Lighter Selections for Concert Band

The Latin style is excellent material for the teaching of rhythmic precision and counting. A variety of percussion sounds enhance this clever work that will cause you to never think of your pet

A fun, fresh, and intense work built around a minor blues progression. All sections get significant thematic material including a great percussion break - and also get to reinforce elements of dynamics and

Don't tell your students that this fun piece is also educational! Teaching chromatic fingerings has never been so much fun or so easy. This is the perfect balance between solid literature, teaching points,

Delightful and lilting waltz melodies have always been popular, and now the waltz style just became a lot more fun! The startling sounds of metallic clank and clatter that accompany this traditional-style

Here is a novelty piece that will lighten the mood. Sometimes it's best not to take ourselves too seriously and program some music that is just pure fun, and this piece does just that. A delight to perform

Take a ride in the country with this lively tune! Start out with a percussion solo, then a unison clarinet melody leads us along a melodic road, picking up the flutes on the countermelody. The brass 

Sinister, dark, and down right creepy... which means your beginners will love it! This piece uses nothing more complex than two eighth notes with no dotted notes or syncopations. The ranges are conservative

It's important to stimulate beginning musicians with musical styles that they love and want to play - and what young student doesn't love to play the blues? Drawing from her own teaching experience, the

Follow the path of a curious dachshund, sniffing about and discovering the world at her own pace. The walking "trot" tempo allows beginners to feel at ease while counting in 5/4 time in an easy, laid-back

Teach your beginning band about traditional Brazilian culture with this happy dance featuring fun melodies for all instruments, an infectious beat, and plenty of optional percussion parts. The annual

It's the creepy and ghostly classic original work with a different look. This flex version is designed with maximum flexibility for use by any mix of instruments - wind, strings, and percussion, including

The low brass and low woodwinds are brought right to the fore in this driving and high-energy original work. Young brass players will have the opportunity to expand their lower range, and lots of great