Instrumentalwerke für Blasorchester

Windependence - Master Level (Grade 4) Originally intended as a homage to Percy Grainger, The Jig is Up combines an Irish folk theme with interjections from other ethnic elements. Flowing invitingly f...

Ein populäres irisches Volkslied in einer Bearbeitung für Blasorchester und optionalem Gesang oder Chor. Der Satz spiegelt die bescheidene und gleichzeitig erhabene Einfachheit und die tiefe Zuversich...

Windependence - Master Level (Grade 4) The sound world of Homages is anchored in the rich harmonic palette of the 20th century and features a luminous orchestral transparency. Homages is the composer'...

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5) Conceived as a concerto for wind ensemble, Scenes Revisited features the virtuostic and technical stamina of every section of the group. The composer describes t...

Colonel Bogey was composed in 1913 at Fort George and published just in time to be around when the world unfortunately found itself in a very big war. Duration: 3 1/2 minutes.

Duration: ca. 2 1/2 minutes

Contains set of parts, full score and condensed score.

From Copland's program notes: An emblem stands for something - it is a symbol. I called the work Emblems because it seemed to me to suggest musical states of being: noble or aspirational feelings, pla...

Duration: ca. 6 minutes.

Includes set of parts, full score and condensed score.

Includes the following folk songs: Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon ' Scotland the Brave ' Auld Lang Syne ' The Skye Boat Song ' An Eriskay Love Lilt ' The Cockle Gatherer ' The Blue Bells of Scotlan...

As the title implies, the work expresses the deep religious emotions of the promises made by God to mankind. Two thematic elements are employed: the first, a dramatic proclamation, is introduced by ho...

Reflections on Paris is the result of the composer's visit to the city in the summer of 1972. During one day of his stay in the city, he had the occasion to visit the Louvre, after which he strolled t...

Symphonic Bands

Celebration Overture, based on 10,000 Men of Harvard, was Gordon Jacob's last completed work. Duration: ca. 8 minutes.

Amberwood Overture is in ABA form. There are no key changes and the rhythms throughout are simple, thus allowing extra rehearsal time for tone development as well as attacks and releases. The attacks...

This medley features three well-known American folk songs: Billy Boy, This Old Man and Skip to My Lou. The beat remains constant throughout the piece. (2:30)