Grade 3

Music of calm, romantic beauty. Mendelssohn's incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream is both dreamy and haunting. The famous horn solos may also be performed by alto saxophone.Genre: Solo Alto Saxophone with Band | #...

Written in 1871, Panis Angelicus was originally scored for tenor voice, organ, harp, cello and double bass. Over the years it has been heard in many versions. this arrangement by Michael McDermott for solo trumpet and...

A beautiful slow dance that captures the essence of beauty. The Pavane pulls at the audience and causes a reaction of quiet reflection. Musicians will share the joy of playing this wonderful composition.Genre: Band | # of...

Michael Brand's unique setting of this French carol will grab your attention from the opening saxophone duet through the lush harmonies of the full ensembles to the sparse yet effective percussion scoring.Genre: Band | # of...

This lovely tune is arranged to give nearly everyone chance to shine: flute, oboe, trumpet, horns, saxes, tuba and percussion. Each variation of Phil the Fluter is scored with new colours and textures, ending with a...

This pepperoni special is probably the first piece yet written call ing for "molto mozzarella". It combines Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours with Pizzicato Polka. If you were unsure of your Italian condiments, this is the...

A catchy folk tune in a catchy arrangement, guaranteed to please your audience. Ideally scored by the master composer Michael Brand. Portsmouth has all the ingredients of a concert or contest opening march.Genre: Band | # of...

'La Traviata' has become one of Verdi's most performed and best loved works. The Prelude, with which the opera opens, offers a fine example of Verdi's delicacy of scoring and genuine imagination in his writing for the...

Stately, elegant, and stimulating. Prelude in the Dorian Mode is a master work scored by a master composer. A wonderful piece to learn about how to balance continuously moving lines. It is the 'individualism' of Grainger's...

For many, Lancastrian William Rimmer is Britain's 'March King.' His marches are wonderful, every one with its own unique personality and form. Like Sousa, he also created and played a vast catalogue of band music ranging...

Pizzicati is a direction to players of stringed instruments to play the notes by plucking the strings with the finger. So Quasi Pizzicati (quasi=like) is an invitation to wind players to produce the effect of plucking the...

Showcase a flute soloist with this inspired arrangement of the Queen of the Night's Aria. The aria "I'll Have Revenge" (Der Hölle Rache") is sung by the Queen of the Night in the second act of Mozart's opera "The Magic...

The title Resonance derives from the sound created by imposing two major triads on top of each other, eg. the first brass chord of F major over G major, otherwise an eleventh chord. The whole piece is then worked out through...

The "Drunken Sailor" finally settles down and becomes respectable - though he does lurch about a little surprisingly from bar to bar! This is attractive music effectively scored.Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Level: 3...

The master arranger in more pensive mood, with a subtle score of this Irish folk tune requiring sensitive direction to reveal all its musicality.Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Level: 3.5 | Duration: 3:40...

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Level: 3.5 | Duration: 2:10 InstrumentationFlute Oboe Bb Clarinet 1 Bb Clarinet 2 Bb Clarinet 3 Bassoon Eb Alto Sax 1 Eb Alto Sax 2 Bb Tenor Sax Bb Cornet 1 Bb Cornet 2 F Horn 1 F Horn 2...