Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Hans Elzinga
8 Parts Flexible + Percussion
Difficulty: 2
Duration: 1m 18s
Since 1990 Hans Elzinga performs and teaches South-American traditional music. In this piece 'Paseo de Otoño' (Autumn walk) he tries to make us familiar with the colourful and rhythmical music of the Mexican bandas . A quite original and sparkling piece for symphonic band clearly testifying the composer's passion for this kind of music.
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Hans Elzinga
8 Parts Flexible + Percussion
Difficulty: 2
Duration: 1m 18s
Since 1990 Hans Elzinga performs and teaches South-American traditional music. In this piece 'Paseo de Otoño' (Autumn walk) he tries to make us familiar with the colourful and rhythmical music of the Mexican bandas . A quite original and sparkling piece for symphonic band clearly testifying the composer's passion for this kind of music.
Categories: New & Recent Titles, OPENERS - Grade 2.0 Composer: Michael Kamuf
Grade 2.0 Duration 3.00
With a rhythmic drive and punctuated melodic components flowing freely throughout the ensemble, this high-energy concert opener or closer reinforces shaping phrases while using a contemporary harmonic palate and driving rhythms. Bound to be a favorite of students and audiences alike. This is a real crowd-pleaser! (3:00)
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Brian Balmages
For Solo Horn and Wind Ensemble
F Horn Solo: Grade 6 Band: Grade 4
This latest installment with Canzonique Music is a wonderfully inspiring work. It was commissioned by Jerry Peel, professor of horn at the University of Miami, and was recorded by Peel and the University of Miami Wind Ensemble; Gary Green, Director. Pele was programmed for the College Band Directors National Conference in Baltimore (2004) with guest artist Philip Munds, Principal Horn of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Towson University Symphonic Band, with the composer conducting.
Pele was inspired by the Hawaiian Goddess of Fire (or Volcano Goddess) by the same name. She was passionate, volatile, and capricious. This lyrical work is an emotional rollercoaster in which we experience a glimpse of her personality — from her quiet moments to her most volatile.
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer / arranger: Gareth Wood
Commissioned by the Welsh Amateur Music Foundation at Ty Cerdd-Music Centre in Wales, with financial assistance from the Arts Council of Wales and the PRS Foundation for New Music, for the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales who gave the first performance with Simone Rebello (percussion), in the Stiwt Theatre, Rhosllanerchugog on April 7th 2007. Exciting! Invigorating! Imaginative! c: 16 minutes
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Percy Grainger Arranger: Douglas Wagner
Grade 3.0
PROGRAM NOTES :
The boundless energy and passion for life of Australian-born composer and pianist Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882—1961) is reflected in the four works included in this eclectic sampling of his music: Irish Tune from County Derry. No doubt the most beloved folksong of all time, Grainger turned this simple tune into an emotional concert work, full of rich harmonies and powerful sonorities. Settings include solo piano (1911), chorus (1912), string orchestra with two horns (1913), and military band (1918).
Mock Morris
In the composer’s own words: “The rhythmic cast of Mock Morris somewhat resembles traditional English Morris Dance tunes, though no actual traditional tunes are made use of. The piece was prompted by the motto, ‘Always merry and bright.” My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone Written in 1912, this work is based on the folksong of the same name, taken from William Chappell’s 1893 collection, Old English Popular Music. Not a complete and formal arrangement of the tune, Grainger calls this a “free ramble,” where the only direct connection to the original tune is in the first nine stated notes, corresponding to the first line of the text. Children’s March: Over the Hills-and Far Away
The closing section of the medley draws upon the initial 1918 solo piano version of this buoyant and happy original
work. The composer later developed these themes into a major 400+-measure concert work in scorings for military band (1919) and two pianos/four hands (1920).
NOTES TO THE CONDUCTOR
Articulations and dynamics have been carefully indicated throughout. Balance should be a key consideration in the first eight measures, where the tune is woven into the musical fabric by clarinets, bassoon, and euphonium. The staccatos marked in measures 33—64 should be played with a ‘toh’ articulation for a fuller body of sound and a more
semi-detached style. Keep the style light and free in the final section. For an extended concert band version of Children’s March: Over the Hills and FarAway in the Alfred catalog (an abridged and less complicated edition of Grainger’s original).
Categories: New & Recent Titles, POP & ROCK TUNES - Grade 3.0 Composer: Ed Sheeran Arranger: Michael Brown
Pop singer Ed Sheeran continues to dominate the charts, and this romantic ballad from his third album reached No. 1 in sixteen different countries! Here is a sensitive version for band with flowing melodies and nicely varied orchestration.
Categories: BIGGIES - Grade 3.0, New & Recent Titles Composer: Amir Molookpour
Grade 3.0 Duration 3.30
Written by Iranian composer Amir Molookpour, this engaging work uses a mixture of traditional and folkloristic Persian music. The composer makes interesting use of various rhythmic and structural approaches, and also uses western compositional techniques in a very simple manner to bring the two diverse cultures closer together. An excellent change of pace for any program by a unique composer! (3:30)
Categories: New & Recent Titles, BIGGIES - Grade 4.0 Composer: Jeremy Bell
Grade 4.0 Duration 6.00
Phantasmagoria is described as "a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination." In this fascinating piece, key centers shift just like the phantasms created by the projections of a magic lantern, creating a sense of wonder with concealed, dark undertones
Category: New & Recent Titles Composers: Roger Ball, Hamish Stuard Arranger: Rob van Reijmersdal
Difficulty: 5
Duration: 3m 32s
Pick up the Pieces is an instrumental work from 1974 by the Scottish band, Average White Band. They had several hits in the seventies with their funk, soul and disco songs. This piece appeared in the charts several times. In this orchestra version the four voiced harmonies are derived from the first chord Cm11. The Dutch saxophonist, Candy Dulfer covered this number in 1993, causing it to regain popularity and rightly become a Funk Classic.
Category: New & Recent Titles Composers: Roger Ball, Hamish Stuard Arranger: Rob van Reijmersdal
Difficulty: 5
Duration: 3m 32s
Pick up the Pieces is an instrumental work from 1974 by the Scottish band, Average White Band. They had several hits in the seventies with their funk, soul and disco songs. This piece appeared in the charts several times. In this orchestra version the four voiced harmonies are derived from the first chord Cm11. The Dutch saxophonist, Candy Dulfer covered this number in 1993, causing it to regain popularity and rightly become a Funk Classic.
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Davor Bobic
Zagorje is a region of Croatia known especially for its nationalistic music, dance and its strong folklore traditions. Davor Bobic gives us three dramatic movements, each of which can be played separately as a miniature tone poem. c: 12 minutes
Categories: New & Recent Titles, OPENERS - Grade 4.0 Composer: Robert Sheldon
Grade 4.0 Duration 5.16
This is a tuneful and exciting concert piece for band, gathering its inspiration from the industry and natural beauty of the Piedmont region of North Carolina. (5:15)
Categories: New & Recent Titles, BIGGIES - Grade 4.0 Composer: Brian Balmages
Grade 4.0 Duration 7.45
This dramatic work follows a hiker from the base of Pikes Peak to the summit, encountering all the legend and history along the way. From the numerous reported signs of Big Foot to spectacular views, the opening embodies many different moods. An energetic section introduces small elements of America, the Beautiful before being fully realized in a powerful moment reflective of when Katharine Lee Bates reached the summit herself in 1883 and penned the words shortly thereafter. Ideal as a festival work while also perfect for directors looking for a “different kind” of patriotic piece. (7:45)
Categories: New & Recent Titles, BIGGIES - Grade 4.5 Composer: Steven Reineke
Grade 4.5 Duration 10.06
A major work for advanced bands that utilizes the full resources of the modern concert band/wind ensemble. Solos for flute, alto sax, oboe, euphonium, horn, and trumpet. Vast dynamic contrasts as it builds from soft delicate sections of just a few instruments to huge tutti sections of massive symphonic proportions. A truly exception composition that is sure to become a standard of the band repertiore. OUTSTANDING IN EVERY RESPECT!
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Thomas Doss
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band
The Pilgrim Concerto, written for the 2012 World Music Contest Kerkrade, is a highly demanding yet rewarding work for alto saxophone and wind band. It is one of a series of spiritual works by the composer which also includes Symphony in Green. Sometimes minimalistic and at other times romantic, it describes a pilgrim who is at times calmy meditative, but also full of anxious impatience to reach his goal.
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