Jana Ranson

Concert Performance Series

Symphonic Performance Series

Holzbläser, Blechbläser, Kontrabass, Pauke, Percussion - Dirigierpartitur

Simply stated by its title, this is a celebration of each day's bright morning sunshine and the optimism it brings. Calling for extensive mallet percussion and piano, vocalizations through the players...

A worthy study in contemporary compositional and performance techniques, the six parts of this work are made up of boxes of activity, (the duration of which is solely determined by the conductor) each...

Commissioned by the United States Air Force Band, Lauds (Praise High Day, one of the seven canonical hours) is an exuberant, colorful work that expresses feelings of praise and glorification. An ensem...

Concluding the series of exciting overtures begun in 1953 with his extremely successful Savannah River Holiday, this entry also evokes pleasant images and allusions, this time of night, sunrises, nati...

Over the years, Ron Nelson has proven his compositional virtuosity time and again. With Passacaglia (homage on the tones represented in the name B-A-C-H), his efforts were rewarded by winning the Ostw...

Using as its harmonic basis a constantly repeating 8-bar chord pattern (hence, Chaconne), this single-movement, elegiac, and lovely treatment is a combination of interwoven constantly shimmering wind...