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Wombat Shuffle is a bouncy, toe-tapping piece for young bands. The music is moderate swing style with bright melodies and rhythmic accompaniment.Genre: Young Band Series | # of Players: Standard Level: 2 | Duration: 2:55...

Wonder attempts to capture the feeling of being filled with awe, a feeling of amazement or to simply marvel at something beautiful, remarkable, or interesting.Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Series: Young Band Series ...

In Wonderworld, the band enters into a mysterious and colorful world of circuses and fairgrounds. However, life is not just “bread and circuses;” in the middle of the piece there is time for the darker sides of...

2017-18 J.W. Pepper Editor's Choice Selection This free setting of the hymn song “What Wondrous Love Is This” focuses on the variety of tonal colors and instrumental textures possible with the wind band. While...

Woodland Serenade & Rondo is a 6-minute concerto, crafted to spotlight not only a fine saxophone soloist, but also to give a director the opportunity to feature other outstanding solo wind players in the ensemble.Genre:...

World Dances, by Stephen Roberts, is a suite of four dances, each with a distinctive rhythmic character. It is designed to be easy, but enjoyable, to play and was originally commissioned by the National Schools Band...

Recall the days of waiting on the modem? The opening of www.winds.com imitates the tones and burbling noises of a modem or fax. A lovely ballad follows before quickly returning to the previous material.Genre: Band | # of...

Yankee Doodle Bandy is a theme and variations on the familiar tune, but with a twist. Throughout the piece melodies from classic band literature – some well known and others less so – provide interludes and...

Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon is a Grade 3, well-suited for the mature junior high or high school band. The opening 16 bars of this well-known setting of Percy Grainger’s have been re-scored for the mallet...

Ye Merry Fantasy is a clever theme and variations on the Christmas carol “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” that takes the listener on a journey through several iterations of the popular tune, each shining a...

The Young Masters' Concert is designed to be played when your students are half way through book 1 of their band method. It is written to be method book inclusive, as far as possible, and to allow for the band to play a full...

Cast a spell on your audience with this magnificent work for band. Young Wizards is a three-movement composition inspired by the composer's reading of ‘Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone.' Students will...

This ragtime arrangement is based on the well known Christmas song Deck the Halls and will undoubtedly prove to be a useful addition to the holiday repertoire.Genre: Holiday | # of Players: Standard Level: 4 | Duration: 2:30...

Zarabanda is in several sections with a Latin style rhythm that occasionally gets interrupted by accented outbursts from the ensemble. As the piece develops and moves from section to section, new rhythmic and melodic ideas...

Zephyr is a poetic term for a gentle breeze. Nature offers few pleasures that are more calm and peaceful than the mood we feel with a refreshing breeze. It is this thought that is the stimulus for this ballad for band.Genre:...

In five and a half minutes, the composer takes the listener on a sonic journey across a vast, awe-inspiring landscape that is filled with adventure one might expect in worlds dreamed up by J.R.R. Tolkien.Genre: Band | # of...