Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814716 Composed by Richard E Brown. Contemporary,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 17 pages. Dacker Music #2967153. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814716). Incantation and Fugue provides a rare opportunity for grade 2 bands to explore the use of mild dissonance in a piece at their level. The first section begins mysteriously and gradually builds to a big climax. The second section is a very active fugue in the key of C minor, fairly strict in its form and contrapuntal working out of the thematic material, while giving all the players plenty to keep them busy and interested.The price includes license to make as many copies of each parts as necessary.Grade 3     -    Duration 3:15

Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814714 Composed by Richard E Brown. 20th Century,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 108 pages. Dacker Music #2967169. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814714). Minimalist Sketches is meant to introduce young band members--and possibly also their audiences--to a significant trend in late 20th century music. While full-length compositions in this style may challenge young attention spans, the three movements in this piece are short enough to acquaint students with minimalism in a fun and entertaining way. The price includes license to make as many copies of each part as necessary.Grade 2+     -    Duration 5:00

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814738 Composed by Richard E Brown. Contemporary,Standards. Score and parts. 149 pages. Dacker Music #3049061. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814738). The Italian word concertino means little concerto, and as that title indicates, Concertino for Trumpet and Band closely follows traditional sonata form on a somewhat smaller scale. With a home key of G minor, the three movements are:    1. Allegro agitato - sonata-allegro - G minor     2. Andante cantabile - passacaglia - A-flat major     3. Allegro con fuoco - rondo-tarantella - G minorThis composition is the composer's transcription of his Sonatina for Trumpet and Piano.The price includes license to make as many copies of each part as necessary.        Grade:   Solo 4 - Band 3+                                                     Duration:   7:00

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814747 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Richard E Brown. Christmas,World. Score and parts. 100 pages. Dacker Music #3095391. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814747). A light holiday entertainment medley consisting of 4 Old English Christmas Carols: The Wassail Song, Coventry Carol, Good King Wenceslas, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. The price includes license to make as many copies of each part as needed.

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814829 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Richard E Brown. Baroque,Standards. Score and parts. 38 pages. Dacker Music #6092621. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814829). The well-known chorus See, the Conquering Hero Comes from George Frideric Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabeus has always been one of his most popular compositions. It was originally written in 1747 for his oratorio Joshua, but then reused for Judas Maccabeus in 1751, a practice that Handel--who was never above recycling a good tune--frequently engaged in with his operas and oratorios. This arrangement, for advanced middle school or young high school bands, is in the style of a slow processional march.Grade 3 - Duration 3:00  Price includes license to make as many copies of parts as required

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814725 Composed by Richard E Brown. Arranged by Dacker Music. Contemporary,Standards,World. Score and parts. 181 pages. Dacker Music #2968167. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814725).  Based on a popular folk song from Taiwan, Fantasy on a Chinese Theme utilizes a free variation form having an overall fast-slow-fast format, plus a slow introduction and epilogue. Slow sections are lyrical, fast sections rhythmic with some mixed irregular meter. Exposed solos for baritone, horn, oboe, alto sax, and a big one for trumpet in the middle slow section. Requires 6-7 percussionists, including two strong mallet players.The price includes license to make as many copies of each part as required.Grade 4+    -    Duration 6:30

Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814783 Composed by Richard E Brown. 20th Century,Children,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 60 pages. Dacker Music #4265195. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814783). Mini Suite is so-named because of the extreme shortness of each of its five contrasting movements, none of them lasting over 50 seconds. But in anticipating the transition from grade 2 to grade 3 band music with expanded ranges and brief excursions into unfamiliar tonal territory, it provides a fun challenge for grade 2 bands that are getting ready to  move on to the next level.   Grade 2+  -  Duration 3:15

Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814724 Composed by Richard E Brown. Contemporary,Standards. Score and parts. 177 pages. Dacker Music #2968163. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814724). Dissimulation for Band employs a free variation form consisting of the theme, six variations and coda, all falling into an overall fast-slow-fast format. It is loosely modeled on Persichetti’s Masquerade for Band, but while the form is derived from that work, this one is on a somewhat smaller scale. The price includes license to make as many copies of each part as necessary.Grade 5     -      Duration 7:25

Composed by Richard E Brown. Contemporary Classical, Repertoire. Score, Set of Parts. 182 pages. Published by Dacker Music

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814720 Composed by Richard E Brown. Contemporary,Holiday,Patriotic,Standards. Score and parts. 69 pages. Dacker Music #2967721. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814720). With constantly shifting tonality and no key signature, this piece develops three basic motives within a short moderately slow fanfare format.Originally composed in 1968 to honor 2 classmates lost in Viet Nam, Fanfare for a Fallen Soldier has been revised and now is dedicated to all who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country. Besides its obvious use at Memorial Day and other patriotic events, this music is also appropriate for concert and contest.Royalties from the sale of this composition are donated to Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.Price includes license to make as many copies of each part as necessaryGrade 3+      -       Duration 4:00

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814808 Composed by Richard E Brown. Contemporary,Standards. Score and parts. 141 pages. Dacker Music #5828289. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814808). This composition is a concert band transcription of my orchestral score Interlude for Orchestra, which represents a major revision of one of my earliest attempts to write for orchestra, way back in 1966. Revisiting it after over a half-century languishing in the drawer, I was shocked to find some surprisingly worthwhile material. While it little resembles something I would write today, I managed to rework it into a legitimate and enjoyable piece of music, 54 years in the making. Grade 4 - Duration 7:20

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814807 Composed by Richard E Brown. Contemporary,Standards. Score and parts. 196 pages. Dacker Music #5771449. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814807). The Italian word concertino means little concerto, and as that title indicates, Concertino for Trombone and Band closely follows traditional sonata form on a somewhat smaller scale. With a home key of D minor, the three movements are:    1. Allegro moderatto - sonata-allegro - D minor     2. Andante con moto - passacaglia - F major     3. Allegro  - abridged sonata-rondo - D minorThis composition is the composer's transcription of his Sonatina for Trombone and Piano.The price includes license to make as many copies of each part as necessary.        Grade:   Solo 5 - Band 3+                                                     Duration:   8:45

Concert Band - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814745 Composed by Richard E Brown. Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 57 pages. Dacker Music #3065039. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814745). A Little Theme and Variations  introduces young bands to the classic theme and variations form, and demonstrates how a very banal little binary tune--loosely based on a theme by Mozart--can be completely transformed using the variation technique. It is also designed to provide an opportunity to learn and/or practice several common articulations.   Grade 1+              Duration 2:10Price includes license to make as many copies of parts as needed.                                     

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.814762 Composed by Johann Pachelbel. Arranged by Richard E Brown. Baroque. Score and parts. 83 pages. Dacker Music #3448439. Published by Dacker Music (A0.814762). This ever-popular classic, originally composed for just 3 violins and basso continuo, reveals a different side of itself in this big, colorful concert band arrangement.  Grade 4 - Duration 5:50  Price includes license to print as many parts as required.