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State College, PA

(814) 867-9935

Rick Hirsch is a nationally-known composer, arranger and jazz educator living in State College, PA. Check out his music, book a live jazz band in Central Pennsylvania.

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Marching Band

Marching band arrangements. Movie and Broadway themes: Wonder Woman, Dirty Dancing, Footloose, the Wizard of Oz, the Wiz, the King and I. TV themes: Cheers, Family Feud, Spongebob Squarepants, Partridge Family, Happy Days, Family Guy, I Love Lucy, Friends, Big Bang Theory. Jazz: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, For Once in My Life, Hello Young Lovers. Pop/rock: Shut Up + Dance, Open Arms, Don’t You Worry 'Bout a Thing, Do I Do, These Three Words, Isn’t She Lovely, Won’t Get Fooled Again, Stairway to Heaven, Soul Man, Rockin’ Robin, Drive Like Lightning, America, Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show, Jackson Five, I Want You Back, ABC, I’ll Be There, Glory Days, the Power of Love, Beach Boys, Fun Fun Fun, Dance Dance Dance

** NEW Titles for 2022 are here **


Marching Band Arrangements

AFFORDABLE custom MARCHING BAND ARRANGEMENTS without PROHIBITIVE commission fees:

RE-LICENSE CHARTS I ARRANGED FOR SOME OF THE BEST COLLEGIATE BANDS IN THE COUNTRY.


In addition to all of my work in jazz, I have a long history with marching bands


NOTES:

  • These arrangements are for the winds only (no battery or sideline percussion included)

  • All but one of these arrangements was written for Big 10 marching bands (one was for the SEC) — except the four new charts for “small band,” identified below.

  • Most of these charts will require that you purchase a license through Tresona: the others are in the public domain and don’t require a license (which saves big bucks).

  • View sorted and categorized list

  • Preview-scores & prices are available upon request — please complete the contact form below

REAL HALFTIME PERFORMANCES

These arrangements are all road-tested and have been performed by collegiate marching bands nationwide, including:

Penn State, U of Wisconsin (Madison), U of Iowa, U of Kentucky, Kansas State U, Ole Miss, U of Maryland, U of Montana, Syracuse U, Slippery Rock U, High Point U.


» Watch some halftime videos at the bottom of thIS page «

 

» 2022 new releases »

 

NEW: tunes scored for “small band”

Fl/Picc, Clar, Alto, Tenor, Bari saxes, Tpt 1 &2, Mello Tbn 1&2, Baritone TC/BC, Tuba

 

MOVIE & BROADWAY

 

JAZZ / BIG BAND

 

POP / ROCK

 

RECENT SHOWS

I’ve been arranging for the Penn State Blue Band since 2002. Here are a few of their recent halftime shows that I arranged.

The sound quality is better on the recordings above. Beaver Stadium is a LOUD place with 110,000 hyped of fans in it…

Recorded at the whiteout game versus Michigan on October 19, 2019 featuring music from Marvel movies.

Marvel Studios Theme • Avengers Theme • Can You Dig It? (Iron Man) • Awesome Mixtape Vol.1 (Guardians of the Galaxy) • Black Panther Themes

Recorded at Beaver Stadium on November 30, 2019, featuring holiday classics.

Jingle Bells • Nutcracker Suite (Brian Setzer jazzy version) • The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé)


I became a staff arranger for the University of Wisconsin Badger Band in 2019. Here are a couple of the halftime shows I arranged for them.

October 5, 2019: “Masters of Piano and Song”

Piano Man (Billy Joel) • Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (Elton John) • Empire State of Mind (Alicia Keys) • Love Song (Sara Bareilles) • Bad Romance/Shallow (Lady Gaga)

October 12, 2019: "Modern Broadway: Our Visit to New York"

Opening Up (Waitress) • Lady Marmalade (Moulin Rouge) • Waving Through A Window (Dear Evan Hansen)

 

REQUEST PRICING AND SCORES

 

TV

 

“CLASSICAL” / orchestral

 

HOLIDAY

 

 PATRIOTIC

ALPHABETICAL LIST

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Mariah Carey)

ALL THE STARS / SUNFLOWER (Kendrick Lamar / Post Malone)

AMERICA (Neil Diamond)

AULD LANG SYNE

AVENGERS THEME (The Avengers)

AWESOME MIXTAPE VOL.1: Hooked On A Feeling, Pina Colada Song, Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Guardians of the Galaxy)

BATMAN TV THEME / SPIDERMAN TV THEME

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

BEACH BOYS MEDLEY: Fun Fun Fun, Dance Dance Dance

BLACK PANTHER THEMES (Black Panther)

BOOGIE-WOOGIE BUGLE BOY (Andrews Sisters)

BOY BAND MEDLEY: Bye Bye Bye, Sucker (NSYNC, Jonas Brothers)

BRADY BUNCH TV THEME

CAN YOU DIG IT? (Iron Man)

CAROL OF THE BELLS

CHANNEL SURFING MEDLEY: I Love Lucy, Big Bang Theory, Friends, Family Guy

CHEERS TV THEME

DO I DO (Stevie Wonder)

DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE (Duke Ellington)

DON’T NOBODY BRING ME NO BAD NEWS (The Wiz)

DON’T YOU WORRY ‘BOUT A THING (Stevie Wonder)

DRIVE LIKE LIGHTNING (Brian Setzer)

FAMILY FEUD TV THEME

FOOTLOOSE (Kenny Loggins)

FREEDOM (Beyonce & Kendrick Lamar)

FRIENDS TV THEME (I”’ll Be There For You”)

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE (Stevie Wonder, Bobby Darin)

GIRLS LIKE YOU (Maroon 5)

GLORY DAYS (Bruce Springsteen)

GOD BLESS THE USA (Lee Greenwood)

GOLDEN GIRLS THEME (“Thank You For Being A Friend”)

GONNA TAKE YOU THERE (Disney’s Princess & the Frog / Randy Newman)

HAIR MEDLEY: Age Of Aquarius, Let The Sunshine In

HERO (Mariah Carey)

HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO (Bonnie Tyler / Footloose)

TV MEDLEY: Happy Days Theme, C'mon Get Happy (Partridge Family)

HELLO, YOUNG LOVERS (Sinatra, The King And I)

I’VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE (Dirty Dancing)

IT DON’T MEAN A THING (Duke Ellington)

JACKSON 5 MEDLEY: Stop The Love You Save, ABC, I'll Be There

JERSEY BOYS MEDLEY: Oh What A Night, Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You (Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons)

JINGLE BELLS

LADY MARMALADE (Patti LaBelle, Moulin Rouge)

LOSE MY BREATH (Destiny’s Child)

MALAGUENA (Stan Kenton, Madison Scouts)

MANDALORIAN TV THEME

MARVEL STUDIOS FANFARE (Marvel movies)

MR. BRIGHTSIDE (The Killers)

MY GIRL - WALK THIS WAY medley (!!) (The Temptations - Aerosmith)

MY SHOT (Hamilton)

NO TIME TO DIE (James Bond / Billie Eilish)

NUTCRACKER SUITE (Brian Setzer, Les Brown)

THE OFFICE TV THEME (The Scrantones)

OPEN ARMS (Journey)

ROCKIN’ ROBIN (Jackson 5)

SHUT UP + DANCE (Walk the Moon)

SOUL MAN (Sam and Dave)

SPONGEBOB THEME

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (Led Zeppelin)

SUMMERTIME (Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Porgy and Bess)

THAT’S ALL (Bobby Darin)

THE CHRISTMAS SONG (Mel Tormé)

THE FIREBIRD SUITE (Igor Stravinsky)

THE POWER OF LOVE (Huey Lewis and the News)

THE WALKING DEAD TV THEME

TREASURE (Bruno Mars)

WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE (My Chemical Romance)

WIZARD OF OZ MASHUP: Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead, Merry Old Land Of Oz

WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN (The Who)

2016 WONDER WOMAN THEME (Hans Zimmer)