Jared Spears

With an explosion of colors constantly changing throughout, this piece is driven by exciting rhythms and a variety of accents and changing dynamics. Written for grade 3 groups, it explores the many co...

This work opens with the native musical colors and excitement of an African celebration. A recreation of a war dance follows, which will drive the music to a smashing conclusion. Though the score call...

Powerful, exciting, emtionally charged and moving are just a few words that best describe this work in which, in the composer's own words is my best and most satisfying. Alleluias musically portrays t...

A two-movement suite musically describing one of the most beautiful rivers in America. The slow first movement depicts the scenic wonders along the banks as one floats down the river. The fast second...

Here's an exciting work by one of the premier composers of percussion music. Using a battery of instruments found in practically every band room, Spears fashions a work including driving rhythms and u...

Here's an exciting work by one of the premier composers of percussion music. Using a battery of instruments found in practically every band room, Spears fashions a work including driving rhythms and u...

Imagine that your percussion section just realized that they need to practice their music for a contest performance that's closing in fast -- that's the scenario portrayed in this energetic original!...