By Elaine Johnson.Kangaroo Hill depicts the story of a kangaroo family near the composer's home in Canberra, Australia. It features inspired musica...
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(A Fantasy on Motifs of G. Verdi) The overture to Giuseppe Verdi's 1862 opera La Forza del Destino (The Power of Fate) has remained standard r...
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Joyau is a French word translating to "jewel," or in the case of music, a "showpiece." Therefore, the work was composed as a “showpiece” for the en...
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From Whence They Came is an impression of the totality of the West African migration experience and subsequent influence, establishment and celebra...
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This uplifting fanfare is 3-1/2 minutes of rhythmic excitement, flowing lyricism, and nods to the music of John Adams. Perfect opener or closer for...
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Bring a mischievous and cunning spirit to your concert hall with this exceptional programmatic work based on il mazzamurello, a fantastical creatur...
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In each of the past two years, Robert W. Smith has released a movement from his symphony The Divine Comedy. Musicians, conductors and audiences can...
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The third movement of a major new work by Robert W. Smith based on Dante Alighieri's literary classic The Divine Comedy, The Ascension is a sizzlin...
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Traditional and regal, this grand arrangement has been all but forgotten. This remains fine concert literature that will have your listeners take n...
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The word "tocsin" means "alarm" and refers to the shrieking repetitive chord, which appears at the beginning of the world in the woodwinds and perc...
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Celebration! is a challenging & jubilant fanfare & overture for wind band, featuring constantly shifting mixed meters, syncopation, and soa...
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Towards Joy is 6 minutes of exuberance, sparkle, and celebration inspired by three short poems by writer/artist Brian Andreas. This demanding work ...
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From the composer: “Nature's Way for intermediate level band was commissioned by BandQuest, a project initiated by the American Composers Forum. Th...
View full detailsConvergence is a two-and-a-half-minute tour de force for wind band. Musicians will be challenged and audiences will be inspired! Great for use as a...
View full detailsMadaline’s First Adventure is a whimsical piece dedicated to the life of our first child; Madaline Rose Thompson. Composed in her second year of li...
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Written in a single summer month while World War II was still raging in 1944, Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 would become not only one of the composer'...
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Mark Rogers began his band transcription of the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony at the request of the U.S. Army Field Band and Conductor Finley Hamilto...
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Life is full of challenges that may seem like unclimbable mountains. "Summit" is about taking on those challenges and overcoming them. This excitin...
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This short, four-movement work is based on traditional dances that have each gone through some type of transformation to bring them roaring into th...
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Commissioned in celebration of renowned conductor/educator Frank Battisti's 85th birthday, Spring Overture is an energetic rondo that can serve as ...
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While Music Director and House Composer for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Nigel Hess wrote music for over twenty productions. Hess has taken music...
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The Keystone Kops was a series of silent comedies featuring an incompetent group of policemen. They first appeared in the 1912 film Hoffmeyer's Leg...
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Malcolm Arnold's Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op. 115, was dedicated to Benny Goodman, and first performed by him as part of the Red Rocks Music Festiv...
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Battles was written for the restoration of the epic 1927 silent film The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands, and was commissioned by the Briti...
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