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free sheet music would be nice, but the short answer is, of course, no. Maintaining music education programs is a daunting task for today’s music educators. Each of us entered the band music profession armed with musical teaching knowledge and a desire to promote music education. We all assumed we would be directing a concert band for school and community functions. Along our path we would influence the lives of many students and instill in those students a lasting love for performing band music. We also assumed that the volumes of education research demonstrating the value of music education in our schools would protect us from financial hard times.

As time passed many of us learned a different story. As music educators we have learned that we must also wear many hats. We must be a budget analyst and we must walk a tightrope of self promotion and frugality. One of the crucial areas where music educators struggle is in choosing sheet music. A typical concert band music selection today costs well over $80.00. In a medium sized school with three levels of band this can amount to an enormous burden to the school district.

In some ways it is a positive step for band directors to be forced to search for alternatives in sheet music suppliers. There is a vast repertoire of quality band music that is not available from the major publishing companies. One example of an new company which features original band music is PDFBandMusic.com. This new small publishing company has music for concert band at very reasonable prices. And, they even have that elusive free sheet music selection to get you started.

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