Blazing Bones of the West!: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

This medley turns a trombone section feature into a moment your audience won't forget, and the three instantly recognizable themes give students the satisfaction of playing music they actually know. At Grade 2, the arrangement respects your players' developing abilities while the scoring itself is clean and smart, never feeling simplified.

This arrangement captures the swagger and humor of its source material. Wide-open brass writing and straightforward harmonic progressions create an energetic, film-score vitality that feels both fun and purposeful, with the trombone section driving each theme forward with genuine character.

Band directors programming Grade 1-2 ensembles who want an entertaining feature that celebrates a key section without requiring advanced technical demands. It works equally well for concert bands, young symphonic bands, and community ensembles looking for repertoire with immediate appeal.

• Bring your trombone section forward for the feature passages. The visual staging adds dramatic impact and builds genuine pride in those players.
• Lock the harmonic rhythm in your lower brass and woodwinds. The medley's momentum depends on steady foundational support beneath each theme.
• Let the trombones breathe between themes. Brief pauses will give them recovery time and signal clear sectional divisions to your audience.
• Balance the thematic material carefully. Each of the three melodies should land with equal clarity, so mark your dynamic levels in full score during rehearsal.

Save this for a concert where you want to shift the mood toward entertainment and lighter energy. It pairs well after a hymn or ballad, or use it as your closing encore to send the audience out smiling.

• Playing as a featured section within full ensemble context
• Sustaining longer melodic lines at comfortable ranges
• Maintaining ensemble balance while a section carries the primary material
• Transitioning cleanly between thematic material at tempo