Black History Month
Solo, flex, and full band options for your Black History Program
Festival/Concert/Assessment
Grade ½ – 1 pieces for beginning band and flex band in a variety of styles
Solo and Ensemble
Solos, duets and trios for first and second year students
Black History Month
We Shall Overcome – Solo with Accompaniment
We Shall Overcome arranged for solo instrument with piano, guitar, or mp3 accompaniment of the traditional protest anthem, which has become associated with the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Solo parts for all wind instruments and bells are included. An arrangement for young concert band is available here. Digital Delivery Grade: 1 Key: Bb […]
Festival/Concert/Assessment
March Gusto
March Gusto is a concert march for the youngest bands. Appropriate for concert or festival. Rhythms are limited to quarter notes and half notes (paired eighths in snare). Pitches are limited to the first six notes of the Bb Concert scale. Grade: ½ Key: Eb Meter: 2/4 Range: Bb – G Rhythms: Quarter notes and half notes […]
On the River – Three Part Flex Band
Written with the youngest players in mind! Lyrical and expressive, with limited range, and rhythms limited to dotted half, half, and quarter notes in the wind parts, eighth notes and suspended cymbal roll in percussion. Grade ½ Meter: 3/4 Key: B♭ Range: B♭ – G Duration: 1:40 Instrumentation PART I PART II PART III PERCUSSION […]
Primary March – Three Part Flex Band
A three-part flex band piece written with the youngest players in mind! March style, very simple rhythms and limited range. Grade: ½ Key: Bb Meter: 4/4 Range: A – G Rhythms: Whole, half, and quarter notes in winds, paired eighths in snare Duration 1:45 Instrumentation PART I PART II PART III PERCUSSION Flute Clarinet Bassoon Bells […]
Progress
Progress is a concert march for first or second year bands. Appropriate for concert or festival. Grade: ½ Key: Eb Meter: 2/4 Range: Bb – G Rhythms: No dotted rhythms, no syncopation Duration 1:20