Will Ashurst

Written for the Arkansas Valley Honor band in Southeast Colorado, this musical celebration honors both the Hispanic and Native American heritage of the area in a one-of-a-kind musical portrait.

The frenzied days of California's old Rush are captured in this creative musical portrait. Opening with the flowing sounds of the American River, the idyllic scene is punctuated by the moment of disco...

The composer has created the quintessential western band composition here. Commissioned by the Malta, Montana high school band, the work was written to commemorate the Homestead Act of 1862 and the br...

An Appalachian folk tune gone wild! Using an obscure folk melody from the Southeast (Run Boys Run), the composer has created a riotously entertaining sound environment that intertwines his original th...

The title of this majestic work is twofold in meaning: it refers to the soaring peaks of Colorado's Continental Divide, as well as the division of the beat. The piece begins in slow 6/8 with an undivi...

Commissioned by the Summit County (CO) Middle School Band, this lofty work musically describes a gradual ascent to a high peak. Along the way, a false summit briefly plunges this ecstatic work into a...

This eclectic mix of Rock and Roll and Mariachi is spiced with Latin percussion, and is the perfect composition to lighten up any concert.

In this musical salute to the 95th year, the composer creates an extremely engaging sound environment that includes melodic material for all instruments. Easy imitative background parts and a very mel...

Exciting march that features a lush trio and a final strain that mixes both earlier tunes in a rousing concluding section.

For Two Flutes

For Trumpets

For Two Violins

For String Quartet. Score and parts.

For String Quartet