Early One Morning is a beautiful lyrical folk song that could be used as a band warmup or a contrasting piece on a concert program on at a festival. It starts quietly, off in the distance, then the...

This version of the famous Hail the Conquering Hero opens with a solo cornet, gradually adds voices and builds in dynamic, then the sound drops to a solo tuba and begins to grow again to a stirring...

Queen Anne's Revenge was the final ship sailed by Edward Thatch, also known as the pirate, Blackbeard. To give the "Pirate-like" feeling to the music, it has been composed in 6/8 time, as have man...

The Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic poem, dated around 600 BC, by the poet Homer. It tells of the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he...