If you are tired of arrangements that cut and paste sections together, here is the one for you. This is the complete Canon as composed by Pachelbel. Parts are canonic so that the players have a feeling of how parts fit together. If the sixteenth note section is too hard for your group, it can be cut without interrupting the flow of the music.

    On June 8, 2004, a transit of Venus (where Venus crosses the face of the sun) occurred.  It was the first one since December of 1882, which gave Sousa the inspiration for his "Transit of Venus" March.  This delightful 6/8 march has been put in the key of Bb.  Sousa used Db for his band arrangement, A for the orchestral version and G for the piano arrangement so he was not attached to any one key.  Parts have been taken from both the band and orchestral versions to come to an easier, yet authentic, Sousa sound.  I have tried to arrange the march for a concert setting, without all the doubling associated with Sousa's outdoor arrangements.

    Give your students a taste of the modal music of the 16th century.  These instrumental dance tunes were collected, arranged and published by Claude Gervaise in 1550.  Period paintings show the dances being played on oboes, violins, shawms and bagpipes and accompanied by tambourines.  Using instrumental practices of the time, these dances have an improvisational aspect on the repeats.  Five delightful dances that will bring a new sound to your concerts.

    In the Mountain Pass is the first section of the Caucasian Sketches and a wonderful companion piece to the Procession of the Sardar. It also makes a very effective number by itself. Beautiful oriental sounding melodies, blended with chromatic harmonies, will make this piece a favorite with your band members and the audience alike.