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Orphaned toys come to life in this eerie tour of an abandoned toy store. The work opens and closes with Victor Herbert's dreamlike Toyland as a Jack-in-the-box plays Pop Goes the Weasel.

Grab the audience 's attention with this ear-pleasing toe-tapper. A perfect opener or closer for your first concert, it's also an ideal vehicle to teach march style. Professionally written, pedagogically

Fraught with danger as well as the excitement and wonder of discovery, the Age of Sail was a pivotal time in history. This work with a nautical flavor takes us back to the time of favorable winds and

Sound the alarms! This bombastic work will make an exciting addition to your next concert and keep your students motivated from rehearsal to rehearsal. Searing dissonances, tri-tones, and

A fun piece for young players that reinforces the practice of leaving fingers down, "anchored" to the fingerboard. With a nautical flavor, the piece explores staccato and legato articulation along with

The holiday season is a time of joy, merriment, excitement, and traditions such as the holiday string concert, which is often the debut performance for young musicians. Angels in the Halls

This dramatic piece offers young musicians an exciting concert work that depicts a musical journey into the deep mysteries of the universe. With careful dissonances and pulsating rhythms, this powerful

Simple and beautiful, this is lyric music of the highest quality for the beginning band. After a short introduction, the beautiful and flowing melody is introduced by the flutes, followed by changes in

Perfect for young orchestras, this Halloween bass-tacular features the entire bass section playing riffs and walking bass lines. The piece is written in first position for violins, violas, and cellos, but

This is such a fun composition for beginning students. It is easy to play, with an introduction to some chromatics. Create your own zombie apocalypse for your next concert - your students will never have as

Take your young jazz band and its audiences on a Jamaican cruise with this with this easygoing calypso groove chart with a sassy melody. There are no individual solos and it features an easy

Originally composed for Weather Report and released in 1967, Joe Zawinul's quintessential jazz fusion standard has been recorded by countless artists through the years. This chart is a slightly truncated

Imagine a blade smith in medieval times, working the forge as he heats the metal molten hot so he can hammer it into a beautiful knight's weapon. A brake drum simulates this sound, along with scrapes

With its solid, swinging groove, tasty riffs, catchy down-home melody and solid ensemble writing, Blue Avenue is a great introduction to the swing style for the youngest jazz bands. The two-measure

This laid-back, easy-going swing chart at the very easy level is a perfect introduction to the blues for aspiring jazz musicians! Bluesy melodies and swinging rhythms will teach basic style in a way that is

This well-written, simplified version for second-year players allows this ageless rock hit to be played and enjoyed by young bands. This effective arrangement of Queen's signature hit features all the

The famous first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, simplified and shortened for the first-year player, yet retaining all the energy and spirit of the original. It uses only the notes

Bruno Mars is undoubtedly one of the pop world's biggest recording artists. He has had an unbelievable string of top hits and has won a whopping eleven Grammy Awards. This includes That's What I Like;

In the various branches of the military, one of the first things that a young cadet learns to do is to march in step. This march is written in the standard three-part form, with no break strain, and will

Using just a few notes, this piece re-creates the character of music performed by ancient cultures on primitive instruments. Optional percussion parts help in creating exotic sounds, and strong wind writing

Start your beginners' performance in an impressive manner with this exciting concert opener. Doubling among brass and woodwind sections simplifies teaching while providing students with backup to build

Take your students on a trip through the cosmos with this bold work. This space adventure is well within the range of first-year players and is designed to teach basic articulations and rhythms. Take your

Queen's classic hit features a medium-tempo shuffle style and an infectious upbeat feel. The melody is traded around the band, and the saxes take the lead in the stop-time clapping section. No solos are

The rondo form of this lighthearted work gives students helpful repetition along with fun "detours" to keep them engaged! The piece uses only quarter notes and half notes with both stepwise motion and