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Garritan
Concert & Marching Band
A complete marching, wind and concert band collection
The First Commercial Concert and Marching Band Library
- Featuring Trumpets, Trombones, Marching winds, Euponiums, Baritones, Saxophones, Sousaphones, Tenor Horns, Mellophones, Marching percussion (including drumline sounds from Virtual Drumline 2 by Tapspace), and more...
- Create Realistic-Sounding Marching Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Brass Band, Drum Corp and other Band Arrangements Quickly and Easily.
- Includes Native Instruments Kontakt 2 Sample Player.
- Great Sounding Instruments with Expressive Control. Build Your Own Bands with Ensemble Building.
- Works on a single computer or laptop, Mac or PC, Standalone, VST, DX, AU, RTAS, and Supported Notation Programs.
Sound Libraries
for Sibelius 6
Concert & Marching Band
Instrument List for the Concert & Marching Band Library
Woodwinds and Saxes
| Piccolo Solo (2 Soloists) | Bb Clarinet Solo (4 Soloists) | Soprano Sax (3 Soloists) |
| Piccolos Group 1 (5 players) | Bb Clarinet Group 1 (5 players) | Tenor Sax Solo (3 Soloists) |
| Piccolos Group 2 (5 players) | Bb Clarinet Group 2 (5 players) | Tenor Sax Group 1 (5 players) |
| Flute Solo (3 Soloists) | Bb Clarinet Group 3 (5 players) | Tenor Sax Group 2 (5 players) |
| Flutes Group 1 (5 players) | Bb Clarinet Group 4 (5 players) | Tenor Sax Group 3 (5 players) |
| Flutes Group 2 (5 players) | Eb Alto Clarinet | Bari Sax Solo (2 Soloists) |
| Flutes Group 3 (5 players) | Bass Clarinet (3 Soloists) | Bari Sax Group 1 (5 players) |
| Eb Clarinet Solo (3 Soloists) | Alto Sax Solo (3 Soloists) | Bari Sax Group 2 (5 players) |
| Oboe Solo (3 Soloists) | Alto Sax Group 1 (5 players) | Bass Sax (2 Soloists) |
| Bassoon Solo ((3 Soloists) | Alto Sax Group 2 (5 players) | Sarrusophone (2 Soloists) |
| Eb Clarinet | Alto Sax Group 3 (5 players) |
Brass
| Trumpets (4 Soloists) | Trombones (4 Soloists) | French Horn (4 Soloists) |
| Trumpets Group 1 (6 players) | Trombones Group 1 (6 players) | French Horns Group 1 (5 players) |
| Trumpets Group 2 (6 players) | Trombones Group 2 (6 players) | French Horns Group 2 (5 players) |
| Trumpets Group 3 (6 players) | Trombones Group 3 (6 players) | French Horns Group 3 (5 players) |
| Trumpets Group 4 (6 players) | Trombones Group 4 (6 players) | French Horns Group 4 (5 players) |
| Cornets Solo (4 Solists) | Bass Trombone | Tubas (2 Soloists) |
| Cornets Group 1 (5 players) | Euphoniums (4 Soloists) | Tubas Group 1 (5 players) |
| Cornets Group 2 (5 players) | Euphoniums Group 1 (4 players) | Tubas Group 2 (5 players) |
| Cornets Group 3 (5 players) | Euphoniums Group 2 (4 players) | Sousaphones (3 Soloists) |
| Cornets Group 4 (5 players) | Euphoniums Group 3 (4 players) | Sousaphones Group 1 (5 players) |
| Eb Cornet | Euphoniums Group 4 (4 players) | Sousaphones Group 2 (5 players) |
| Mellophones (4 Soloists) | Baritones (4 Soloists) | Sousaphones Group 3 (5 players) |
| Mellophones Group 1 (5 players) | Baritones Group 1 (5 players) | Helicon (3 Soloists) |
| Mellophones Group 2 (5 players) | Baritones Group 2 (5 players) | Helicon Group 1 (4 players) |
| Mellophones Group 3 (5 players) | Baritones Group 3 (5 players) | Helicon Group 2 (4 players) |
| MellophonesGroup 4 (5 players) | Baritones Group 4 (5 players) | Helicon Group 3 (4 players) |
| Flugelhorns (4 Soloists) | Tenor Horns (4 Soloists) | |
| Flugelhorns Group 1 (5 players) | Tenor Horns Group 1 (5 players) | |
| Flugelhorns Group 2 (5 players) | Tenor Horns Group 2 (5 players) | |
| Flugelhorns Group 3 (5 players) | Tenor Horns Group 3 (5 players) | |
| FlugelhornsGroup 4 (5 players) | Tenor Horns Group 4 (5 players) |
Drumline and Percussion
| Bass Line* (6 players) | Tenor/Quad Drums* (5 players) | Police Whistle* |
| Concert Snare* | Cymbals | Marimba |
| Snare Line* (8 players) | Chimes | Glockenspiel* |
| Concert Toms* | Timpani | Xylophone* |
| Field Drum* | Castanets* | Basic Orchestral Percussion |
| Impact Drum* | Chimes* | General MIDI Set* |
| Roto Toms* | Flexitone* | Finale Map* |
Note: KS instruments switch between section and solo instruments
* These Instruments are from the Tapspace Virtual Drumline 2 library
Computer requirements
Includes Kontakt Player 2. Requires Sibelius 5 or later.
Windows: Windows XP or Windows Vista 32-bit, Pentium IV or Athlon 1.4GHz or faster, 1GB RAM (2GB recommended), 2GB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive, ASIO-compatible soundcard recommended.
Mac OS X: Mac OS X 10.4 or Mac OS X 10.5, G4 733MHz or faster (G5 or Intel processor recommended), 1GB RAM (2GB recommended), 2GB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive.
