James Barnes

This symphony, commissioned by and dedicated to Roy Holder and his wonderful Lake Braddock High School Band, is both shorter and simpler to play than the composer's other symphonies, but it loses noth...

This symphony, commissioned by and dedicated to Roy Holder and his wonderful Lake Braddock High School Band, is both shorter and simpler to play than the composer's other symphonies, but it loses noth...

This symphony, commissioned by and dedicated to Roy Holder and his wonderful Lake Braddock High School Band, is both shorter and simpler to play than the composer's other symphonies, but it loses noth...

When James Barnes was commissioned to compose a work for the United States Army Band to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War, he decided to combine two massive structures into o...

Credo is an ideal piece for young bands, particularly those with a large percussion section. It is very carefully scored and cross-cued, so that almost any size band can perform it. Composed in sonati...

Prairie Winds Festival is a fast, happy-go-lucky 'opener. ' It is very carefully scored and cross-cued, so that almost any size band can perform it. The Piccolo, 2nd Oboe, 2nd Bassoon, Contra-Alto Cla...

Citadel was composed to commemorate the 150th anniversary of The University of Kansas (1865 to 2015.) It begins with optional offstage chimes (one or two sets [opt.]) to depict the daily ringing of th...

The work opens with a dramatic brass fanfare before moving to a spirited allegro. The slower middle portion is rather 'jazzy' in character with a trumpet solo. After several statements of this lush so...

This dramatic work for young players is intended to portray a noble, mystical pursuit of some great conquest or accomplishment. Full of driving percussion, resolving tone clusters, dramatic brass writ...

Ritmico is a driving, energetic overture for symphonic band. Singing melodic lines are underpinned by infectious rhythmic grooves in the percussion and bass instruments which define the main theme. Th...

Commemoration was commissioned by the members of the Northwest North Carolina Bandmasters Association to recognize the distinguished career of Dr. William A. Gora, the longtime Director of Bands at Ap...

Lonely Beach' is a tone poem about some isolated and not particularly attractive beaches on the northern coast of France which, for a few hours on late Spring day in 1944, were transformed into the mo...

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

James Barnes' instrument is the tuba, so he has had a lifelong affection for music composed for and performed on tuba and euphonium. 'Tangents' is intended for large Tuba/Euphonium ensemble, with an e...

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende und mystische Welt einer antiken Hochkultur mit „Escenas de los Aztecas“, erschienen im renommierten Verlag HAFABRA Music (Louis Martinus). Dieses eindrucksvolle W...

Tauchen Sie ein in die klangvolle Welt eines der beliebtesten Werke der sinfonischen Blasmusik: Das Student Workbook zu „Guides to Band Masterworks, Vol. 4 – Yorkshire Ballad“ von Hal Leonard Digital...

Strike Up the Band ist ein Broadway-Musical aus dem Jahr 1927 von George und Ira Gershwin, das auf einem Buch von George S. Kaufman basiert. Überraschenderweise erwies sich die Show als früher Misserf...

Tauchen Sie mit „Yama Midori (Green Mountains)“ in eine faszinierende Klanglandschaft ein, die die Erhabenheit und Ruhe unberührter Bergwelten meisterhaft einfängt. Dieses eindrucksvolle Werk für Blas...

This symphony, commissioned by and dedicated to Roy Holder and his wonderful Lake Braddock High School Band, is both shorter and simpler to play than the composer's other symphonies, but it loses noth...

Ghostdancers' is a reflective tone poem based on the tragic story of the Piaute Medicine Man named Wovoka and his development of the 'Ghost Dance, ' which many Plains Indians adopted in the late 19th...

Dieser in zwei schnellen Sätzen geschriebene Opener im Show-Stil macht seinem Titel alle Ehre, denn ein Großteil des thematischen Materials im Eröffnungsthema wird von den Blechbläsern übernommen, wäh...