James Barnes: Mittelschwere Noten

This breautiful, lyrical piece was commissioned by the North Hills High School Band, Pittsburgh, PA, Warren Mercer, Conductor.

Commissioned by the Lakeview Centennial High School Band in Garland, Texas, George Jones, Conductor, to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Great State of Texas (1836 - 1986). With a shouted 'Yee H...

A delightful tone poem composed as an oboe solo with wind orchestra accompaniment and dedicated to Susan Hicks Brashier. Later versions for solo clarinet and flute, and orchestra accompaniments follow...

Mostly in 4/4 time signature with all of the standard duple subdivisions one would expect, one section in the band will play in 12/8 against that, starting in the clarinets, then moving to the horns b...

Credo is an ideal piece for young bands, particularly those with a large percussion section. It is very carefully scored and cross-cued, so that almost any size band can perform it. Composed in sonati...

Prairie Winds Festival is a fast, happy-go-lucky 'opener. ' It is very carefully scored and cross-cued, so that almost any size band can perform it. The Piccolo, 2nd Oboe, 2nd Bassoon, Contra-Alto Cla...

The work opens with a dramatic brass fanfare before moving to a spirited allegro. The slower middle portion is rather 'jazzy' in character with a trumpet solo. After several statements of this lush so...

This dramatic work for young players is intended to portray a noble, mystical pursuit of some great conquest or accomplishment. Full of driving percussion, resolving tone clusters, dramatic brass writ...

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

Strike Up the Band ist ein Broadway-Musical aus dem Jahr 1927 von George und Ira Gershwin, das auf einem Buch von George S. Kaufman basiert. Überraschenderweise erwies sich die Show als früher Misserf...