Blasorchester-Noten von Randall Standridge Music

Tadpoles is a prologue to the composer's work Frogs. In this piece, the audience hears the young creatures beginning to leap, growing more confident with each jump, until they reach a joyous hoping co...

On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, and the patrons fought back. To understand the magnitude of this event, one must understand the social conditions that the LGBTQ+ community had been...

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...

It was my intention to write a pasodoble that can be played by younger groups, but at the same time maintain the essence of a more challenging pieces. I have been exposed to pasodobles most of my life...

I have always been fascinated by outer space-The stars, solar systems, and galaxies. Many of my music is influenced by space, and this piece is no different. Picture a comet streaking through the nigh...

HAVOC manifests all around us in many ways - physically, mentally, and socially. 'Havoc' serves to musically describe absolute chaos and riotousness, while still holding on to the hope for peace and t...

This work is full of energy from beginning to end with a driving tempo and rhythmic ideas. Imagine yourself running through a forest under a moonlit sky, chasing shooting stars as they travel through...

Program Notes The story of 'MacFarlane's Lantern' dates back centuries to the Clan MacFarlane of the Scottish Highlands. Descended from the medieval Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied a portion...

Wanderlust was written early in the pandemic when no real-time music making and no traveling were allowed. I had been feeling totally lost and my soul had been restless; those are the two things that...

Program Notes Imagine, if you will, the perfect Spring day. The air is cool but the sun is warm on your skin. The sound of newly awakened fauna chatter about the lush, verdant landscape. The blue sky...

Looking for a non-traditional march? Look no further than March Phantasma! This new march from composer Randall Standridge creates a decidedly creepy vibe while staying true to the traditional march f...

I have been a full time composer so long that sometimes, I think, people forget that I started my career as an educator. I was a band director for twelve years in Harrisburg, AR, and when I say I was...

Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is brought to life in this engaging attacca suite by composer Randall Standridge. A narrator guides the audience through the story of Ebenezer Scrooge as he encount...

This somewhat dark and edgy concert march is written in a minor mode. The militaristic first half of the march is in stark contrast to the lyrical trio. Besides being an expertly-written easy concert...

Using the Latin word for silver as its title, this stirring band work was commissioned to honor the career of Ron McHone (the composer's high school band director) and the 25th Anniversary of his tenu...

Morpheus is the god of sleep and/ or dreams. This work is intended to paint a dreamscape of sound where colors and textures shift and bleed into one another. The meandering ostinatos and chordal shift...

DarkHeart is the fifth and final movement of The Darklands Symphony, following the wildly successful first movement Darklands March. This symphony finale wraps the work up in a very gripping way, musi...

This very catchy work for young band captures the feel of a Renaissance Dance or a medieval festival. Effective use of dance rhythms give the piece a driving, urgent quality, and the excitement meter...

Imagine a host of angels singing praises and flying and diving around a divine light shining bright in the sky. Such an image comes to mind when listening to this exuberant concert band work. The joyo...

This is an irrepressibly cheerful holiday opener that incorporates the familiar carol 'Joy to the World' and portions of Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy'. The sense of celebration and happiness that both of t...