Music Works Grade 1

Encargada por la Cabarrus All-County Middle School Band (Concord, Carolina del Norte), esta obra se inspira en la herencia irlandesa del compositor y en la rica historia de Irlanda. Con tres temas pri...

Esta marcha de estilo tradicional para músicos muy jóvenes tiene todos los ingredientes para convertirse en un éxito. Desde el primer estribillo tutti, pasando por la pausa de percusión, hasta el trío...

This Rossini classic is carefully arranged for beginning level bands by Julie Griffin. This famous melody is always a great program number and fun for your students too!

Composed using a single fast tempo throughout, this dynamic work for 2nd year players is filled with imagery and intensity beyond what you normally find at this easy level. Whether the approaching red...

Already a classic in the grade 1 repertoire, Anne McGinty's composition sounds sophisticated without being hard. It features effective use of polychords, modal harmonies and a driving percussion part....

Beginning groups will love this unique programmatic suite of four short movements, each of which portrays a well known prehistoric creature (or two!). Clever and very easy, it includes: Stegosaurus, B...

Grade 1-1. 5. One of the most moving melodies ever written is this well-known theme from Holst's Jupiter (from The Planets). Paul Murtha has beautifully adapted this for the beginning level through sk...

Easy marches that sound authentic and still work with beginners are hard to find. Here is a gem from Eric Osterling that works great even with small bands with incomplete instrumentation. With catchy...

Drawing on the rich and varied tradition of Celtic folk songs, this piece opens with the touching and melodious 'The Parting Glass. ' The flutes and percussion take center stage on the dance-like 'Tha...

Here is an outstanding selection for very young bands written in an uplifting festive style. There is a nice variety in scoring even for this easy level, and very effective use of dynamics. Easy and f...

Written in a style similar to Michael's popular Celtic Air and Dance, here is another terrific setting of Celtic tunes arranged for very young bands. This arrangement opens with a beautiful and flowin...

What kid doesn't love a train! This entertaining and fun piece for beginning bands calls for some lucky student (or administrator) to be featured on a wooden train whistle (the cheap kind!). Along the...

Featuring a relentless rhythmic drive and powerful-sounding themes, here is an effective and exciting piece for second-year players. Utilizing a single tempo and no syncopation, this is a great tool f...

No sólo es una pieza de concierto intrigante para los músicos de 2º año, sino que también es una gran manera de introducir los fundamentos de los intervalos simples. Seguro que será una pieza entreten...

Una obra exuberante y cinematográfica para bandas de nivel principiante que crea la visión perfecta de un apacible cielo nocturno lleno de estrellas. La partitura caprichosa dará a sus jóvenes músicos...

A lush and cinematic work for beginner level bands that creates the perfect vision of a peaceful night sky filled with stars. Whimsical scoring will give your young musicians the perfect opportunity t...

La belleza y majestuosidad del planeta Tierra cobra vida a través de fanfarrias, delicadas líneas melódicas, audaces armonías y coloridas orquestaciones, todo ello con una partitura cuidadosamente dis...

The beauty and majesty that is planet Earth comes to life through soaring fanfares, delicate melodic lines, bold harmonies and colorful orchestrations all while being carefully scored to be accessible...

Esta obra increíblemente bien escrita para músicos principiantes hace honor a su título. A sus jóvenes músicos les encantará esta pieza heroica que suena como si hubiera sido escrita como la partitura...

This incredibly well-written work for beginning players lives up to its title! Your young musicians will absolutelty love this heroic piece that sounds like it was written as the score to a movie abou...

¡Esta obra, increíblemente bien escrita para intérpretes principiantes, hace honor a su título! A tus jóvenes músicos les encantará esta pieza heroica que parece haber sido compuesta como banda sonora...

La belleza y la majestuosidad del planeta Tierra cobran vida a través de fanfarrias grandiosas, delicadas líneas melódicas, armonías audaces y coloridas orquestaciones, todo ello cuidadosamente orques...

This landmark work for beginning groups helped to set the standard for music at this level. Boldly written to include dissonances, varied scoring effects, and driving rhythmic ostinatos, Michael Sween...

MusicWorks ¯ Grade 1¶Rarely does any single publication have such an effect on band literature as this unique and striking composition from 1994. Individually, the parts are relatively simple. Yet the...