Wingert-Jones Publications Releases New Concert Band Music for 2026

The latest collection of Concert Band works from Wingert-Jones Publications has arrived and is available now. With the goal of aiding Band Directors in fostering achievement within their ensembles, this catalog includes music for all performance occasions. Accompanying the release of these works are a collection of free-to-use resources that include ScoreVideos, live professional recordings that will be available for streaming and on the publisher’s website, and digital program notes that directors can easily copy from the website and use when creating concert programs. Every piece in this release is immediately purchasable in the form of new time and money-saving Ready Sets options, as well as a traditional sets with score and parts.

“The music in this year’s Concert Band demonstrates unifying themes of rising to challenges and achieving important personal and community objectives,” writes Tyler Arcari, Director of Music Production and Editing. “There’s a lot of driving, intense music this year, and we hope the musicians who play it will be impassioned to achieve all of their goals, and set new, higher ones!”

Composers and arrangers with works featured in this catalog are Dan Austin, Ruth Brittin, Carol Brittin Chambers, Connor Dunford, John Dupuis, Chris Ferguson, Ryan Fillinger, Vince Gassi, David Gorham, Joshua Hobbs, Christina Huss, Clifton Jones, Mark Lortz, Gene Milford, Gabriel Musella, Matt Neufeld, Jason K. Nitsch, William Owens, John M. Pasternak, Matthew R. Putnam, Peter Sciaino, Robert Sheldon, Bruce W. Tippette, and Travis J. Weller. Also available is a new Wind Band transcription of Symphony No. 1 by Vasily Kalinnikov. This is a new addition to The Bourgeois Editions, a collection of arrangements and transcriptions, carefully selected and scored by one of the preeminent conductors of our time, Colonel John R. Bourgeois.

The catalog has been organized to clearly delineate grade levels with the following color-coded series names to help directors select the most appropriate music for their ensembles: First Achievement (.5), Early Achievement (1), Achievement (1.5), Achievement Plus (2-2.5), Concert (3-3.5) and Symphonic (4 and up). Each score and its accompanying parts are meticulously edited and beautifully set for ease of reading and accessibility.

Wingert-Jones Publications’ 2026-2027 Concert Band music is available from music retailers and the publisher.