James Barnes

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...

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...

Yorkshire Ballad began in the summer of 1983 with a telephone conversation between James Barnes and Tom Rhoads, who was at that time the band department manager at Southern Music Company. Rhoads sugge...

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...

James Barnes masterfully scores a handful of the most beloved and famous Christmas carols in this short, three-movement suite for young band. Each movement can be performed individually or as a suite....

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...

CONCERTINO FOR BASSOON, Opus 171 wurde von Dr. Mark Rogers in Auftrag gegeben und im April 2023 vom University of Kansas Wind Ensemble unter der Leitung von Dr. Paul Popiel mit Eric Stomberg am Fagott...

Das Werk beginnt mit einer dramatischen Bläserfanfare, bevor es in ein temperamentvolles Allegro übergeht. Der langsamere Mittelteil hat einen eher jazzigen Charakter mit einem Trompetensolo. Nach meh...

Das Werk beginnt mit einer dramatischen Bläserfanfare, bevor es in ein temperamentvolles Allegro übergeht. Der langsamere Mittelteil hat einen eher jazzigen Charakter mit einem Trompetensolo. Nach meh...

This work for early intermediate bands is a wonderful selection for contest or a concert opening.

Fanfare and Processional by celebrated composer James Barnes is a rousing concert opener for younger bands in the vein of the familiar Pomp and Circumstance by Edward Elgar. With generous cross-cuing...

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...