Waltz for Wind Ensemble

This Grade 1 composition is an excellent choice for a first concert for a beginning band. Mr. Niehaus meets the challenge of combining essential beginning musical concepts with a delightfully musical piece that is interesting to students, teachers, and the audience alike. The piece offers a variety of rhythmic elements and dynamic contrast, highlights the range of colors offered by brass and woodwind sections, and takes students through the tricky navigation of repeated sections and a D. S. a Coda. Waltz for Wind Ensemble is that most elusive of beginning band pieces – combining elementary concepts with the musical sophistication of far more advanced compositions – Niehaus magic!