Grand Mesa Music

Spiders on the Loose: Students will love this easy piece which portrays spiders insidiously creeping and crawling up their arms, represented by eighth notes. Each section gets to play the exciting mel...

Elgar’s Andante and March was taken from a set of pieces by Edward Elgar for violin and piano that I used to play with my daughter when she was a young violin student. I appreciated that a young violi...

Harvest Moon Dance was inspired by the beautiful full harvest moon and imagining a joyful barn dance to celebrate the autumn harvest. The piece has a double-stop intro and interludes to provide that c...

Smoky Mountain Lullaby is influenced by the music of Appalachia which in turn was influenced by the ballads, hymns, and fiddle music of the British Isles. To me, this piece feels like a love ballad, b...

Andiamo! (“Let’s Go!”) This piece was written to feature the viola section, they start the frenzied melody and we’re off! After a trip to Italy, the composer fondly remembered one phrase the tour guid...

Baile De La Noche (Dance of the Night) is a lilting Latin piece that evokes images of an evening of dancing and merriment. Care has been taken by the composer to make sure all sections of the orchestr...

Battle Cry is meant to embody the warrior spirit! With heavy articulations and driving rhythms, the piece should be played mostly in the lower half of the bow with strong accents and attention to arti...

Big Sky Overture: Sweeping melodies punctuated by energetic rhythmic motives make this original overture perfect for concert and contest. Observing traditional overture form, the main theme is set fir...

The Mountain City Fiddlers is titled after the Fiddlers Convention of 1925, which was held in Mountain City, Tennessee. The piece opens with violin and cello solos in A major, with stomping feet and c...

Rondo Recipe is a light-hearted work to be approached in the classical style. The “dash of Mozart” is not a facetious quote for there is in fact a small quote of music that is by Mozart hidden within...

Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was the first classical composer of African ancestry. Born in the French colony of Guadeloupe, Saint-Georges was taken to Paris by his father to be rais...

Winds of Arabia will evoke images of the exotic Arabian desert. The mode, meter and pizzicato passages help provide the Middle Eastern sound that drives this camel caravan through the desert. The sync...

A storm of fiddle tunes and ostinatos portray a flash flood rushing down a southwestern slot canyon in this fast-paced outing for advancing string orchestra. Conceived as an American response to the 4...

La mezcla definitiva del Canon en Re de Pachelbel y la bombástica Obertura 1812 de Chaikovski resulta atractiva para alumnos y público. Los violonchelos y los contrabajos no se aburrirán e incluso pod...

Trumpet solo with piano accompaniment.

Trumpet Duet w/piano

Trumpet solo with piano accompaniment.

Trumpet or Baritone TC with Piano.

This well-crafted seasonal work is easy enough for first year players to perform at their first holiday concert, and a great arrangement for more experienced bands as well. It features a variety of ti...

Beginning with a sparkling slow introduction reminiscent of a clear, cold day in December, this always-surprising arrangement of 'Go Tell It on the Mountain' soon launches into a celebratory fast temp...

In this charming original waltz, the composer puts the listener in the midst of a royal Christmas party during a snowy Russian winter. The piece evolves through various musical snapshots of the party,...