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This piece was written as a commission for Vassenden Youth Band in 2009. The piece consists of parts with different moods. It opens with a fanfare which process in to a faster section that has an ever...

Hellbillies' are one of Norways most popular groups, and their love-song 'Most beautiful to me' has become a very well know song in their home country. The composer Aslag Haugen and the author of the...

Dancing Trolls' is a sequel to 'The Battle of the Hats', which was published in 2015. Like 'The Battle of the Hats', 'Dancing Trolls' is a piece of music based on Norwegian traditional dances. This ti...

'I wrote this march for Furuset skoles musikkorps and Haugen skolekorps to use on the 17th of May 2007. Those familiar with Norwegian culture know that this day is the national holiday of Norway. What...

What Now, My Love was written in 1961 by composer Gilbert Bécaud and lyricist Pierre Delanoë with the original title Et Maintenant. Very many top, internationally renowned artists have recorded this s...

This suite is written for beginning band at grade level 1. It consists of five short movements of various style. You may perform the movements as single pieces. The composition consist basically of t...

'Why Not?' is the most well-known piece by Dominican Republic pianist/composer Michel Camilo. It appeared for the fist time on his 1984 album record 'French Toast'. He re-recorded it in 1985 for the '...

Kåre Grøttum is known to most as a pianist and producer by NRK. He was involved in numerous TV productions, both as producer, musician, composer, and arranger. This tune is taken from a CD released in...

More Candy For Beginners is a suite of three songs used for absolute beginners by the composer through several years. The method is to sing the melodies before learning it on the instruments. Lyrics h...

The latin title 'Sollicitus' means upset or uneasy is important in terms of the character and form of the work. This work contains several different pcarts, all of them based around a fanfare-like the...

Startship Battle is a catchy composition inspired by music written for film an series who describes war in space. The form of the composition is a typical ABA structure. It starts with a fast A-part...

This piece originates as a piano piece written by the composer as he was convalescing after an illness and operation. In the music there is an outlet for emotions of uncertainty and doubt, but also o...

Music for Halloween' is three simple pieces who describes spooky and scary moods we ALL know from halloween. The first movement describes The Grim Reaper, a scary character who represents death. The...

Ukraine was invaded on February 24, 2022, and the world again became spectators to a conflict between unequal opponents. Once again we saw lies, injustice and brutality up close. I must admit that a f...

This challenging arrangement for Concert Band was originally recorded for piano/flugelhorn duet. The jazz pianist Mikhail Misha Alperin of Ukraina is today Professor at The Norwegian Academy of Music...

This piece was composed to Hordaboe Skulemusikklag which needed an entertainment piece. The piece should also activate the percussion section in particular. E' Spenstig is a piece in swing style witho...

Jeg er en papegoeye fra Amerika' ('I'm a Parrott from America') is an arrangement of a very popular, Norwegian song for children. This edition should be played in a bright swing-style. This medium adv...

An old norse folktune is used in this piece: The song about Sigurd, the Dragonslayer. The myth is one of the eldest norse myths. Scenes from the myth are carved as decorations in old Norwegian stave c...

Johan August Halvorsen (1864-1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. He received his musical education in Kristiania (today named Oslo), Stockholm and Leipzig. He conducted 'Harmonien...

Gravitation' was commissioned by the Norwegian organization 'New Music'. The work has a main motive (bar 19) which is used as a starting point for the different musical themes. After a short opening f...

This work was premiered by the Royal Norwegian Navy Band conducted by Ingar Bergby in 2011. The occation was a big outdoor-concert (named 'Firework Concert'), and the work was written especially for t...

A short, soft, mellow piece of music, expresses the feeling you sometime have when thoughtfulness and calmness are more important. After working on a piece for choire using a poem called 'Nights have...

Tanta to Beate' (Beate's Aunty) is written by Norwegian singer/songwriter Lillebjoern Nilsen and achieved great success when it was released in 1982. The song about an old lady feeding the pigeons and...

A piece well suited for lower section school bands. Two of the percussion parts are quite challenging. The other parts should not be too difficult for the our youngest to play. Please notice the chara...

This piece is well suited for concert- and contest performances. The suite consists of various musical expressions, and there are challenges for all instruments. The piece has four movements which can...