Category: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Composer: Christopher Marshall
Commissioned by the WASBE Schools Band Network consortium of over 60 enterprising individuals and organizations.
For three years New Zealander Christopher Marshall lived in the exotically idyllic surroundings of Samoa, and his piece conjures up its endlessly fascinating atmosphere and sounds, its hypnotic languor, rich culture and popular dances. Resourcefully cued with alternatives to put it in the range even of bands with quite uncertain attendance — and expertise — this magical tone poem is a must for anyone who wants to add a bit more colour to their lives.
8 minutes
Categories: BIGGIES - Grade 1.0, CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Composer: Michael Sweeney
Grade 1.0 Duration 3.20
Aleatoric music for grade 1? Why not?! Through carefully controlled parameters, your beginning players can actually create their own erupting volcano effect! Mazama was the imposing mountain peak in southwest Oregon that erupted 7000+ years ago and became the serene and beautiful present day Crater Lake. Fires of Mazama opens with bold sounds and powerful melodies before the “eruption” changes everything. Afterwards, a calm chorale leads to the exciting final strains in this ingenious and impressive piece for beginners!
Categories: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, OPENERS - Grade 3.0, Eric Whitacre Concert Band Composer: Eric Whitacre
Grade 3.0
Interruption Overture is the musical inverse of Bryant's Chester Leaps In. In the latter, a familiar theme interrupts angular, dissonant music, whereas Interruption Overture consists of a straightforward theme in Bb major repeatedly interrupted by dissonant chords and bursts of simple aleatory ideas. These techniques are intended to serve as educational tools in addition to their musical function, exposing younger musicians to a broader-than-usual musical palette.
Category: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Composer: Augusta Reed Thomas
Grade 4/5
Written for the Williamsville (NY) Commissioning Consortium, here is a unique and substantial addition to the band repertoire. Featuring contemporary techniques and an ingenious use of orchestrational colors, this descriptive work makes full use of the concert band's palette of sound possibilities.
Categories: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, BAND and CHOIR Composer: Michael Colgrass
BandQuest Series, Grade 3
Gregorian chant is one of the earliest forms of notated music, using free flowing rhythms and simple melody. In Old Churches, composer Michael Colgrass uses these elements to create an aura of voices echoing in the monastery. Using easy graphic notation, students have a fun and creative way to explore sound production along with the compositional process. (Includes score and parts.) (5:20)
CD-ROM Now Available!
Designed to enhance the musical experience, the CD-ROM for Michael Colgrass' Old Churches includes video clips of the St. John's Abbey monks singing, photos of various sacred spaces such as Ayer's Rock in Australia, as well as a history of standard Western notation. In addition, this CD-ROM enables students to explore graphic notation and composition with built-in notation software Finale Notepad®. Guaranteed to engage your students and provide added insight into this unique work.
Categories: BIGGIES - MAJOR WORKS, CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Arranger: Richard Saucedo
Grade 4/5
The composer's most ambitious symphonic work to date, this adventurous and powerful composition takes the listener through a collage of moods and interwoven sound textures. The opening and closing sections are propelled with rhythmic vitality and energy, while the middle slow section includes an important piano part along with unique woodwind and horn colors. The percussion writing is stunning and features expanded mallet parts and driving ostinatos. This exciting work is contemporary sounding and makes a bold statement for mature bands. (6:30)
Category: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Composer: Timothey` Broege
WINDependence Series - Apprentice Level
Sinfonia XIX Preludes & Grounds was commissioned by the Berwick Middle High School 7th.-8th. Grade Band, Brian Fish Director, and was composed during December 1998 and January 1999.
Each of the four movements follows an identical structural plan : a brief prelude, based on a 12 note series, is followed by a diatonic ground bass.
Category: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Composer: Timothy Broege
Grade 2 suitable for middle school bands, 5 minutes duration. Great teaching piece at this level - includes aleatoric techniques, buzzing on mouthpieces, unpitched glissandi, rattling of woodwind keys. Players have a great deal of influence on the various effects the score contains.
Categories: SOLO WORKS & CONCERTOS, CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Composer: Martin Ellerby
Prestige Series – Grade 4.5
French Horn Solo
large format score)
Performance time 16.12
This song cycle featuring a solo horn is based on the same set of poems that inspired Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’Ete. The original cycle is essentially dark, encapsulated by movements of a more lively and positive nature and the essence of this approach has been maintained in this contemporary work.
Six Vignettes for Solo Horn and Concert Band:
1. Villanelle;
2. The Ghost of the Rose;
3. On the Lagoons;
4. Absence;
5. At the Cemetary;
6. The Unknown Isle.
Category: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Composer: Richard Danielpour Arranger: Jack Stamp
(VOICE OF THE PEOPLE) (Grade 5)
Contemporary composer Richard Danielpour has established himself as one of the most sought-after writers of his generation, with orchestral works performed around the globe. In a style that is uniquely American and rhythmically vibrant, Jack Stamp offers this impressive wind adaptation of one of Danielpour's more recent compositions. A marvelous work for the mature ensemble. (6:50)
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