Grand Mesa Music

Spring Dances was a work composed for the 2017 MakeMusic Young Composers Composition which received 1st place. This work depicts the composer's favorite season of the year, and ebbs and flows melodica...

Utilizing advanced scoring techniques for an easier band work and some approachable mixed meters, listeners will know right away that your young band is advancing in their musicality! The music starts...

The Battlemage is a concert band work themed around a mythical warrior of legend who wields both magical spells and swords. The composer incorporates this dichotomy of soldier and scholar throughout t...

The Hidden Planet takes you on a journey through space as you search for an elusive sphere that many have tried to find. The Hidden Planet is filled with syncopated rhythms, dissonance, and unique cho...

From the Greek words meaning 'perpetual motion,' KINESIS PERPETUUM is an exciting concert opener for young band. Syncopated rhythms, tone clusters, flowing motives, and shifting key centers give the p...

Black Sails is a fast-paced adventure on the high seas, featuring arpeggiated figures in the woodwinds, powerful brass hits, and bombastic percussion. Set in 6/8, the piece makes heavy use of hemiolas...

The French Horn section provides harmonic and rhythmic structure to the band, but does not often get a chance to be featured. Sweet Horn Rag was written to give them a chance to show their beauty and...

Evoking images of the American West, arranger Bobrowitz here spins a highly creative set of variations on 'She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain'. The four variations explore a wide variety of musical s...

Using three hymn tunes commonly used in modern Christian churches for singing the doxology, arranger Andrews has created a powerful band work that will afford your group many opportunities to create r...

Through the process of forging, metal is turned from scrap into something spectacular. In 'Forge' the same idea of shaping and hammering is applied to music. Through a juxtaposition of metallic percus...

Based on a twelfth century Latin melody 'From the East…', this inspired setting from 2016 was written for the Bethel University Wind Ensemble in St. Paul, Minnesota. The original words were written to...

La Mariposa (The Butterfly), was originally written for string orchestra, and now a complimentary arrangement for concert band has become available. The composer, Lorrie Baum, herself having taught bo...

This highly expressive band work was first dreamed by the composer as a choral work of the same name, using the words of the poem 'Dreams in the Dusk' by Carl Sandburg. It had its wind ensemble premie...

Here is a piece that is completely original, but yet captures the essence of Hebraic music with its wonderful use of the minor key. Appropriate anytime of year, it would even be an excellent selection...

Incendio's literal translation is 'fire', making this title all the more appropriate for Salvador Alan Jacobo's fiery composition for concert band. The music immediately ignites from the beginning and...

A Hot Air Balloon Adventure' is the story of a dramatic balloon ride. Starting with the preparations for the flight, the journey takes off with an uplifting fanfare. After the pilot breaks through the...

The sparrowhawk, also known as the American kestrel, is one of the few raptors whose range includes the highest elevations of California's Sierra Nevada. 'Sparrowhawk' evokes this small hawk soaring a...

There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living'. ~ Author Unknown This varied, eclectic band work was written in memory of a former member of...

The piece is a programmatic work depicting a professional cycling race similar to the annual Spring Classics or a stage from one of the Grand Tours. Within the composition, there are sections represen...

Like going to a movie that is 'five stars', here is a musical adventure that will be a hit with audiences, performers and conductors! There are a number of related musical ideas during the duration of...

Ascent to Quandary Peak' depicts the composer and his wife's journey as they ascend Quandary Peak, one of the Colorado mountains with a summit over 14,000 feet. Although the trail is considered one of...

This fun selection authentically captures the dance style known as the tango, which developed during the 1880's in Argentina and Uruguay. It evolved into an exciting partner dance which became popular...

Mahatma Gandhi famously said, 'the future depends on what you do today.' Tempus Motus was written to express the hope, determination, and energy that can spark change. In Latin, 'Tempus'means time and...

Based on hymn from the mid 1800's originally titled 'My Life Goes on in Endless Song', David Myers has creatively shaped this hymn tune into a band work that brings out the beauty and lyricism of the...