Randall Standridge Music

Choose Joy! Inspired by a high school student who found happy moments even in the face of cancer, this uplifting work from Randall Standridge combines engaging rhythms, energetic melodies, bombastic p...

About Mechanical Monsters Mechanical Monsters was born out of my love of two things: 1) B-Monster Movies from the 50's and 60's. 2) Teaching Beginning Band When writing for young band, I always try to...

Machen Sie sich bereit zum Tanzen und Feiern mit Ijó Ajoyo - einer lebhaften und energiegeladenen Hommage an die Rhythmen und den Geist Nigerias. Inspiriert vom Afrobeat-Pionier Fela Kuti, verschmelze...

3×3 is a percussion ensemble for young players written as a fast scherzo. The title comes from the fact that it is a work for 3 players with 3 instruments each (clever, no?). Beyond this, it is purely...

Uplifting and bursting with energy, Blue Sky Horizon is a work that is very personal to the composer. Written on a day when he came out of a long depression episode, Randall Standridge communicates th...

This emotional new work from Randall Standridge serves both as an illustration of the Autumn months and a reflection on mortality. The colorful orchestration alternates between hopeful and bittersweet...

Program Notes During my childhood, my mother suffered a complete nervous breakdown and psychotic break with reality. Before this happened, there were many warning signs that she was experiencing menta...

When I was a young boy, our family would make a yearly trip from Eagle Pass, Texas, to Elgin, Illinois on the first day of summer. I remember counting the days until I would be able to see my cousins...

A toboggan is a long narrow sled used to slide downhill over snow or ice. The music tells the tale of an epic race down the biggest hill in the neighborhood. As the day begins, the first few snowflake...

Es gibt Stücke, die man aus Eleganz schreibt. Es gibt Stücke, die man zum Nachdenken schreibt. Und dann... gibt es Stücke wie Groovitude. Dieses hochoktanige Werk wurde aus einer einfachen Frage herau...

Shine on Me von Erin Keeton-Howard ist im warmen, ausdrucksstarken Stil des Südstaaten-Gospels verwurzelt und zelebriert Verbindung, Gemeinschaft und die Freude am gemeinsamen Musizieren. Das Stück be...

JaRod Hall entführt eine vertraute Melodie in den Kosmos mit Blackstar Alpha, einer cleveren und fantasievollen Reihe von Variationen über "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". Diese beliebte Melodie, die...

Mit filmischem Flair und aufrichtiger Herzlichkeit ist Everyday Heroes von Nathan Hervey eine kraftvolle Hommage an die Männer und Frauen, die tagtäglich unseren Gemeinschaften dienen - Militärpersona...

Nehmen Sie Ihr Ensemble mit auf eine unvergessliche Reise mit Quest, einem abenteuerlichen und cineastischen Werk für Klasse 3 von M.J. Roth, das den Bogen einer klassischen Heldenreise spiegelt. Das...

Tauchen Sie ein in die aufgeladene Atmosphäre über den Wolken mit Transient Luminous Events, einem geheimnisvollen und fantasievollen Werk der Note 3,5, das von seltenen Phänomenen der oberen Atmosphä...

The joy the composer experienced while writing this very creative work for the Texas Small School Band Association comes shining through in many guises as the work unfolds. A meditation on the creativ...

An homage to some of his favorite band composers of the past, Randall Standridge wrote River Valley Overture with the intent that is sound like it was from the heyday of the band overture. Rhythmic lo...

A few years back, I created a narrative work for concert band entitled The Darklands Symphony, which told the tale of several characters and places that I have created over the years in my imagination...

Based on two rhythmic motifs, this tightly-knit composition is aggressively exciting from start to finish. Adding to the excitement are the composer's brilliant, driving percussion writing and a creat...