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!

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...

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...

Here is the perfect first march for your beginning band! Using solid scoring techniques, Forward March! features strong melodic writing with easy counterlines, a short percussion break, a trio melody...

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...

Featuring mini-variations on the folk tune Cumberland Gap, this easy overture provides a musical portrait of travel through the Appalachian Mountains. Composed in a single tempo, there is still plenty...

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...

Esta emocionante y cinematográfica aventura rueda por las pistas con una partitura experta que utiliza un cromatismo sencillo, una percusión impulsora y una energía rítmica trepidante. ¡Sus alumnos no...

Epic Journey nos lleva a una odisea heroica y cinematográfica utilizando un cambio repentino en la dinámica y un cambio de clave inesperado para crear dramatismo y emoción. Con una sofisticación más a...

Las máquinas de viento pueden referirse tanto a las diversas máquinas impulsadas por el viento como al sonido de una banda de viento. En un estilo cinematográfico, esta composición nos lleva a lo alto...

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...

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...

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...

Michael Sweeney has successfully harnessed the menacing power of this Moussorgsky classic in this easy version that remains amazingly true to the original. Featuring interesting parts for all sections...

This miniature suite of Appalachian favorites includes Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, Sourwood Mountain and Simple Gifts. Even at this easy level, Paul Murtha has skillfully combined a mix...

In Celtic folklore, a selkie is a mythical creature appearing as a seal in water, but taking human form on land. In this striking setting for second-year players the first movement, in a lyric and mel...