Music Works Grade 2

Sea shanties have long been a source of tuneful melodies and rollicking rhythms. Johnnie's setting for band features a wide variety of styles and textures, and is a great choice for contest or festiva...

Sea shanties have long been a source of tuneful melodies and rollicking rhythms. Johnnie's setting for band features a wide variety of styles and textures, and is a great choice for contest or festiva...

The rich heritage of French-Canadian folk music dates back several centuries. Robert has chosen three of these songs to create a musical portrait of this colorful culture. The opening piece is the jau...

The rich heritage of French-Canadian folk music dates back several centuries. Robert has chosen three of these songs to create a musical portrait of this colorful culture. The opening piece is the jau...

The rich heritage of French-Canadian folk music dates back several centuries. Robert has chosen three of these songs to create a musical portrait of this colorful culture. The opening piece is the jau...

The rich heritage of French-Canadian folk music dates back several centuries. Robert has chosen three of these songs to create a musical portrait of this colorful culture. The opening piece is the jau...

The folk music of Czechoslovakia has often served as a fertile source of material and inspiration for composers and arrangers. This work is a setting of three traditional Czech melodies displaying a w...

Here is a simple yet elegant setting of this traditional favorite. Starting quietly with the melody passed between sections, Timothy Broege works in creative counterlines and harmonies as the piece bu...

Here is a simple yet elegant setting of this traditional favorite. Starting quietly with the melody passed between sections, Timothy Broege works in creative counterlines and harmonies as the piece bu...

Compuesto en 1959 por Mongo Santamaría, Afro Blue se convirtió en uno de los primeros estándares de jazz escritos en estilo afrocubano. Esta creativa composición para banda de concierto utiliza el rit...

Composed in 1959 by Mongo Santamaria, Afro Blue became one of the earliest jazz standards written in an Afro-Cuban style. This creative setting for concert band utilizes the African bembé rhythm, alon...

Compuesto en 1959 por Mongo Santamaría, Afro Blue se convirtió en uno de los primeros estándares de jazz escritos en estilo afrocubano. Esta creativa composición para banda de concierto utiliza el rit...

Composed in 1959 by Mongo Santamaria, Afro Blue became one of the earliest jazz standards written in an Afro-Cuban style. This creative setting for concert band utilizes the African bembé rhythm, alon...

Introducing your young musicians to J. S. Bach's poignantly familiar work is now possible with this easy arrangement by Samuel R. Hazo. Treated in an easy-to-grasp 3/4 time signature, your students wi...

Drawing on two early American hymn tunes, here is a beautifully paced lyric piece with moments of calm reflection as well as emotional high points. The opening uses the lesser known Vermont composed b...

Drawing on two early American hymn tunes, here is a beautifully paced lyric piece with moments of calm reflection as well as emotional high points. The opening uses the lesser known Vermont composed b...

Drawing on two early American hymn tunes, here is a beautifully paced lyric piece with moments of calm reflection as well as emotional high points. The opening uses the lesser known Vermont composed b...

Here's a rare gem from the band literature archives, rescored with a more practical instrumentation and part writing. Originally taken from an orchestral work entitled Two Songs Without Words, Marchin...

MusicWorks - Grade 2 Composed in three concise and descriptive movements, this diverse composition opens with Broadcast Memories, recalling some of the sounds of early television program music. Romanc...

MusicWorks - Grade 2 Often imitated but never duplicated, the music from Holst's symphonic classic The Planets continues to thrill audiences and inspire performers. Even at this easy level, here is a...

MusicWorks - Grade 2 Often imitated but never duplicated, the music from Holst's symphonic classic The Planets continues to thrill audiences and inspire performers. Even at this easy level, here is a...

MusicWorks - Grade 2 Often imitated but never duplicated, the music from Holst's symphonic classic The Planets continues to thrill audiences and inspire performers. Even at this easy level, here is a...

Commissioned by the Pickens County (GA) Middle School Band on the occasion of the band program being split into separate schools, this marvelous composition for young players explores the emotions of...

St. Petersburg is today considered the cultural heart of modern day Russia. This original march from Johnnie Vinson is evocative of this city's rich and exciting history of intrigue, revolution and my...

St. Petersburg is today considered the cultural heart of modern day Russia. This original march from Johnnie Vinson is evocative of this city's rich and exciting history of intrigue, revolution and my...