Paul Saunders

Tone, intonation, phrasing, and legato style are the foundational aspects of band musicianship. Coraggio by Quincy Hilliard is a lovely ballad that allows your students to concentrate on these skills...

Commissioned by Sylvia Goldstein in memory and honor of Clare Grundman.

This powerful piece is based on the final decade of the nineteenth century and the plight of the Lakota (Sioux) Nation. Movements: Incantation ' Dance of the Ghosts ' The Massacre. (16:30)

Collage of tunes from the Ballet-Suite of Copland. Included: The Open Prairie ' Street in a Frontier Town ' Cowboys with Lassos ' Mexican Dance and Finale ' Gun Battle ' Celebration (after Billy's Cap...

With a melody developed through the use of meter and tone color combinations and changes, students will learn blend and balance while also experiencing an essential part of band performance, the lyric...

This dramatic contest or festival piece will require your ensemble to perform emotionally in a variety of expressive styles. Using multiple meters, cadenzas, changing tempos and expressive musical sha...

This dramatic contest or festival piece will require your ensemble to perform emotionally in a variety of expressive styles. Using multiple meters, cadenzas, changing tempos and expressive musical sha...

AFRICAN FESTIVAL is a colorful work with a singable melody and idiomatic percussion writing that brings to life the African folk song, 'siyahamba,' on which the piece is based. Performing this work pr...

RV 475 / Fanna VIII, Nr. 21 / PV 56

'Carol of the Bells' ist im englischsprachigen Raum ein Weihnachtshit. Unter dem Titel 'Schtschedryk' wurde es 1916 von Mykola Leontowytsch komponiert, 1936 erhielt es von Peter J. Wilhousky den engli...

A jazzy, swing version of the popular holiday classic, Jingle Bells, by clarinetist and arranger David Zechariah Kwek. Instrumentation: 3 B-Flat Clarinets, Bass Clarinet

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen receives an audacious overhaul in this enjoyable, new treatment. Some surprising syncopations and delightful detours open up into glorious sounds and vivacious fun. A grea...

Ever want to poke fun at the madrigal style - especially at Christmas time? This is an excellent teaser for the chamber choir that sings all over town at Christmas. All the parts stake their claim and...

Melodie und Text : trad. aus Irland

Wer die vorweihnachtlichen Konzerte nicht nur mit traditionellem und geistlichem Liedgut bestreiten will, ist mit dieser humorvollen Komposition von Patrick Prestel gut bedient. Im Doo-wop-Stil der 60...

Melodie und Text : trad. aus Irland

Wamakaskan für Bassflöte von William Linthicum-Blackhorse. Wamakaskan besteht aus 4 Melodien in Form von Gebeten, die den einzelnen Himmelsrichtungen entsprechen. Nach jedem Gebet hört der Spieler 4 S...