Flex Band Concert and Contest Music

This tender and mournful traditional folk song remains a favorite with ensembles of all levels. Even in this easy flex format scored for four parts, the arrangement provides ample variety in textures and

This flex version explores the unknown things that happen in the shadows and depicts a journey of discovery, uncovering answers that only bring about more questions. This cinematic work for young band is

Prepare to take flight with a fledgling bird as it is nudged out of the nest for the first time. This flex version of the adventurous work for developing band is filled with soaring melodies and rhythmic

Introduce or reinforce 6/8 time while portraying the Viking conquests! Using minimal rhythmic motivic material, this work creates an epic cinematic soundscape. Students get to create the sounds of ocean

The immensely popular concert band work is presented here in a flexible format that departs from the normal flex setting to preserve the musicality of the original. 

Set in the dorian mode, this ominous work opens with a foreboding theme and develops with vibrant and dramatic energy. It conjures images of strength, majesty, and passion. It continues to build throughout,

This clever work offers some extraordinary colors as a spy attempts to infiltrate enemy defenses. From the sneaky beginning melody to the loud and raucous rips that follow later on, this is an incredible

Fueled by the inspiration of morning sunlight, this colorful fanfare depicts joy and opportunity. The opening statement transforms throughout the piece, providing musically engaging parts for all. Extremely

While many often underestimate the extensive colors, harmonies, and emotional ranges available to younger ensembles, this stunning lyrical work sets out to explore these very qualities and more. While

Long revered as a master composer, the works of Gustav Holst transcribe wonderfully for the concert band. This flex arrangement contains the themes from Venus, the Bringer of Peace; Mars, the Bringer of

A fun and out-of-the-box piece inspired by Pachelbel's Canon. Utilizing Boomwhackers and five-gallon buckets, the percussion section is the feature in this inspired take on a timeless classic scored for

Here is a flex version of the popular work for full band that colorfully depicts the madness and mayhem as musical worlds collide.

Using the familiar chorale melody from Jupiter by Gustov Holst, this stately hymn is particularly popular throughout the United Kingdom and a favorite of the royal family. Here's a setting for

This beautiful and haunting piece, with lyrical melodies projecting strength and determination, is like a modern chorale with film score undertones, providing an opportunity for band members to focus on

Here's a flexible edition of the popular Scorpion! scored for just four parts plus percussion. Written for second-year players, you can mix and match the parts to fit the needs of your

First published in 2004, this work has remained a popular choice for contest and festival for young players. Skillfully scored in this new edition for flexible instrumentation, this exciting work in one

A wonderful version of the beautiful and poignant Ukrainian national anthem scored for flexible instrumentation.

This famous melody had been attributed to Haydn when Brahms composed his famous Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, but music scholars doubt that Haydn wrote it. This arrangement for flexible

This arrangement for young bands, rescored for six-part flexible instrumentation, captures all of the innocence and excitement of playing in the snow. With its festive sleigh bells, clever harmonies, and

Inspired by quotes from three profound speakers and activists - Desmond Tutu, Helen Keller, and Martin Luther King, Jr. - Finding Hope takes you on a journey from uncertainty to hope to

An exciting composition for the young concert band. Full of flair and the rhythmic motifs that we have come to love, composer Sean O'Loughlin has created a piece your students will want to play again and

Take your band to the exotic and mystical world of the Japanese samurai with this exciting work. The percussion section is featured with a wide array of percussive sounds and exotic pentatonic tones from

This powerful work depicts the frantic voyage of RMS Carpathia racing to the aid of RMS Titanic. The whole band is involved in making the sounds of the ship, from the vibrating hull to the