Grade 3 (Emerald Series)

Persistence of Time features an exciting additive process that captures the audience. Exciting to play, also. An underlying feeling of movement persists throughout the piece and keeps listeners on the edge of their chairs...

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...

Pieces of Eight is based on two sea shanties, Bold Manning and Andrew Barton, both of which are highly reminiscent of what we now recognize as Pirate Music. The piece is in the spirit of high seas adventures and Saturday...

Inspired by the minimalism of Philip Glass, Pieces of Glass is a dynamic work for young band that takes listeners on a journey through delicate staccato iterations, and sweeping lyrical passages, and powerful chordal punches...

Written to celebrate the 135th anniversary of the Medway Towns in the southeast of England, including the composer's home town of Chatham, "Pioneers of Medway" begins with a fanfare-like introduction, followed by a beautiful...

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...

This brilliant three-movement work shows the best of band music. Appropriate for contest or concert. Or, select one of the movements for your concert. Features an uplifting 1st movement, graceful 2nd movement, and a clever...

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...

Inspired by the composer’s travels through Europe, Postcards depicts three European locations in an imaginative composition for winds and percussion. The first two movements depict specific locales while the third...

Come and enjoy the mountains! This flex band composition celebrates the area of Southwest Virginia, hidden in the Appalachian Mountains. Written to focus on articulation and blend, this piece will be a wonderful addition for...

With varied instrumental textures, exciting harmonic treatments, and sensitive use of percussion this suite of four of the most enduring cowboy songs of the old West is sure to be a concert highlight. A Prairie Songbook...

Prayer & Canto beautifully conceived piece rich with melodic invention and harmonic color. The two sections of the work differ in intent with one being sacred and the other secular. They serve somewhat different roles in...

'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...

Presto is named after its tempo: very, very fast. Starting with a dramatic flourish fueled by brass and percussion, a sweet waltz interrupts the fireworks before the music builds again and ultimately climaxes with a...

A fabulous concert opener for developing band, Procession calls to mind the grand parade of the royal courts with plenty of brass fanfare percussion cadence. A peaceful woodwind section hails the fair maiden!Genre: Band | #...