Show off your percussion section with this energetic showpiece that combines jazz, rock and military drumming with playing and vocalization from the other band members who cheer on the soloists. A sec...
Inspired by Farley Mowat's book People of the Deer and the playing of the flutist Marina Piccinini, to whom the piece is dedicated, Michael Colgrass has created a solo piece that vividly exploits the...
Using a wide variety of percussion instruments (including Marimba, Vibraphone, Roto-Toms, prepared piano and various household items), Michael Colgrass has written a sensational showpiece for solo per...
This piece is an excerpt from Flashbacks; a brass quintet commissioned for the Canadian Brass that was premiered in 1979 at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. The composer features quintet members in...
Based on a lullaby that an Apache mother sings to her child, this lyric piece for developing band is a series of variations on this beautiful melody. Different sections of the ensemble are featured in...
Fun and profound, this piece offers early and late Classical styles with a modern touch in a playful atmosphere. Based on a melody written by young Beethoven, the tune is alternately played by a Child...
Commissioned by Gabrielle Israelievitch for her violinist husband JacquesÔÇÖ 50th birthday, Hammer and Bow is Michael ColgrassÔÇÖ musical tribute to Jacques and their son, marimbist Michael Israelievi...
