Two American Christmas Carols arranged by Peter Ratnik is a wonderful new setting off two of the worlds most cherished carols - We Three Kings and Away in a Manger. This Easy/Medium setting for Brass Band is a great new additional to your library.
Our BIG NOTE CHRISTMAS 10/10 has been crafted to give you and your String ensemble educationally graded works from grade 1 - 1.5+. These Christmas arrangements by Belinda & Peter Ratnik have been graded and written with systematic sequential techniques and facility development so to give your orchestra the best opportunity to showcase themselves at their Christmas/Holiday concert. The 10 Christmas Carols & Songs included are: Jingle Bells, Away In A Manager, Silent Night, God Rest Ye Merry Persons, The First Noel, Coventry Carol, Infant Holy, Jolly Old Saint Pachelbel, In Duici Juubilo and We Wish You A Merry Christmas.Conductors Book comes with QR code full length recordings.
STRING ORCHESTRA SET INCLUDES - 13 Instrumental & CONDUCTOR Books
Violin1, (3), Violin 2 (3), Viola (2), Cello (3), Double Bass (2)
Master composer Peter Ratnik has crafted this most beautiful, luscious work for your band. Drawing on the sights and sounds of Spain, Ratnik transforms these into a musical story which will have your band and audience encapsulated in a musical haze. A beautiful, spacious work which will transport your audience to the wonders and beauty of a Spanish Indian summer. Medium - Difficult Brass Band.
From the bold fanfare opening, Legends of the Desert by Peter Ratnik takes the band and audience on a journey through the mysteries and adventures of the mystic east. After the grand announcement of the hero the work settles into a seductive lilting melody which conjures up travelling through the great deserts on camel and being guided by the peacefulness of the stars. Slipping into a reflective passage the hero thinks of home of all that is far away… when suddenly all changes with a commotion which slowly builds to the climax, is he being followed by those who wish him gone….. a chase commences over the dunes and into the darkness ……. Is the hero victorious? Or is it the end of his adventure? Medium-Difficult Brass Band.
Hallucinogenic Ferris Wheel is a great new work to feature your soprano cornet and solo cornet. This is graded for easy brass band but it ideal for any level band to play and sound fantastic. Hallucinogenic Ferris Wheel is a groovy work which is very programmatic.
Let your band explore their inner Primal Chant - Peter Ratnik new work for Junior Brass Band has fantastic driving percussion along with a fanfare style opening and a wonderfully lyrical middle sec ton. This work is ideal for developing your junior bands performance and stylistic abilities.
Our BIG NOTE STRING ORCHESTRA COLLECTION by Dr Peter Ratnik and Belinda Ratnik has been crafted to give you and your orchestra educationally graded works at this junior orchestral stage. An all in one book with 12 graded works for your orchestras continued growth and learning. Ideal for all concert, festival and contest programs.
Works: Andante, Beethoven’s 9th/4th, Yellow School Bus, Pitter Patter, A Tuscan Summer, Le Cadaverous Bride, Son Lake Groove, The Baron of Salzburg + 4 x Warm Up Chorales.
STRING ORCHESTRA SET INCLUDES - 13 Instrumental & CONDUCTOR Books
Full Set includes 16 Books: (3) x Violin 1, (3) x Violin 2, (2) x Viola/Violin 3, (3) x Cello, (2) x Double Bass.
Our BIG NOTE COLLECTION has been crafted to give you and your band educationally grade works this beginner band stage. Works have been graded and written with systematic sequential techniques and facility development so to give your band the best opportunity to showcase themselves at their first concert. As you work your way through the book the works gradually develop your beginner musicians ability to play and perform to the best of their ability at all stages of development. Conductors Book comes with QR code full length recordings
BAND SET INCLUDES - 30 Instrumental & CONDUCTOR Books
WW - Flute 1, (2), Flute 2/Oboe (2), Bassoon (1), Clarinet 1, 2, 3 (6), Alto Saxophone 1, 2 (4), Tenor Saxophone (2),
BRASS- French Horn (1), Trumpet 1, 2 (4), Trombone 1, 2 (2) Euphonium (1), Tuba (2), String Bass (1),
PERC - Percussion 1, 2 (2), Glockenspiel (1).
A selection of Children’s Nursery Rhymes and songs including: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Pop goes the Weasel, Hickory Dickory Dock, Mary had a Little Lamb, Humpty Dumpty, The Teddy Bears Picnic and This Old Man. Ideal for any entertainment or end of year concert.
A tranquil moving work for orchestra where the beauty, wonder and serenity of transfiguration is musically expressed. Your orchestra will be tested by incorporating various extended techniques as well as affirming the basics. A beautiful work which is ideal for showing off your orchestras ability to make beautiful music as an ensemble.
The World’s Greatest Hits for orchestra. Peter Ratnik has crafted the ultimate selection of 20 of the worlds greatest classical hits in one piece. This is great fun to play and will have your audience and orchestra guessing what all the pieces are called.
This beautiful melody from the equally beautiful ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky tastefully arranged for your orchestra by Belinda RatnikThis beautiful melody from the equally beautiful ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky tastefully arranged for your orchestra by Belinda Ratnik
Proclamation Groove was commissioned by the City of Albury in NSW Australia in 2009 to celebrate the 150th Birthday of the city. A moving work which depicts 150 years of progress and development. A great major work for any special occasion or concert to show off your music department.
A superior reflective work for Soloist (Violin) and orchestra. This three (3) movement work takes your audience to the tranquil wonders of the township Orford on the east coast of the island of Tasmania, Australia. Let time slip through as your are taken on this beautiful musical journey whilst showing off your soloist. Chamber orchestra and percussion.
Ascension allows your ensemble and audience to take journey sky wards, forever going up to a place where only you imagination goes. From the energetic opening this work delights. A beautiful lyrical slower middle section allows for reflection before returning to the energetic ending which builds till you ascend.
Mary Magdalene is a powerful work by Peter Ratnik depicting the story of Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene is one of the most prominent women in the Bible Gospels. She was present at Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion and was the first to witness his Resurrection. The Church honours her as the “Apostle to the Apostles” because she carried the news of the Risen Christ to the disciples. Composed for Medium level Brass Band.
Peter Ratnik's Watatsumi - Dragon King is a programmatic work of epic proportions and is deal for any contest or festival for Easy - Medium Brass Band. Legend has it that Watatsumi (Ryujin) fell in love with a human woman, Otohime, who became his wife. Together, they lived in the underwater palace until Otohime's husband, Hoori, decided to return to Earth. Before leaving, Ryujin helped Hoori by providing her with a magical fishhook, a symbol of their alliance between the human world and that of the dragon gods.
Journey into the dark wonders of the deep Amazon to come across the Wari Warriors. These honourable and mighty warriors are full of mystic and grander. Peter Ratnik has crafted an energetic, but peaceful work for medium brass band which will take you on this journey. This is an essential programmatic, thematic work for your brass band.
Peter Ratnik has arranged The Teddy Bears Picnic for Easy Brass Band with reduced scoring so to make it more accessible for junior musicians and bands. With 2nd Trombone on the 2nd Baritone part and no Repiano Cornet or 2nd Tenor Horn. Also Available are bass clef Trombone and Euphonium upon request. Available from Obrasso.com
Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus led four Spanish transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs to the Americas. These voyages led to Europeans learning about the New World. Peter Ratnik has crafted a new world master pice for any patriotic concert.
Exceeding the Standard is a Revolutionary, Evolutionary Beginning Band Method crafted to assist the beginning band musician in gaining the techniques, skills and knowledge necessary to achieve lasting success and pleasure through a rewarding performance experience in a concert band setting. 1 Director’s book and 20 instrumental books.
Set Includes:
X1 - Conductor’s Score Book
Student Books:
WOODWIND BOOKS:
3 - Flute, 1 , 3 Bb Clarinet, 1 , 2 Eb Alto Saxophone, 1 - Bb Tenor Saxophone.
BRASS BOOKS:
1 F French Horn, 2 Bb Trumpet, 2 Trombone, 1 Euphonium (Bass Clef), 1 - Tuba (Bb or Eb Bass Clef), 1 - String Bass.
PERCUSSION BOOKS
1 - Drum Kit (Set), Cymbal, Snare Drum & Bass Drum
1 - Triangle, Tambourine
1 - Glockenspiel
We are pleased to re-release this very popular setting which was arranged back in the day (2000). Waltzing Matilda the great Australian Classic also known as Australia’s unofficial national song is ideally named Little Matilda and has been perfectly arranged for beginner band.
Your Beginner Band will love this programmatic work by Peter Ratnik. It evokes the sounds and images of New Orleans through catchy melodies which are supported by educational outcomes and learnings. A great work for your Beginner Bands half or end of year concert.
Cobb & Co by Peter Ratnik makes this traditional English folk song and turns it into an educational learning tool which features your Flutes, Alto Saxophone and Glockenspiel. Develop your soloists within your band as they play in their sections. All the foundation elements are within this work which is ideal for any contest or end of year concert. A little Australian folk history for your spring concert.
A dynamic rhythmic work for your junior or beginner band. Peter Ratnik has crafted an energetic work with fractures between loud and soft. These fractures occur to develop your band ability to go between large dynamic changes in the rhythmic setting as well as a beautiful lyrical section. Time Fractures is a fun easy to get together work which will leave your band wanting more.
I got new sneakers but they didn't help me sneak because I keep bumping into things - another great work from the pen of Jim Coyle. This groovy blues feel work is ideal for your bands fist end of year concert.
Those evil little Pixies are stealing things again. But, the Giants have had enough and are now trying to Stomp them out. Here is a delightful work for grade 1 concert band with great dynamic contrast and lyrical pixieism. A great work for any first concert.
Selected for the ANBOC (Australian National Band & Orchestra Conference) conducting symposium 2024. Tuscan Summer for beginner Concert Band (Level 1)is a truly reflective, descriptive, lyrical work by Peter Ratnik. This work is ideal for developing tone and dynamic control as well as a foundation work for the development of ensemble balance. A perfect work for any concert.
Peter Ratnik's Watatsumi - The Dragon King is a programmatic work of epic proportions and is deal for any contest or festival Grade 1+. Legend has it that Watatsumi (Ryujin) fell in love with a human woman, Otohime, who became his wife. Together, they lived in the underwater palace until Otohime's husband, Hoori, decided to return to Earth. Before leaving, Ryujin helped Hoori by providing her with a magical fishhook, a symbol of their alliance between the human world and that of the dragon gods.
A descriptive programmatic work based around the calypso and tango styles. Written for conductor and educator Jenny Lakeland and the Adult Learners band - Burnie Concert Band in Tasmania Australia. A great work for your beginner band and ideal for any concert or entertainment program.
Marche Slave (Slavonic March), Op. 31 by Tchaikovsky was composed in 1876 and was a commission to benefit the Serbian soldiers wounded whilst fighting against the Ottoman Empire. Peter Ratnik has set Marche Slave for band with all its patriotic fever ready to be performed on your battle field.
In three very spooky movements: I - Creaky Things, II - Old Man Magic & III - Witches & Wizards. Spookie Suite by Peter Ratnik is not for the light hearted. Ideal for Halloween and themed concerts, even great to scare the adjudicators at competition. With quality educational concepts throughout the three movements and learning and difficulty graduation as you go through the movements.
The Ascension allows your band and audience to take journey sky wards, forever going up to a place where only you imagination goes. From the energetic opening this work delights. A beautiful lyrical slower middle section allows for reflection before returning to the energetic ending which builds till you ascend.
As part of Ratmuse's 25th Anniversary we have released Rockland's Overture composed in 1998 by Peter Ratnik the old fashioned way on paper with pen and no computers in sight. Rockland's Overture was never released commercially, but was premiered by the Balmoral High School Band way back in 1998. A fantastic 6':40" work designed for contesting or festival.
The Solider Ants are marching two by or are they grooving two by two? Peter Ratnik has composed a fantastic military style groove for your band. With a funky alto sax solo this works ideal to show off your band as they are accompanying the soloist, but also as a groove machine.
Arcadia Serenity & Danse commences with a peaceful, rural meditative opening then progresses to the dance which is an explosive rhythmic all inspiring movement which will have all dancing, concluding back with serenity the work is extremely programmatic and rustically lyrical. A perfect work for any concert or festival.
Karl Alexander has created this wonderful energetic whimsical Concert March all about going to the state fair and experiencing the Sideshow Alley. Hear all the sounds of the various games in the ally. Your persuasion will be working overtime with all that they must do. This is a fun work which your band and audience will enjoy time after time.
Take a trip on the world's most famous train journey. The Orient Express by Peter Ratnik will take you and your band from Paris through to Istanbul. Experience the wonders and grander of the Alps as the train speeds along to the mystic eastern port of Istanbul. A fantastic programmatic work for any concert.
Journey into the dark wonders of the deep Amazon to come across the Wari Warriors. These honourable and mighty warriors are full of mystic and grander. Peter Ratnik has crafted an energetic, but peaceful work for grade 2 band which will take you on this journey. This is an essential programmatic, thematic work for your band.
As the first snow falls it tells us that Christmas is just around the corner. Peter Ratnik has created a Stirling new grade 3 setting of two of Europes most famous carols, Sussex Carol & O Come, O Come Emmanuel. This is a must for your holiday concert period.
J.S. Bach one of the world’s greatest composer has been brought to your band through Peter Ratnik’s beautifully tasteful setting of three of his greatest melodies: Air on a G String, Jesu, Fount Of Joy And Wisdom and Sheep May Safely Graze. A deeply religious man, Bach has brought the voice of God to you through his magical music. Enjoy the pure beauty of The Best Of Bach.
Mary Magdalene is a powerful work by Peter Ratnik depicting the story of Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene is one of the most prominent women in the Bible Gospels. She was present at Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion and was the first to witness his Resurrection. The Church honours her as the “Apostle to the Apostles” because she carried the news of the Risen Christ to the disciples.
Frankenstein is no longer alone he has a wonderful, beautiful wife.... The music has two sides, Frankensteins and his wifes. The music tells the storey of their love for each other, even though it maybe spoke and monstrous..... A fantastic grade 3 work for band.
Selected as a test pice for the 2024 Tasmanian Bands League State competition junior A grade. The Cern Ring by Peter Ratnik is a fanciful suite with three (3) magical movements, each with lyrical and harmonic splendour which will have your band wanting more of the Cern Ring. A fantastic work for any concert or contest.
Take a trip back to the glory days of marching in your school band with Peter Ratnik’s ‘Back In The Day’. A melodic march filled with memories of when you were young and playing in the Marching Band. A great work to open or close a concert.
Intrada Australicana is an explosive musical portrait of life in the great expanses of Australian outback and cities. Telling the story of every day life, from its highs and lows, good times and sad times. This work allows the audience and Band Director to experience some of the beauty and wonders of Australia..
Belinda has created a wonderful new work for concert band which has be influenced by the grace of the Crane as well as being infused by the wondrous beauty of Celtic music. Cranes Skimming The Water feature your flautist as they capture the wonders of traditional Celtic folk music.
Oceanic Adventures is a new major work for concert band composed for Tom Lamb and the Wynyard Concert Band, Tasmania 2025. This work takes your band on a journey through the abyss of the great oceans. A truly programmatic work which will impress all that hear and perform it. A great work for contest and festivals.
Peter Ratnik’s Rush Hour is a very quirky rhythmic thematic work which is all about being in a rush to get to where you need to go. An energetic, but at the same time lyrical work with will have your band wanting more and going faster and faster. I great concert and contest work.
Composers Death Mask is an extremely programmatic work which is beautifully lyrical and dark then, please consider Composers Death Mask, a truly inspirational, emotional work by master composer Peter Ratnik. Composed for the Band Director who wants to get every ounce of life out of their band.....
From the bold fanfare opening, Legends of the Desert by Peter Ratnik takes the band and audience on a journey through the mysteries and adventures of the mystic east. After the grand announcement of the hero the work settles into a seductive lilting melody which conjures up travelling through the great deserts on camel and being guided by the peacefulness of the stars. Slipping into a reflective passage the hero thinks of home of all that is far away… when suddenly all changes with a commotion which slowly builds to the climax, is he being followed by those who wish him gone….. a chase commences over the dunes and into the darkness ……. Is the hero victorious? Or is it the end of his adventure?
Master composer Peter Ratnik has crafted this most beautiful, luscious work for your band. Drawing on the sights and sounds of Spain, Ratnik transforms these into a musical story which will have your band and audience encapsulated in a musical haze. A beautiful, spacious work which will transport your audience to the wonders and beauty of a Spanish Indian summer.
Commissioned by the Melbourne Metro Northern Region Victorian Education Department, Melbania Festiva, opens with a bold fanfare and continues to sweeping lush melodies. A fantastic work to open or close your concert. Filled with passion and energy. Melbania Festiva tells the story of the beginning…….!
If psychedelic colours, hypnotic music and outrageous clothes are your thing then you will love Karl Alexander's,'FLOWER POWER BABY!'. Your audience and band are going to love playing this psychedelic 60’s style piece. Its Fun, Easy, Hip and full of all that is Groovy. Let Karl Alexander's 'FLOWER POWER BABY!' take centre stage at your next concert .. Yeah Baby!
This cornet solo has been written in the style of jazz great, Miles Davis, New York 2:37am by Peter Ratnik will transport your audience to the dark streets of New York for a ride of their lives. This a great programatic work and is ideal for any concert or entertainment contest.
From the pen of Frank Culross comes this beautiful setting for solo cornet and brass band of the tranditional Scottish tune Mary of Argyle. Originally arranged for the 11 year old (World renowned Cornet soloist) Ian Culross, it has been expanded and developed into a lyrical masterpiece for Brass Band.
Composed for the City of Banbury Brass Band's 110th celebration and peoples choice winner of their composition competition in 2016, Peter Ratnik's work with didgeridoo is a wonderful contemporary work which infuses the traditional landowners and current brass bands music into one work ideal for competition or contest.
Master arranger Peter Ratnik has combined 20 of the world’s greatest hits from the baroque, classical, romantic and modern genres together in one super arrangement ready for your band. This work is great for any concert or entertainment contest. This is a must for any bands repertoire.
From the opening fanfare style bars your band and audience will be wicked away to a life of espionage and living in the shadows. A fun energetic work with surprises when you don’t expect it. A great work for contest or entertainment with many learning outcomes to be achieved.
One of the most simply beautiful melodies in the world has now been arranged for solo flugel and band by Peter Ratnik. This moving arrangement of Julio Caccini's Ave Maria will stop the world as your band plays it at your next concert. This is a must for any band library.
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