Director Must Haves

This flexible work can be played by concert band, string orchestra, or full orchestra. Audiences will be energized when hearing Yankee Doodle and You’re a Grand Old Flag in this fun and flexible setting. F Major. Note: For a full orchestra setting,...

And They Flew (WB546), Earthrise (WB536), and Hypersonic (WB547) comprise Steven J. Pyter's "To The Moon and Back" suite. And They Flew features stately melodies over a rhythmic and sometimes syncopated accompaniment depicting those first few moments of...

Now available in a ColorFlex version! Let JaRod Hall bring some funk with a sassy attitude to your winter concert! This remarkably smooth and fun musical scavenger hunt includes a wealth of holiday tunes with an incredible groove! Influenced by jazz,...

Arranger William Himes brilliantly adapts Bach's famous fugue for the concert band. The themes are passed around to all members of the band and include some solo opportunities (with cross cues). Limited percussion writing adds excitement and vitality to...

Joy Dance, by Scott Watson, musically conveys an unrestrained expression of happiness and exhilaration. Inspired by David's ecstatic dance of praise in 2 Samuel 6:14 ("And David danced before the Lord with all his might..."), the piece combines artifacts...

This programmatic work by composer Ryan Nowlin depicts the long career of a music teacher, and the impression that the students can leave on one's character over many years.  

Shut Out is a piece about the experience of being a disabled person and not quite fitting into society. The piece is cast in three distinct sections, each showing a range of emotions that composer Tyler Mazone and his friends, colleagues, and family feel...

Brian Balmages - FJH Music Company Inc The innovative use of astonishing instrumental colors conveys the concept of optical prisms spinning freely while reflecting light in numerous directions. Giving a strong nod to Impressionism, the music...

Andrew Boysen Jr. has written a rollicking “Mar(h)ch” alternating between 4/4 and ¾ “Tim(e)” to honor his friend, Tim Mahr. Boysen also references several of Mahr’s best-known works. Although written for a large wind...

Using chamber music textures contrasting with passionate tutti passages to exemplify the ideas of honor and forgiveness, Mark Camphouse has composed a strong centerpiece for your next concert or festival.  

A “rifacimento” is a literary work or musical composition that reflects a change in the circumstances of the time. This new work by Jack Stamp is cast in four movements—Business as Usual, The Aproaching Storm, Aftermath, The New...

The term “blind tiger” is another name for a speakeasy, the ubiquitous illicit establishments that sold illegal alcohol during the Prohibition Era in the United States. These gangster-run nightclubs featured the growing genre of jazz music...