Claude T. Smith

This is one of Claude's most difficult later works. An excellent choice for outstanding high school, university and professional bands looking for a challenge. Great writing throughout; featuring a ba...

One of the most well-designed melodic works of Claude T. Smith. This piece is skillfully written with careful selection of range, keys, articulations and patterns, making it sound much more difficult...

Feelings of a South American festival come to life through fiery brass and percussion writing and a hint of Latin jazz. Sure to be a favorite of performers and audiences. Chido!

Contrasting tempos and timbres propel the excitement in this contrasting and rhythmic work. Particularly demanding for percussionists. Well-suited for contest and festival performances.

This spirited overture begins with a trumpet solo with additional solo opportunities for flute, trombone, clarinet and horn. The saxophone, flute/oboe and percussion sections are also featured. The ch...

A bold exciting march expertly blended with the English tune 'Terra Beata' more commonly known as the hymn 'This Is My Father's World.' An exciting arrangement for advancing ensembles.

The lovely choral beginning, featuring the familiar carol 'Good Christian Men, Rejoice,' sets the groundwork for this unique work. The piece features soli opportunity for bassoon and trombone, followe...

This work was commissioned by and for the United States Marine Band and is based on 'The Old One Hundredth' which is often used as the Doxology in religious services. This is a popular and widely perf...

The horns set the mood right from the start in this exciting work for advanced middle school ensembles. With syncopated accompaniment, well thought out transitions and occasional 7/8 bars this stunnin...

A wonderful first march by the young Claude T. Smith. This work is especially challenging for the trumpet section. Full of power, this march will stir the spirits of performers and audiences alike.

Composed for woodwind artist Gary Foster, the 'Suite for Solo Flute, Clarinet and Alto Sax' is a perfect concert showpiece for the multiple woodwind instrumentalist. The opening allegro features flute...

Composed for woodwind artist Gary Foster, the 'Suite for Solo Flute, Clarinet and Alto Sax' is a perfect concert showpiece for the multiple woodwind instrumentalist. The opening allegro features flute...

Commissioned by the United States Marine Band, this epctacular Christmas medley is one of the most distinctive works in many years. Combining favorite carols in a style that in uniquely Claude T. Smit...

Commissioned by the United States Marine Band, this epctacular Christmas medley is one of the most distinctive works in many years. Combining favorite carols in a style that in uniquely Claude T. Smit...

Claude Smith has fashioned a brilliant, rhapsodic setting of this stirring carol. Christmas programming at its finest!

Claude Smith has fashioned a brilliant, rhapsodic setting of this stirring carol. Christmas programming at its finest!

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is a Christmas prelude originally commissioned by the Papillion, Nebraska Junior High School Symphonic Band under the direction of Kenneth A. Molzer. This widely popular son...

Finale from “A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols” centers around a lively rendition of the widely known Christmas carol, Angels We Have Heard on High. This arrangement is a perfect opener, closer, or encor...

This late 19th century Christmas carol, also known as "O Come, All Ye Faithful", is a traditional favorite. Claude T. Smith masterfully crafted his arrangement of this cherished carol to form a sympho...

Smith - Grades 3-4. (Includes: In Dulci Jubilo; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; We Three Kings; Greensleeves/What Child Is This?; Joy To The World, Away In A Manger, Deck The Halls; Angels We Have Heard On...

Claude Smith's contemporary approach to teaching technique, tone and style is written in a variety of keys and meters and is divided into three sections: I. Scale Studies II. Etudes III. Chorale Studi...