for Solo Timpani
Aria, Cayden(ce) and a Swing is a two-movement composition for four timpani. Aria is a slow, lyrical movement with a simple melody involving multiple tuning changes throughout and meant to convey the peace and tranquility of a lullaby. Cayden…
Style: Solo Works
Composer: Larry Anderson
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Ariana seemlessly blends the beauty of the string orchestra with the captivating harmonies of a jazz ballad. With its lush and expressive melodies this piece will showcase the sophiticated and elegant side of of your ensemble.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2024…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Peter Blair
Publisher: Kendor Music Publishing
This exquisite ballad features the whole ensemble. Beautiful harmony and flowing melodic lines make this a perfect “down” tune for a concert or festival. There is a short, written solo for Alto Sax that is accompanied by bell-tone cascades in the brass.
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Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Peter Blair
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Arise! is as uplifting and exciting as its title! Amy has a fresh and wonderful sound color palette for beginning band that will give you some variety in your program. Fanfare-like, Arise! will be a piece your students ask to play again and again!
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Style: Concert Band
Composer: Amy Riebs Mills
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Step into an adventure on the high seas as you encounter a band of pirates who are intent on capturing your ship and plundering all of your possessions! This navel odyssey is filled with adventure, intrigue, and fun as you battle your way through a gauntlet…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Jason K. Nitsch
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Written in 1901, Army & Marine won the march composition contest sponsored by the London publishing house of Hawkes & Son. Zehle was still in German military service when this march was composed. He was undoubtedly grateful to the sailors who helped…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Wilhelm Zehle, Timothy Rhea
Publisher: RBC Publications
Orange Drink with an ATTITUDE! This funky chart starts with a piano riff to set up the rhythm groove before the trumpet and altos hit with the melody. Trombones and low saxes support with counterpoint. After the trombones take us through the bridge the saxes…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More
Exhilarating piece emulating Japanese taiko drumming. Begins with fairly simple syncopated rhythms, but becomes more and more complex as the piece progresses. Taiko drums may be substituted with toms.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2004 Number of Players: 4…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Hideko Kawamoto
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Grainger tells us that Arrival Platform Humlet conveys the sense of “Awaiting the arrival of belated train bringing one’s sweetheart from foreign parts; great fun! The sort of thing one hums to oneself as an accompaniment to one’s tramping feet as one happily…
Style: Percussion
Composer: Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher: Aux Arcs Music
Set in three movements, The Arrival Suite is a lovely duet for flute & marimba that uses ambitious themes & uncertain harmony to depict the expectation of mysterious revelation found within the discovery of the unknown.Program NotesThe Arrival Suite…
Style: Percussion, Woodwind
Composer: Michael Iorio
Publisher: C. Alan Publications