Grand Mesa Music

Far too often in band music previous musical journeys are retraced with only slight variance from what has come before. In Retrospect is on the opposite end of the musical spectrum form such fare. It...

This set of five Renaissance pieces showcases three of history's finest composers: Josquin Desprez, Heinrich Isaac, and Ludwig Senfl. The unique harmonies and rhythms are retained here exactly as the...

Rob Grice has over-achieved in this soaring new work, destined to be a 'must-play' composition around the world! A middle school band director himself, Rob's music brings out the absolute best in youn...

Rising out of a mysterioso opening, this work goes boldly forth into an exciting main theme, propelled by a rhythmic low brass ostinato. Contrasting sections featuring beautiful melodies and counterme...

Intense excitement defines this dynamic new band work, from it's gripping introduction to the timpani driven, power chord ending. A single theme is taken through several contrasting sections, featurin...

Young Michigan composer Schoendorff brings not only tremendous craft but also an extremely original approach to his composition, exemplified here in a brash, whimsical piece that is mixed with a good...

Inspired by the harbor bridge in Duluth Minnesota, the western most tip of Lake Superior, this fine new work is a delightfully realized musical portrait. The structure of the composition is 'bridge-li...

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 arranging team of keyboardists Utterback and Broege have here come up with a stunningly evocative take on the old spiritual. This expressive arrangement is full of instrumental and harmonic surpri...

Coupling traditional ragtime melodies and rhythms with surprising contemporary harmonies, the composer has created a modern rag that is a 'must play' for all advanced ensembles. The excitement level s...

While experiencing a nasty winter storm complete with snow, ice and wind, the composer turned his thoughts to the tropical pleasures of the Caribbean. The music evokes the blue waters, gentle warm bre...

The arranger has taken five movements from the original eight movement late-Romantic Russian orchestral suite and transformed them into a very colorful suite for band. This suite of short movements fe...

The melodic and rhythmic twists and turns of this outstanding traditional march call to mind the antics of a troupe of tumblers and aerialists. In this his first published band work, the Michigan comp...

Capturing the exotic flavor of an ancient middle-eastern city with the use of minor modes and colorful percussion writing, the composer has crafted a unique and ear-catching new work for young band. T...

This work displays the composer at his creative best, mixing his gift of melody, timing, and impeccable sense of proportion with the exuberant Americana style of Aaron Copland. Bobrowitz also here cap...

Regalia is a processional style work that brings the majesty of Old English courtyards to life. It is appropriate as a concert opener or for that special occasion where pomp and ceremony is required.

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...

The composer has created a fabulous new young band work that soars above the mundane to the upper reaches of the atmosphere! An opening fanfare theme in g minor is contrasted with a gorgeous lyrical m...

Many composers of the early 17th century produced both religious and secular works ('sacred and profane'), but none did it better than Orlando Gibbons. For this set of miniature masterpieces, Ken Sing...

Written in memory of the composer's grandfather, this work is based on the old Irish melody 'Slane' (also the hymn tune for 'Be Thou My Vision'). The work is a set of free-flowing variations, many exh...

The power and mystery of civilizations of bygone days is depicted in this extremely exciting new work by Rob Grice. Driven by expert percussion writing, the intensity of this dramatic new work never l...

Conceived as a tone-poem, this highly evocative work represents the story of an army of good clashing with its enemies. After a series of dark musical clashes, featuring solo and duet passages of alto...

This very unique young band composition paints a musical portrait of a day in the Adirondack Mountains coming alive as the sun burns through a misty morning. The composer here uses a pentatonic scale...

The composer here paints an enchanting musical portrait of his granddaughter in her many moods. The innocence of youth is depicted in the opening theme, followed by variations in turn portraying a det...

This is a powerful, creative work that captures the joy and celebratory spirit of the famous and historic city Sevilla in Spain. The work blazes with Latin sounds, and gives all sections a chance to s...