Blizzard Blues (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Dorion, Francois

Canadian composer Franois Dorion knows a thing or two about blizzards, and he also knows about the blues! Suitable for beginners, this terrific-sounding piece is easy to learn and a guaranteed parent pleaser at your first concert!Duration: 2:15

Blizzard Rock (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Dorion, Francois

It's never too cold outside to play an exciting rock tune in the band room! This fun piece features very easy rhythms, interesting parts for every section, and plenty to keep the percussion busy.

Bloody Mary (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Murtha, Paul

Originally a hit for Lady Gaga in 2011, this song has enjoyed renewed popularity thanks to the sped-up version synced to the dance sequence in the popular TV series Wednesday. Featuring a driving rock beat and catchy melody, this is sure to be a hit with students and audience alike.Duration: 2.15

BLOOM (Concert Band) - Bryant, Steven

Bloom is a moderate-tempo work celebrating the warmth and joy of Spring. The music blossoms from an initial tranquil pulse into a rapturous tide of warmth and beauty. Playable by younger bands, this work provides a mature musical experience for middle school, junior high, high school and college-level ensembles. (Grade 4) (6:25)

Bloom, The Gift of Spring (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Yagisawa, Satoshi

A wonderful work by Satoshi Yagisawa in which flowers are the focal point. This work honours the official registration of the Dendrobium 'Yishun Primary School' in The International Orchid Register. This flower was created by pupils of a Singaporean school. The dramatic mood of the piece is intended to inspire the next generation of students towards a hopeful future after overcoming difficulties and hardships.Duration: 5.30

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Blow the Trumpets (Trumpet Trio with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Evers, Harm

In this sparkling composition, Harm Evers lets the trumpet section show off their style and versatility. Blow The Trumpets opens with an exciting passage that gives the trumpeters' tonguing free rein. This is then contrasted with the melodic and somewhat bluesy character of the interlude.Duration: 3:40

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Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (from When Icicles Hang) (Concert Band with Optional Choir - Score and Parts) - Rutter, John - Noble, Paul

John Rutter received an early commission for a piece of music that was seasonal for winter, though not necessarily linked to the Christian traditions of Christmas, in the early '70s. The request came from his friend Russell Burgess, a well-known conductor in the English musical scene and head of the Wandsworth School Boys' Choir through the '60s and '70s. Rutter responded with a six-movement work for orchestra, boys' choir, and mixed chorus, called When Icicles Hang. He chose his texts, characteristically, from Elizabethan and other early English poetry, each text dealing with images from the wintery season, be they the cold, ice-bound landscape and its winds; an older man's weariness in the face of the season; or the contrapuntal pleasures of ale and honey love for those safely inside on winter nights. The movements are: I. Icicles; II. Winter Nights; III Good Ale; IV Blow, blow, thou winter winds; V. Winter wakeneth all my care; VI . Hay, ay. With sparkling orchestration which has been faithfully set for Concert/Wind Band, the work may be performed with chorus as originally written, or may be performed effectively by band alone. The work is available as a complete set of six movements, or each movement may be purchased and performed individually.

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Blue Alien Accumulation (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Broege, Timothy

In this unusual work for band, the composer describes the programmatic scenario as follows: "Alien beings arrive on Earth and gather for a ceremony meant to simulate a human religious service. However, the human observers soon realise the visitors' intent is not benign and quickly flee for their lives." With movement titles like 18 Modules, Alien Chorale and Run!, you know you are in for a unique musical experience!Duration: 4:00

Blue and Green Music (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Hazo, Samuel R.

The stunning artwork of Georgia O'Keeffe is no more apparent than in her famous 1921 painting entitled Blue and Green Music. Fittingly commissioned by the Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (O'Keeffe's birthplace), Samuel Hazo does an amazing job of portraying subtle as well as bold colours into musical terms. Based on a single theme that is manipulated and varied throughout, the piece progresses from delicate mallet percussion effects up to climactic impact points for the entire ensemble. O'Keeffe explained her idea that music could be translated into something for the eye, and Mr. Hazo succeeds wonderfully in translating it back into something for the ear!Duration: 4:45

Blue and Orange (Flute Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob

A song and dance for flute with wind band accompaniment. Blue is a gentle, tuneful solo. The accompaniment is very much in a chamber-music style and there are very few places where the whole ensemble plays at the same time. There is nothing overt or dramatic in the music and subtlety and rubato are very much the required manner. It is not a desperately sad piece but is just tinged with a little melancholy. Orange on the other hand is a fiery, driving dance which gives the soloist a chance to display technical prowess. During the outer sections Latin percussion carries the music along but the inner sections are more dissonant and are built on inner rhythm. The two pieces are as contrasting as possible, just like the colours of the title.Duration: 3.15 & 4.15

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