Ride of the Valkyries: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

$55.00 USD

Ride of the Valkyries: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

Name: Ride of the Valkyries: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 00-5669
Price: 55.00 USD
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By Richard Wagner / arr. Mark Williams

Grade: 2 (Medium Easy)

Item: 00-5669

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This arrangement of a famous Wagner composition is from the opera Die Walküre and is skillfully presented here for the maturing intermediate concert band. Your brass players will have a great time playing the spectacular melody, while flutes and clarinets add trills and triplet figures that create tension and excitement. Your audience will be highly impressed with this dazzling adaptation of a popular classic. (Grade 3---Medium Easy)

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Series: Growing Band Series

Publisher: Alfred Music

Page Count: 138

UPC: 038081013930

SKU: 00-5669

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About the Composer: Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner (1813, 1883) transformed opera into a total art form, weaving together elaborate orchestration, dramatic storytelling, and harmonic innovation that influenced generations of composers. His works demand technical mastery and emotional depth from performers, making them ideal repertoire for developing musicians who are ready to grapple with complex textures and sustained musical ideas.

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Why we love this

Mark Williams captures the swagger and propulsive energy of Wagner's original without drowning your intermediate band in orchestral density. The brass gets the heroic melody they crave while the woodwinds add genuine textural interest rather than padding, and the arrangement sits at a grade where students can actually focus on musicality instead of survival.

What to expect

Exhilarating and propulsive. The opening casts a spell of mounting excitement, with galloping rhythms and soaring brass melodies that feel both majestic and slightly dangerous, while intricate woodwind work adds layers of texture that keep the ear engaged beneath the surface drama.

Who it's for

Intermediate concert bands ready to tackle a repertoire staple with serious orchestral credentials. Your brass section needs to be secure with sustained lines and your woodwinds prepared for decorative passages that demand rhythmic precision and blend.

How to get the most out of it

Let the brass section commit fully to the main melody's rhythmic drive; the triplet figures in flutes and clarinets only land with impact when the foundation is rock-solid and confident.
Balance the trills carefully so they shimmer as harmonic seasoning rather than competing for attention against the primary line.
Build the dynamic arc across longer phrases rather than reacting to every written accent; this piece gains momentum through architectural control.

How to use it

This arrangement works exceptionally well as a centerpiece concert finale or as the climactic moment in a program built around romantic-era masterworks. It also pairs naturally with lighter or more lyrical pieces earlier in the set, allowing you to build dramatic tension across your full concert arc.

Skills your students will build

Sustaining phrases with consistent tone quality across the break
Balancing primary melodies against decorative secondary lines
Executing trills and triplet figures with rhythmic precision and ensemble cohesion
Building dynamic intensity across longer musical phrases
Reading and performing characteristic Romantic-era orchestration