Obras instrumentales para orquesta de viento

Bob Lowden took the Quaker song and gave it a bit of a rock sound. It is very easy with a few rock style harmonies. The 1st trumpet's highest note is C. No clarinet crosses the break.

This is a great tool for teaching cut-time. It is a great sounding march, fun to play, and has a wonderfully energetic sound. The clarinets do not cross the break. 1st trumpet's highest note is D.

This is the perfect song for teaching 6/8 time. It is all very easy with eighth notes in groups of 3 only. No quarter/eighth rhythms, so it is easy to get the students to feel the triple meter. It is...

This composition is very easy and has a Renaissance sound to it. The trumpet's go to D only a couple of times. Mostly, the range for the 1st trumpet part is C and lower. Clarinets do not cross the bre...

This is a beautiful jazz ballad style of this traditional Irish tune. It is absolutely beautiful and would sound great with an older group. It is just that good. Larry has great voice leading so all...

Here is a great composition to bring spirit and life into your concert. And, this is a great tool for teaching syncopation. Only the 1st clarinets cross the break, and the 1st trumpet's highest note...

Lost River is a perfect introduction to beginning independence. It is not at all complicated. Some of the instruments answer back and some enter one bar after a different instrument started playing. T...

This is a great beginning band song. It is very easy, with only whole, half, and quarter notes, but with rock harmonies. No clarinet crosses the break, and the 1st trumpet's highest note is C.

This is an NMP classic. Donald Josuweit knows how to write great compositions while creating a great teaching aid for you, the band director. Clarinets do not cross the break. 1st trumpet's highest no...

There is a bit of a program to this song. Imagine a troubadour traveling through the countryside and comes upon a castle, seen first in the distant. As he travels closer, one can hear the sound of act...

This composition uses all the chords of the diatonic scale making it quite interesting and fun to play. The middle section is in minor so the students get to hear a minor key at an early age. This wo...

This is the perfect song to teach cut-time. Start conducting in 4, later switching to two without telling the students. Once the get the feel of the song you can explain the difference between common...

This is a beautiful arrangement created in a jazz ballad style. The harmonies are those in a jazz ballad with beautiful major sevenths, 6th chords, and diminished harmonies. The 1st trumpet's highes...

This is written exactly as sung in church with an optional two-part choral group included in this arrangement. It is written in the key of Eb, so it is easily playable by a young band. This is also a...

This song is a great tool for introducing sixteenth notes. The sixteenth notes are group in twos or fours and the notes are repeated. There are no sixteenth note runs. Just tell the students to play...

This is an American folk song and almost its national anthem for the American spirit. The students love playing this song. 1st trumpet's highest note is D. Only the first clarinets play over the break...

No one takes a traditional song and uses jazz harmonies to spice up a song better than Larry McKenna. Further, he understand how to play all the instruments and how to lead one note to the next as to...

A real blues for beginning band! This is very easy with no clarinets crossing the break and the 1st trumpet's highest note is Bb. The students hear a real blues sound while you introduce a few new not...

This song is also known as the Prayer Of St. Francis. Only the 1st clarinet plays above the break. The 1st trumpet's highest note is D. This arrangement may be play in a concert setting or in church....

This is a beautiful jazz ballad. This 1st clarinets play above the break. The 1st trumpet's highest note is C.

There is a song you can have in any concert and a great salute to our Armed Service people. Written for the men to come home from World War I, it is still a great song to play at any concert. Everyon...