North Winds Festival 
by Bruce Pearson
WB264 • Grade 1 • $40.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 1, page 17
North Winds Festival is a musical expression of the north winds. An ideal contest/festival piece for beginning bands with its fresh harmonies and playable rhythms.
Costa Del Sol
by Bruce Pearson and Chuck Elledge
WB269 • Grade 1 • $40.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 1, page 18
Costa Del Sol is a composition that uses elements from Latin American music to describe a sunny, Mexican coastline. With exciting and fun percussion parts, this piece reinforces the concept of 8th notes using minimal pitch changes.
San Simeon Overture
by Steve Hommel
WB257 • Grade 1 • $40.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 1, page 18
San Simeon Overture was inspired by the majestic cliffs and forests of central California’s coastal region. An exceptional choice for a concert opener, this piece is guaranteed to give a professional sound to a beginning band using very few notes.
Eagle Crest March
by Bruce Pearson
WB263 • Grade 1 • $40.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 1, page 18
Eagle Crest March is an exciting concert or festival composition utilizing simple rhythms and only seven notes. Full of energy, this marvelous march is one beginners will love!
Spanish Hills March
by Bob Cotter
WB261 • Grade 1 • $40.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 1, page 18
This bright, original march
is a real confidence builder for beginning bands! It is a fun composition
for young musicians to play, and includes great tools for teaching rhythmic
independence and dynamic contrast, while balancing melody and harmony.
Blue Street Parade
by Chuck Elledge
WB272 • Grade 1 1/2 • $45.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 2, page 5
Blue Street Parade is a lively march with an extended blues form and simple syncopated rhythms set in a march style. Students will have fun with this tune, even getting to march their feet!
March and Ecossaise
Beethoven arr. Barry Kopetz
WB265 • Grade 2 • $50.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 2, page 9
March and Ecossaise is a refreshing band arrangement masterfully scored to capture the sound of the classical march. A great piece for introducing Beethoven to the band.
Fiesta Sunrise
by Dean Sorenson
WB259 • Grade 2 • $50.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 2, page 20
Add Latin spice to your next concert! With its strong Latin feel and repeated articulation patterns, students will receive lots of practice on syncopated rhythms. The percussion section comes alive with the use of bongos, congas, cowbell and claves!
Heartland Overture
by William Himes
WB271 • Grade 2 • $50.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 2, page 20
A remarkably rich and powerful overture that opens with a noble fanfare, followed by a succession of warm and expressive melodies, and concludes with a magnificent finale. Heartland Overture celebrates the people of America’s heartland.
The Crown and The Glory
by Barrie Gott
WB260 • Grade 2 1/2 • $55.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 2, page 25
Perfect as a concert opener, the initial fanfare will capture the audience right from the first note. A grand march follows the excitement of the opening fanfare before reaching its heroic conclusion.
Immortal! Invisible!
by Ralph Hultgren
WB262 • Grade 2 1/2 • $55.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 2, page 29
Inspired by the melody of the hymn, Immortal! Invisible!, this composition is a powerful and expressive masterpiece. With contagious rhythmic figures and frequent meter changes, students will find this piece highly rewarding to perform.
Proclamation
by Bruce Pearson
WB258 • Grade 2+ • $55.00
Correlated with Standard of Excellence Book 2, page 25
Proclamation is a fantasia on the 19th century hymn tune, For the Beauty of the Earth. With all instruments having exciting and challenging parts, Proclamation is another superb programming choice for concert, contest or festival performance.