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Skybreak opens with a quiet melodic/motivic statement that is repeated and built upon throughout the composition. This is a piece that is fun to play and listen to, a great opener or closer as well as an outstanding contest...

Opening with a percussion fanfare, Skyline March is perfect for early bands and includes opportunities for working on dynamic contrast and balance.Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Level: 1 | Duration: 2:00...

Excitement, wide-eyed fear, a calm stillness way up in the sky, the distant noise of airplane engines, and a final fall to earth. Paul Hart's Skyrider follows in the colorful footsteps of Cartoon, Circus Ring, and Carnaby...

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...

Slane (more popularly known as 'Be Thou My Vision') is a dramatic piece for middle school concert band set in motion by a driving, syncopated figure in the timpani which is soon joined by an equally syncopated, repeated...

Greg Danner captures all of the innocence and excitement one experiences when playing in the snow with this work for young bands. With its festive sleigh bells, clever harmonies, and hummable melodies, Sledding" is the...

Greg Danner captures all of the innocence and excitement one experiences when playing in the snow with this work for young bands. With its festive sleigh bells, clever harmonies, and hummable melodies, Sledding" is the...

Slide Ride is an energetic work that shows off both the technical and lyrical capabilities of the trombone, while throwing in a few tongue in cheek references to that less polite side of the instrument. The piece is a...

Based around the antics of Smarty Pants the Clown, Smarty Pants and Bubble Gum is a fun and silly piece willed with honks, ratchets, glissandi and crazy dissonances. Genre: Concert Band Series | # of Players: Standard Level:...

Smoke Screen is a fanfare for winds and percussion that would fit best opening or closing a concert program. Recurring, contrary-motion woodwind flourishes combined with shimmering percussive textures create a haze in and...

A percussion driven ‘Cha Cha’ is the essence of this straightforward version of an originally Cuban dance.Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Level: 3 | Duration: 3:40 InstrumentationPiccolo Flute 1/2 Oboe 1/2...

Imagine...it’s the middle of the night. You have heard your older sister get up to get a drink of water. As she walks towards the kitchen you decided to sneak up behind her. Careful now, you have to step lightly so...

Soar High is a fast-paced, energetic, and joyful composition for young bands that is fun to play and an inspiration for the audience. Based on letters from classmates of a young band student who died unexpectedly, the piece...

Soaring with the Eagles takes you on an aerial journey as seen through the eyes of an eagle. There are three contrasting sections, each with their own main theme: The Eagle theme, the Unseen Beauty theme, and finally, the...

Solar Eclipse opens with a slow and soft introduction, presenting the melodic material that is present throughout the piece. A raucous percussion interlude transitions the piece into a faster tempo, along with more complex...

This quick march was written for HMS Bulwark, the Royal Navy's first Commando Carrier in which 42 Commando Royal Marines was embarked. It was first performed in June 1960 at the ceremony of Beating Retreat performed by the...