Concert Band Holiday Sheet Music

Teachers keep coming back to Metal Bell Carol by Brian Balmages and All Is NOT Calm by Katie O'Hara LaBrie, both at Grade 1 and widely adopted for early-season concerts. Sleigh Ride by Michael Story has become a go-to Grade 2 arrangement for many programs. First Winter Suite by Tyler S. Grant rounds out the essentials at the very accessible 0.5 level.

Recent additions include Skeleton Crew by Timothy Loest, Agent Claus by Bryce Newton, and Up to Snow Good by Heather Ellis Koehn, bringing some novelty energy to the holiday rotation. Snowstorm by Brian Bankston and Twilight Tango by Gary Fagan also arrived recently.

Michael Story has built a following with accessible arrangements like Sleigh Ride that fit naturally into any holiday program without requiring technical breakthroughs from students. Robert W. Smith brings one of the largest catalogs of concert band music in America to this collection, with over 400 publications including the popular Harry Potter Symphonic Suite arrangement. Douglas E. Wagner, a former high school music educator with thirty years in the classroom, now focuses entirely on composition and has published more than 3,500 works across concert band, choir, orchestra, and other ensembles since 1973. Mark Williams, a premier composer for school bands, authored the Accent on Achievement Band Method and left behind over 200 published works that remain standards in programs across the country.