Beginning Band

A new and different approach to the young band overture! This engaging grade 1 1/2 composition is a wonderful contrast to whatever you program for your concert or festival appearance. Quality music at...

This exciting concert opener will thrill your audience and musicians alike. The energetic opening and robust theme make a strong statement as you kick off your young band concert. Plenty of expression...

Sure. To the kids it's about Little Miss Muffet and a surprise visit from her friendly local spider. But to you, the director, it's REALLY about the 'new' note called concert E-natural. Whatever metho...

Sure. To the kids it's about Little Miss Muffet and a surprise visit from her friendly local spider. But to you, the director, it's REALLY about the 'new' note called concert E-natural. Whatever metho...

Away to the Southern land of ice and snow! This one is even easier to put together for the concert than it looks. The repeated nature of each section's easy part of the theme means your Beginning Band...

The perfect arrangement for your Beginning Band's first patriotic performance! There are lots of opportunities for young players to solidify basic skills here. A few easy accidentals, articulations, d...

The perfect arrangement for your Beginning Band's first patriotic performance! There are lots of opportunities for young players to solidify basic skills here. A few easy accidentals, articulations, d...

Enjoy this powerful minor-key march with your young band. It's a great opportunity for the beginning group to experience playing a concert-style march with big, bold themes. Scored so that even a rela...

Your Beginning Band will enjoy this musical joke on their Christmas concert audience. While bits of The Twelve Days of Christmas, O Christmas Tree and Up on the Housetop make up the body of the music,...

The ants come marching in! With Trombone glissandos and numerous Percussion effects, Paul Curnow's Ant Farm is full of surprises. Your beginning band will love performing this furious invasion of the...

Be really ready for your Christmas concert this year. The playability of Timothy Johnson's Christmas Invitation is right on target for your Grade 1 band to perform by December. Based on Oh Come, Littl...

This is an opportunity for you to introduce some great classic melodies to your beginning band. The Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods are represented in creative and accessible ways so that your...

This easy-to-prepare beginning band comedy piece will have the audience rolling in the aisles. Feature that popular principal, custodian, secretary or any other staff or community member who has a lit...

This easy-to-prepare beginning band comedy piece will have the audience rolling in the aisles. Feature that popular principal, custodian, secretary or any other staff or community member who has a lit...

What an excellent way to lift your beginning band up to a higher level of musicianship! This outstanding new work for the beginning band is perfect for that first festival experience or for any concer...

Young band directors are always on the lookout for something new and a little different for the winter concert. Timothy Johnson's new Christmas arrangement for Beginning Bands fits the bill perfectly....

A powerful modal opening brings your concert to life with this new and different opener for young band. Make a statement that will be remembered. Carefully scored to help your young band sound good, t...

Fragments of eight different well-known Christmas carols go into this enjoyable arrangement. See if your audience can name them all. The carols are conveniently arranged so that they can be played at...

Your young band will really be in their own element when they are rocking to the jellybean song! Every section gets to join in on the melody somewhere and the rhythmic reinforcement found within is a...

Con todo el fuego y la emoción que los jóvenes adoran, pero sin exigencias técnicas que se interpongan en el camino, este podría ser el éxito de su año escolar. Aunque no "se tocará sola", requerirá u...

Con este fino arreglo, los directores pueden enseñar una variedad de habilidades, desde el estilo swing hasta la interpretación solista, con facilidad y humor. Se trata de una melodía conocida en todo...

Con este fino arreglo, los directores pueden enseñar una variedad de habilidades, desde el estilo swing hasta la interpretación solista, con facilidad y humor. Se trata de una melodía conocida en todo...

Dieses Werk hat den energischen Charakter eines Eröffnungswerkes. Der amerikanische Komponist James Curnow ließ sich von der Landschaft in der Umgebung seines Wohnhauses im US-Staat Kentucky inspirier...

Dieses Werk hat den energischen Charakter eines Eröffnungswerkes. Der amerikanische Komponist James Curnow ließ sich von der Landschaft in der Umgebung seines Wohnhauses im US-Staat Kentucky inspirier...