A bold and dynamic piece for the beginning band’s first concert. Drawing from her many years of teaching beginners, Laura has crafted a piece that students will love and their parents will not believe how great they sound at their very first concert. The title is derived from the use of only the first six notes of the Bb scale, clever!

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2023 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

2023 Music Direct "Select" List (Canada)

Based on a true story from New Zealand, composer Laura Estes presents an ideal piece for historical lesson plans, as well as for contest and festival performance. Students will learn from – and love – Cook Strait Crossing.

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2021 Stanton's Sheet Music 5-Star Feature

2022 Midwest Performance

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A very fresh new march from composer Laura Estes that is tuneful, in standard march form, and has just the right amount of twists to make it different. This will be a strong choice for festival performance to highlight your band.

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2023 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

2023 Stanton's Sheet Music 5-Star Feature

2023 Music Direct "Select" List (Canada)

Laura’s music is always poignant and full of opportunities to teach across the curriculum. Jaffa Gate Overture is a wonderful new work for the contest & festival season with a simple and effective A-B-A form that will set them up for success!

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2024 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

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Kvetchers (translation: complainers) is a fun and quirky concert march in the style of a musical joke. Wonderfully scored, each section has its own “surprise”, perfect for working independent section playing. Audiences will really enjoy this one!

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2020 Stanton's Sheet Music 5-Star Feature

2021 Midwest Performance

2024 Midwest Performance (upcoming)​

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Cleverly constructed, this work takes the main theme through a series of different styles, settings, and tonalities. With creative harmonic language, fresh orchestrations, and lots of build and impact, this piece offers many wonderful teaching opportunities.

 

This new work in C Minor is a great new introductory work for your beginning musicians! Easy use of rests on beat one makes for a truly teachable piece while being fun and accessible. They are going to ask to play this one over and over!

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2024 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

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Composer Laura Estes takes on some challenging subject matter to give us an emotional lyrical work. This is not all slow music, but contains flowing lines throughout and lots of opportunities for beginning students to stretch their musicianship.

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Rising Earth evokes images of our lonely planet, suspended like a pale blue dot amidst the cosmos. Composer Laura Estes has crafted a wonderfully evocative new work for the developing concert band. Musicians and audiences alike will delight in the rich harmonies and catchy rhythms. A for sure winner at your next concert.

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2024 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

2024 Stanton's Sheet Music 5-Star Feature

Students will enjoy some built-in fun as they learn traditional march style with this outstanding march that is perfect for contest or festival. There is something special for every instrument section – from surprise chords to bassoon countermelodies, and from passing tones providing a hint of chromaticism to the occasional percussion flamacue. Creative opportunities abound throughout!

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Composer Laura Estes is as comfortable writing lush, full concert works as she is being a little…well, quirky! This lovable charm is on full display in this inventive, clever, and quirky new work for the holiday concert season. Take a wacky ride with Sinterklaas in this holiday celebration!

 

2023 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

2023 Stanton's Sheet Music 5-Star Feature

Students will think the title is intriguing, but it basically says what it is, a dynamic new composition from composer Laura Estes for the least experienced players. Laura draws on her many years of experience teaching beginners to give them a piece they will love to play.

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2022 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

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This clever new work by Laura Estes imagines Santa having quite a frustrating night! While delivering gifts, he is somehow trapped inside a mirror and can’t get out. Chock-full of clever effects – Santa: Trapped in the Looking Glass is a fun and inspiring piece for musicians and audiences alike!

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2024 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

Composer Laura Estes’s arrangement of S’vivon (Hebrew for “dreidel”) is a wonderful addition to the holiday repertoire. This spirited arrangement features a few twists and turns that make it unique. The percussion is featured, including the use of finger cymbals, and rhythmic handclaps bring an element of fun to this piece. Perfect for holiday concerts or as a teaching piece, this one fits perfectly on any program all year long!

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2021 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

2024 Midwest Performance (upcoming)​

This composition was the winner of the Women Band Directors International 2021 Composition Competition. Flowing melodic lines over driving eighth-note ostinatos and sonorous counter lines give the feeling of soaring triumphantly. Whimsical and lush, this piece will make your young concert band sound full and mature

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WINNER 2021 Women's Band Director's International Composition Competition

 

2022 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

2022 Midwest Performance

This original folk-sounding work is packed with opportunities for historical study as well as historically accurate instruments. Percussionists are highlighted prominently and will enjoy the variety of instruments used in this piece. The original melodies and a spirited percussion feature do justice to the vast musical culture of the Emerald Isle!

 

2021 JW Pepper Editor's Choice

2021 Music Direct "Select" List (Canada)