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Music is alive and vivid, and playing music is a joyful and fulfilling activity. Overture Spiritoso captures the essence of these feelings via heroic fanfares, pulsing rhythms and wistful melodies. It is music for the head...

Overture to a New Horizon is an energetic, majestic, and easy listening piece. With soaring melodies to more delicate, lightly orchestrated solo sections, to loud symphonic endings, this is a perfect piece depicting the...

Overture to the Opera Fra Diavolo is a Grade 6 selection, well-suited to the accomplished collegiate wind band.Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Level: 6 | Duration: 8:15 InstrumentationPiccolo Flute 1/2 (4) Oboe 1 (1)...

Oxford Scherzo is a classic piece from the English band repertoire. With a balanced mix of textures, skillful scoring of brass and woodwinds, this is an ideal piece for contest or the centerpiece for your concert.Genre: Band...

A bright fanfare, opening with brilliant splash of woodwind colour, Pacific Preamble was commissioned in 1987 by the Pacific Basin Band Festival held annually in Hawaii.Genre: Symphonic Repertoire Series | # of Players:...

Panache has a military feel in the opening fanfare, but settles down to an angular melody with frequent changes in time signature. There is the possibility of adding extra drummers near the end - a drum corps was used behind...

A thought provoking work that attempts to express the various meanings represented by the title. The composer states that the piece is not meant to be programmatic, that through the sounds, melody and musical impressions...

This majestically resolute work takes the listener on a musical journey back 250 million years before the supercontinent Pangaea divided itself into the 7 continents we know and love today. Driven by an excitable percussion...

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...

Panopticon takes you inside a 'musical' jail. Listening to the musical depiction of the inside of a prison, an escape, and the former prisoners attitude to the structure will provide an informative and musically satisfying...

Parade of the Wooden Warriors is a three minute piece aimed at school and community wind ensembles. It describes the advance and retreat of an imaginary army in ancient times. Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Level: 2.5...

Parody is a collage of several important orchestral trumpet parts all in one balanced piece that will require a rather skilled trumpet soloist.Genre: Solo Trumpet with Band | # of Players: Standard + 1 Level: 3 | Duration:...

Based on a tune by Jerome Williams, A Parting Blessing is a heart-wrenching piece with chorus and band. Ideal as a collaborative effort with your chorus. Beautiful melody and excellent scoring. An excellent piece to pay...

Gorgeous. The Partita is a wonderful piece of music. Although this piece can be played by young bands, it is musically mature and will be an ideal center piece for any band concert, middle school through the university level...

Joshua Missal wrote this moving tribute upon the passing of his wife Pegge. While Passing depicts the heartfelt memories of a life together, it also depicts the strength and enduring passion that only music can express...

A Pastoral Scene is a short, lyrical work that will be an excellent addition to any band’s repertoire. Whether it’s used as a warm-up during practice or as a concert piece at a performance, audiences and...