Really, I don't think any publisher cares if some band director makes his own arrangement to play with his own band. In fact, since any additional performance of a work makes them more money through performance rights, they LIKE people making arrangements.
Just two small caveats. (1) They probably wouldn't sue for relatively minor adjustments (permitted under Fair Use, as I have pointed out), as long as you do own legally purchased copies of their music, although state MENC contest rules might be less forgiving. (2) The Fair Use Guidelines specifically allow performance without payment of performance royalties by non-profit educational institutions when the performances are in the normal course of instruction, so school concerts would NOT generate performance income. However, the publishers agreed to that exemption when they signed off on Fair Use.
John
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