A flexible arrangement of this lyrical work allows ensembles of six players or more to create a full, expressive realization of the piece. The work contains a melodic quote from Copland's...
This lyrical work contains a melodic quote from Copland's A Lincoln Portrait and stays within the diatonic key of B-flat. An accessible and dramatic work, it gives developing...
For Vibraphone & Marimba Soloist and OrchestraDuration Approximately 7:45Grade 3FULL SCORE / 2 (+picc) 2 2 2 / 4 3 3 1 / TImp Perc (4) Harp / StringsCommissioned by
A heroic and powerful opener, this can be performed as a stand-alone concert band or full orchestra work - or add the SSATB choir for the full effect. A powerful and bold opening statement to your concert
Prayers in Villafranche for full orchestra relives a sanctified moment listening to a pair of worshipers singing a polyphonic chant in the empty Collegiale Notre-Dame-des-Marais, heard by
For String OrchestraDuration Approximately 3:00Grade 2.5FULL SCORE / Violin I & II, Viola, Violoncello I & II, Contrabass, HarpA few years ago while visiting the
For Concert BandDuration Approximately 3:00Grade 2.5FULL SCORE / 2 1 1 2 (+Bass) Alto (2), Tenor, Bari / 2 1 2 1 1 / Timp Perc (2)A few years ago while visiting the small
An aggressive, driving, modal work that heavily features the percussion section, utilizing multiple special effects. At 156 bpm, the piece pushes the tempo boundaries while instrumentation and technical
For Full OrchestraDuration Approximately 6:15Grade 5FULL SCORE / 2 1 2 (+Contra) 2 (+Bass) / 2 3 3 1 / Timp Perc (5) / Harp Strings(Commissioned by Alan Posner & Scott
Designed to come together in a few rehearsals, this piece features a simplified bass line, mostly staying on the tonic. Get it? Skele-Tonic? Great if you've just moved players to tuba, bass clarinet, or
An homage to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Edith Piaf, Ragtime, Dixieland, and every Hot Club on the planet.
Commissioned by the Assembly Saxophone Quartet. In three movements:
1. FJÄDERMOLN
2. SÅTKO
3. BLÜRG
For Concert BandDuration Approximately 8:30Grade 5FULL SCORE / 2 (+Picc) 1 1 1 3 (+ 2 Bass) Sop Alto (2), Tenor, Bari / 2 4 3 1 1 / Timp Perc (4)In the summer of 2016, my
"For Flute & Clarinet*
Duration Approximately 3:10
Grade 3.5
FULL SCORE / Flute, Clarinet in Bb
(*Includes parts for Flexible
For Concert Band & Mixed ChorusDuration Approximately 5:00Grade 5FULL SCORE / 2 (+Picc) 1 1 3 (+Bass) Alto (2), Tenor, Bari / 2 3 3 1 1 / Timp Perc (6) / SATB div....
Tuebor is a suite of folksongs from the State of Michigan scored wonderfully well for Concert Band. The suite is part of a long tradition of folksong settings going back to Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan
A unique work for concert band: performed "forward," the music represents Einstein's theory of general relativity; performed "backward," it elicits the subatomic dynamism of quantum mechanics. Finally, when
For Concert BandDuration Approximately 5:30Grade 4Dedicated to the students, parents and staff of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida, to honor their bravery,
Commissioned by the Michigan School Band & Orchestra Association, District III, for the Oxford High School Wind Ensemble, Jim Gibbons, Director. Dedicated to the students lost on
I mis-read a neon sign. It was in a handwritten font, and I thought it said “WHYCLOPS” but it did not. It made me wonder, though, who or what is the WHYCLOPS? A one-eyed mythical creature,
Written in the style of Jean-Baptiste Lully, this Baroque-style piece scored for concert band reflects a traditional Baroque dance suite with contrasting meters and tempi.