MODERN AMERICAN BAND MUSIC

 

 

 

New Concert Band Works from the Golden Era of American Music.

Presented here are my arrangements derived from the best of Twentieth Century American music. These works, many long forgotten or overlooked, have recently been brought into the Concert Band setting for modern audiences to enjoy.

Please note, this site largely serves as a reference resource. Unless otherwise indicated, most of this music is not for sale or rent, however qualified music directors with an interest in performing my arrangements may feel free to contact me in seeking performance permission from the registered copyright holders for and determining which works might require further permissions. I am always happy to assist in this regard.

For those looking into my arrangements of Ferde Grofé works, please contact me to obtain addition information! These are not for sale unless noted.

 

ARRANGED BY KEVIN R. TAM:

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For my arrangements of Ferde Grofe works, please contact me. See also the side list for titles.
       
Mississippi Suite - No. 1 - Father of Waters    
Ferde Grofé - From the original Paul Whiteman arrangement.      
(Purchase Online)      
       
Mississippi Suite - No. 2 - Huckleberry Finn    
Ferde Grofé - From the original Paul Whiteman arrangement.      
(Purchase Online)      
       
Mississippi Suite - No. 3 - Old Creole Days    
Ferde Grofé - From the original Paul Whiteman arrangement.      
(Purchase Online)      
       
Irish Rhapsody - in Progress      
By Victor Herbert      
       
Africa - Land of Superstition  
By William Grant Still. (Purchase Online)      
       
Suite of Serenades    
By Victor Herbert. Commissioned by Paul Whiteman for the same concert at which the Rhapsody in Blue was premiered.      
1 - Spanish (Purchase Online)    
2 - Chinese (Purchase Online)    
3 - Cuban (Purchase Online)    
4 - Oriental (Purchase Online)    
       
Soldiers of Erin (Irish National Anthem)    
By Victor Herbert (2017)      
(Purchase online)      
       
HAIL! CALIFORNIA (Finale)
By Camille Saint-Saens. For Band and Organ. Written for the 1915 San Francisco Pan Pacific Exposition. (Purchase Online)      
       
A Day at the Panama Pacific Exposition  
By Mayhew L. Lake. Written for the
1915 San Francisco Pan Pacific Exposition. (Purchase Online)
     
       
It Happened in Sun Valley  
By Mack Gordon & Harry Warren from the Glenn Miller picture "Sun Valley Serenade"      
       
Variations on I GOT RHYTHM  
By George Gershwin (Piano and Band)      
       
Jazz Nocturne (My Silent Love)  
By Dana Suesse. (Purchase Online)      
       
Afternoon of a Black Faun  
By Dana Suesse. Band and Solo Piano.      
(Purchase Online)      
       
110th Street Rumba
By Dana Suesse. (Purchase Online)      
       
Whirligig (Scherzette)
By Dana Suesse. (Purchase Online)      
       
The Band Came Back (Humoresque)
By John Philip Sousa (Purchase Online)      
       
Showing Off Before Company (Humoresque)
By John Philip Sousa (Purchase Online)      
       
Among My Souvenirs (Humoresque)
By John Philip Sousa (Purchase Online)      
       
A Mingling of the Wets and the Drys (Humoresque)
By John Philip Sousa. A fantasy on Prohibition. (Purchase Online)      
       
Sheep and Goat Walkin' to Pasture
A companion piece to David Guion's TURKEY IN THE STRAW Arr. John Philip Sousa (Purchase Online)      
       
Highbrows and the Lowbrows (Fantasy)
Subtitled "A Study in Rhythm"
By John Philip Sousa (Purchase Online)
       
Good-Bye (Humoresque)
By John Philip Sousa (Purchase Online)
 
A Bouquet of Beloved Inspirations
By John Philip Sousa (A Mixture)
 
Make Our Garden Grow from Candide    
Leonard Bernstein. For Band & SATB Chorus with SATB Solos.      
 
Pure Imagination (Vocal Solo)  
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley. From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". For vocal solo and band.      
       
If My Friends Could See Me Now (Vocal Solo)    
Cy Coleman & Dorothy Fields. Vocal solo and Concert Band.      
 
If My Friends Could See Me Now (Chorus)    
Cy Coleman & Dorothy Fields. For massed Chorus and Concert Band.      
       
Exit Music from Sweet Charity      
Cy Coleman.      
       
Grant Avenue (Concert & Marching Versions)    
From Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower
Drum Song
       
Somethings Coming from West Side Story 2017  
Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim. For 2017 SFLGFB Sing-Along Concert      
       
Maria from West Side Story 2017  
Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim. Words adapted for 2009 Dance-Along Nutcracker. Repeated at 2017 Fundraiser concert 2009  
       
Jet Song (Rat) from West Side Story 2009  
Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim. Words adapted for 2009 Dance-Along Nutcracker.      
       
Theme from the LOVE BOAT    
Charles Fox. Adapted for 2012 Dance-Along Nutcracker.      
       
Suite from "The River" - No 1. The Old South      
Virgil Thomson      
       
Symphony on a Hymn Tune - Movements 3 & 4      
Virgil Thomson      
       
Flight to Neverland (From HOOK)      
John Williams