Kjos

The melody is written with the first six notes found in Tradition of Excellence Book 1. Farewell is a great end-of-the-year piece, and way for younger musicians to say “goodbye” and add...

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)...

Depicting the natural beauty of the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, Trail of the Ancients features notes of the Bb scale set in a C minor mode. Quarter note and eighth note rhythms are...

Rhythmic Festival was written to teach syncopation across the middle of the measure. All parts have modest ranges, and care is taken with clarinets crossing over the break. Every section gets the...

Christmas Exultation is an exciting medley of 4 traditional holiday carols: Adeste Fideles (“O Come All Ye Faithful”), Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Joy to the World, Hark! the Herald Angels...

Valor and Remembrance completes a trilogy of works by composer Mark Camphouse, honoring great African Americans: Civil Rights Heroine Rosa Parks (A Movement for Rosa), Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...

Tarantula explores the origins of the tarantella dance. Said to be caused by the bit of a poisonous spider, the dance becomes wilder and wilder leading to the dancer collapsing from exhaustion!...

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...

Fast paced and energetic, Look Out, Here I Come! will engage your students from the downbeat to the last, dramatic chord! A great opener or closer to your program, this song hits the gas...

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...

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...

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...