Buy That Tune! --- Symphonic Band & Concert Band
Below you will find various selections appropriate for high school wind bands. These selections are all a part of J.W. Pepper.com and the Teaching Music Through Performance book series' lists of serious and compelling essential works by reputable composers for wind band that no high school music library should be without.
Feel free to listen to the pieces (when available), read a small write-up on the piece, or click the link to purchase that song for Sultana High School! Thank you in advance for considering sponsoring our music program!
Feel free to listen to the pieces (when available), read a small write-up on the piece, or click the link to purchase that song for Sultana High School! Thank you in advance for considering sponsoring our music program!
An American ElegyComposer: Frank Ticheli
Group: Symphonic Band Cost: $150 A reaffirmation of the strength of the human spirit, this expansive elegy was composed in memory of those who lost their lives at Columbine High School, and to honor the survivors. It's graceful and gentle in its harmonic structure, yet musically probes for a deeper meaning. At the end, a simple, thoughtful solo for trumpet precedes a broad crescendo that lifts our hopes and quells our fears. A strikingly beautiful work both in meaning and in music! Click below to listen, or click here to purchase! Allerseelen ("All Souls' Day")Composer: Richard Strauss
Group: Symphonic Band Cost: $55 This incredibly gorgeous work by Richard Strauss is one of the finest ways to show off the musical sensitivity of your band, and to help you develop it! Originally arranged for band in 1955 by Albert O. Davis and edited by Frederick Fennell in 1987, this is truly an outstanding work! Click below to listen, or click here to purchase! Second Suite in FGustav Holst
Irish Tune from County DerryPercy Grainger
English Folk Song SuiteRalph Vaughan Williams
Blessed Are TheyJohannes Brahms
ChesterWilliam Schuman
Esprit de CorpsRobert Jager
An Original SuiteGordon Jacob
Tocatta for BandFrank Erickson
Lincolnshire PosyPercy Grainger
William Byrd SuiteGordon Jacob
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American RiversongsComposer: Pierre La Plante
Group: Symphonic Band Cost: $85 This marvelous work is a moving tribute to an earlier time, when our rivers and other waterways were the lifelines of our growing nation. Featuring Down The River; Shenandoah (Across The Wide Missouri); The Glendy Burk and a delightful Creole bamboula tune, this piece is an inspiring program selection that will give an emotional, nostalgic touch to your program. Click here to purchase! A Copland TributeComposer: Aaron Copland
Group: Symphonic Band Cost: $85 A marvelous work for developing bands! Beginning with Fanfare For The Common Man and also including passages from "Rodeo" and "Appalachian Spring," this is a delightful work which brings some of the magnificent writing of Aaron Copland within challenging but approachable reach! Highly recommended! Click here to purchase! OctoberComposer: Eric Whitacre
Group: Symphonic Band Cost: $95 This rich serenade is full of beautiful melodies and warm harmonies inspired by the great English Romantics, and captures the natural and pastoral soul of the season and month of October. The solos for oboe and baritone add wonderful color to the work as well. This is a gorgeous piece appropriate for any concert setting. Click below to listen, or click here to purchase! Down A Country LaneComposer: Aaron Copland
Group: Symphonic Band Cost: $60 This quiet, peaceful work by Aaron Copland is technically quite easy, yet is an excellent vehicle to show your band's musicianship. It will provide excellent contrast to more vigorous selections on any concert or festival program! Click below to listen, or click here to purchase! Overture for WindsComposer: Charles Carter
Group: Symphonic Band Cost: $69.60 |