Dance Toccata combines continuous rhythmic motion, varied textures and colors, and motives imbued with strong dance-like features in a work that is energetic and bold. Though the underlying current of pulsation is hardly ever interrupted, there are also…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Frederick Speck
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composer Carol Brittin Chambers puts a modern sheen on the ever-popular renaissance classic. This multi-movement work keeps the character of the original, but with modernizations that seem so right and turn this piece into an instant new classic. The extreme…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Carol Brittin Chambers
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Danny Deever started life as a poem from the “Barracks Room Ballads” of Rudyard Kipling, a major cultural hero of Percy Grainger’s. Originally scored the for small male unison chorus, large male choir, and a large orchestra including saxophones and euphonium…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher: Aux Arcs Music
Dawn Refrains at Arlington is brilliantly scored and is full of depth and emotion. In tribute to the American Heroes who have sacrificed to preserve and protect freedom, James Hirt has composed a masterwork for band that challenges performer as well as…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: James A. Hirt
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
The composer states that the rich metallic timbres of the Balanese Gamelan Orchestra was in the back of his mind when creating Desert Flower. The percussion section provides the backbone of the work while the winds embellish the melodic lines provided by the…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Jere Hutcheson
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Double Concerto for 2 Saxophonists
Opening with a dark and somber set of variations, Double Image exploits the four instruments of the saxophone family. Beautiful, lyrical melodies glide through the second movement as the saxes begin their interplay. The…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: David R. Gillingham
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
UIL Concert & Sight-Reading Evaluation Information
6A HS
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2022 Series: Sightreading Series
Sample PDFs
uil50122-dover-castle-Preview-Score.pdf
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Clifton Jones
Publisher: RBC Publications
Dreamscapes is a musical journey through the dreams of one individual. From the soft cushion of the clouds to the raging sea, the music carries you across the night sky. Our dreamer lands back on his feet to encounter the ghosts of music history floating…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Jim Colonna
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Drawn from the composer's ballet, "The Jester," this suite of dances begins majestically moving seamlessly through music of growing mystery and intensity leading to an abrupt moment of painful darkness. The ensuing silence is almost magically broken by music…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
España Rhapsody, perhaps Chabrier’s most famous orchestral work, will take audiences and players on an exciting musical tour through Spain in this masterful transcription for wind ensemble by Josh Byrd.Program NotesEmmanuel Chabrier composed España after…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Josh Byrd
Publisher: C. Alan Publications