerful counterpoint, rich harmony, sweeping woodwind lines, and soaring brass. Beautiful!

This salute to Americana is a gorgeous ballad based on several folk songs about rivers. Flowing lyrical lines, rich harmonic language, and sonorous chorale scoring drive this composition to a wonderful peak

Open your next holiday program with a bang! Soaring bell tones and crisp 6/8 rhythms create festive fanfares that are wrapped around fragments of classic holiday tunes. An uplifting addition to your

A true tapestry of color and rhythm that explores the range of each section as well as the concert band as a whole. Based on the popular gospel song This Little Light of Mine, this piece

This reverent and harmony-rich setting uses a theme from Joachim Neander to full effect. A wealth of musical opportunities for your ensemble and wonderful moments for your audience. 

This incredibly descriptive and colorful work really is the whole package. Depicting the beauty of Norway and Scandinavia, the well-developed themes are exciting from beginning to end. The brass section

An excellent modern retelling of a Renaissance classic. Lots of exquisite colors and plenty of technique to go around. This multi-movement work presents a brass tacet woodwind feature in mvt. 2 and a

Seamlessly combining programmatic effects with soaring themes, this wonderful work for more advanced concert bands is a great showcase for your band's technical prowess and power.

A highly dramatic work that will bring the full range of musical emotions to life with intense driving motifs as well as sweet lyrical sections that evoke thoughts of nature. Very creative orchestrations,

From the first notes, audience and musicians will be grabbed by the sheer intensity of this excellently scored piece. Great melodic structure covers the musical range of the concert band, and careful

This cinematic piece takes the listener on a musical journey. The piece begins dark and foreboding with well-placed harmonic tension that leads to an up-tempo driving section of the main material before a

A soft then regal opening transitions to a driving main body fueled by intense syncopations, soaring lines, and rich harmonies. Excellent ensemble scoring allows this exciting piece to be full and intense

This dynamic work features a light and spry melody on top of accented brass, creating a hopeful and majestic sound. There are complex contrapuntal elements, and the lyrical section is full of musical

A whimsical piece dedicated to the life of our first child; Madaline Rose Thompson. Composed in her second year of life, the music captures the joy and triumph of a toddler as she goes about her day.