Partituras para orquesta de viento

Since 1990 Hans Elzinga performs and teaches South-American traditional music. In this piece 'Paseo de Otoño' (Autumn walk) he tries to make us familiar with the colourful and rhythmical music of the...

Let's Play is a four part piece for youth band. You can play it with any band composition.

Conductor Feike van Tuinen studied composition with Daan Manneke at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory of music. A visit to Hever Castle in the South-East of England inspired him to write this compo...

Here is another easy but very nice march by Ennio Salvere - pen-name of the Dutch composer Eric Swiggers - who always writes nice and melodious pieces for flexible winds that can easily be performed b...

'Malcontento' is the Spanish word for 'discontent'. This notion will certainly not be relevant to your audiences.

This arrangement of the number one hit of Anouk can be played with a limited band. A real must for any youth wind band.

A documentary film about the Rocky Mountains inspired Patrick Millstone to write this piece. The majesty of this natural site is described by a regularly repeated octave leap. The splendour of nature...

Here is another fine work for flexible instrumentation by Patrick Millstone. Three Cool Dances consists of a solid rock tune, a romantic ballad and, to close, a nice sensual calypso. This piece will b...

Finally a follow up to the popular 'Our Man in Paris' from the composer Terry Kenny. This composition combines an Arabian flavor with European swing.

On the occasion of its centenary the 'Excelsior' band from the Frisian town Rijperkerk (The Netherlands) commissioned its former conductor Feike van Tuinen to write a concert piece. One of his inspira...

Patrick Millstone was inspired by some Frisian folk melodies to write this nice piece for flexible instrumentation. Thanks to the variety of dances such as a calypso, a waltz in 5/4 and a kind of cha-...

Besides what their names tell you about their native country, you can easily hear what the birthplace of the five 'universal girls' is. Both the structure and each melody clearly illustrate in which p...

'Three Unsquare Dances' consists of three short educational movements and is intended to make starting youth bands acquainted with irregular times and time changes in a simple and clear way.

Traffic Jam! Is a funny and educational composition for the beginners youth orchestra. Throughout the day the trafic just keeps coming: Pedestrians, cars, lorries, even emergency vehicals are heard in...

One morning everything went wrong in Zourfaroka. In this forest where thousands of magical beings live, everything sparkles and shines and is full of life. But not this morning, because the terrible t...

This is a modern suite for young musicians in 3 separate movements, designed to be played either in its entirety or as stand alone pieces.

We all do it... sometimes with time to spare, sometimes with a spring in our step... but often with time running out! - yes, 'Clock Watching' is a part of modern life! This fun 4-part piece in 3 disti...

In The Escape Andreas Ludwig Schulte describes the fictive situation of a man in long-standing captivity. He is badly treated and his longing for his family becomes bigger from day to day. Finally, th...