Bells of Joy - Traditional Christmas Songs

Belvidere Park - Andy Bruhn

Belvidere Parkinvites listeners to take in the beauty and majesty of Belvidere Park in Belvidere, Illinois. Composer Andrew Bruhn was inspired by the morning bike rides he often took with his eldest daughter through the park. Belvidere Park provides a great opportunity for young students to work on their pitch and tone quality. Band directors (and the audience) will be pleased with how lush and full their beginning band sounds performing this accessible piece.

Best Friends Forever

Joseph Compello's Best Friends Foreverderives its titlefrom the phrase popularized in social media and frequently texted with the acronym "BFF." This is a strong and tuneful march in standard form for beginning bands. The composer draws on his many years of teaching to provide a well-written march that will make students sound great!

Best Of Brahms - Johannes Brahms

Better Angels

Beyond the Crest

Beyond the Crest is an exciting piece that captures the essence of Sean O'Loughlin's popular style. The piece opens with a slow, soaring melody that develops throughout the composition. Pulsating eighth notes build the tension and intense harmonies drive the piece to a satisfying and dynamic ending.

Beyond!

Beyond was written to celebrate America's exploration of space, culminating with the historic moon landing of Apollo 11 in July, 1969. The music moves through the exciting events: a sunrise awakening, the victorious emotion of the successful landing, the spreading news, trepidation at the challenges returning to earth, and the ultimate relief and joy at the safe splashdown of the NASA astronauts. Intended to ignite the imagination, this piece encourages players to tell a story with their instrument and wonder what else may lie ahead in the future, Beyond?

Bicycle Race

Take your band on a musical bicycle ride with this piece for developing musicians. It has a catchy tune that students will want to play over and over again. It can be used as a great teaching piece for working on steady, even eighth note patterns and uniformity of articulation style. The bicycle bell and horn will add to the fun of this piece!

Big Sky March

Premiered at the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC, this march describes the beautiful mountain views that gave Asheville it's nickname, Land Of Big Sky. Written in the traditional style of Fillmore marches, the piece features exciting parts for all instruments. Flurries of woodwinds and brass flourishes depict the pageantry of the area and repeated arpeggios and chromatic scales represent each of the two ensembles who performed the piece as part of a Memorial Day celebration.

Bisbee Hill

Bisbee, a small town southwest of Tucson, Arizona, is best known as the home of the Copper Queen Mine, one of the richest mineral sites in the world. Composer Doris Gazda uses here experience as a band director to give us a well constructed, tuneful and easy to play concert march.