New Compositions

Shine - Grade .5

Your beginning band will shine with this new work from the pen of Rob Grice. A wonderfully conceived melody combined with a light, yet active rhythmic setting combine to create a unique work that is an excellent teaching piece. Suitable for concert and festival performance, this piece will find a regular place in your beginning band repertoire.

Defeating the Giant - Grade 1

Energetic and exciting are only two of the words that describe Defeating the Giant, Rob Grice's latest addition to the beginning band repertoire. Your students will love to rehearse and perform this piece as they bring their vivid imaginations to life through music. An excellent teaching piece in the Rob Grice style, Defeating the Giant is sound programming for concert and festival alike.

Defender of Time (String Orchestra) - Grade 1

A true concert work for players in the first year of beginning instruction! This ominous piece offers young string players the experience of performing a mature-sounding composition without technically demanding parts. Powerful dissonant harmonies and a pulsating rhythm create a feeling of power and excitement!

Hunter's Mountain - Grade 1

Hunter's Mountain is an aggressive beginning band composition that was written to capture the energy and imagination of young musicians. With very limited demands, this composition offers young players a chance to perform with success in their early stage of development! Only the first six notes of the B-flat concert scale are utilized.

Too Beautiful for Words - Grade 1.5

The title could not be more appropriate. As we have come to expect from Rob Grice, this simple musical work is absolutely stunning. Too Beautiful For Words is teaching material of the highest quality in addition to being musically effective. Appropriate for any festival or concert performance, we predict you will program this piece for many years to come.

Abandoned Treasure Hunt - Grade 2

This exciting new work by Rob Grice captures the thrill of the treasure hunt and the mystery of the seas. Beginning with a lyrical statement that captures the abandonment of the lost island, our hunt begins with driving rhythms and dynamic effects. Abandoned Treasure Hunt contains all of the musicality and excitement you have come to expect from Rob Grice. Fun and educational for all!

Ghost in the Attic - Grade 2.5

Ghost in the Attic is a humorous and delightful musical adventure depicting a dancing ghost that refuses to leave the attic. Mysterious sounds are heard as the ghost is chased around the attic. This clever original work for young bands will work perfectly as a novelty on your next concert!

Portrait of an Old Country Town - Grade 3

Rob Grice's Portrait of an Old Country Town is a programmatic work depicting images of an early American community. The beauty of the countryside, the work involved in taming the great outdoors, and a small town festival celebration are all pictorial elements of the piece. Accessible to bands of modest experience, sounds much harder than it is. An exceptionally nice work!

Mystery of the Ancient World - Grade 4

The power and mystery of civilizations of bygone days is depicted in this extremely exciting new work by Rob Grice. Driven by expert percussion writing, the intensity of this dramatic new work never lets up from beginning to end, maintained even in the slower middle section by chromatic harmonies. A gripping musical ride!

Valley of the Kings - Grade 5 (Coming Soon!)

Commissioned by the Cabarrus All County High School Band - North Carolina