Mittelschwere Noten für Blasorchester

This lovely Chippewa lullaby was first collected on the western shores of the Great Lakes at the beginning of the twentieth century. The original 'Way Way' text was obviously intended to gently lull a...

Crimond or The Lord's My Shepherd is a simple and elegant hymn that is commonly sung in church. This short arrangement opens with a solo brass quartet then builds and develops this beautiful melody in...

Dodge City is an exuberant piece designed to take you back to the time of the old west. As the title implies, this is a work that will bring to mind stagecoaches and sagebrush, cowboys and cactus, she...

Elegiac Motives was commissioned in memory of David McGovern who died tragically at the beginning of his teenage years. The work is based on the tone row D-A-D-C-G-E, which are the note related letter...

The nine Symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven are considered by many to be among the greatest orchestrations of all time and they are often used as models by later, great composers. His Symphony No. 1 w...

Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote many pieces for operettas but none was better received than the music to H.M.S. Pinafore. It had a terrific 700-night run once it opened and its popularity continues today. T...

This is Sullivan at his best! The melodies of the famous Arthur/Sullivan team have become legendary and their musicals are performed all over the world. This is a chorus from Iolanthe in which the all...

This is an exciting work by composer Donald Coakley. The driving rhythms, lots of percussion and powerful melodic material make this an excellent choice for either concert or contest use. The beautifu...

Festive Occasion is a vibrant dynamic work that would be ideal for a competion. This shows everything that a band is capable of doing; clear ariticulations, powerful fortes and sensitive, well balance...

This is the composer's orchestration of his choral work There is Sweet Music Here. The joyous outer movements, Song of the Laughing Green Woods and Piping Down the Valley's Wild, inspired by William B...

In the early morning of August 3rd 1492, Christopher Columbus went aboard the Santa Maria and gave the command to unfurl the sails. When the wind caught the sails, the three caravels were off and they...

Now The Morning Is Begun was commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Michael's College School, a private Catholic high school for boys in Toronto, Canada. This work is constructed aroun...

Bonavist' Harbour is based on a catchy folk tune, popular in Newfoundland. A shorter version, often sung by Newfoundlanders, is known as The Feller From Fortune. Both versions, are rollicking, and goo...

In the mid 19th Century Saskatchewan was a vast, flat, treeless and lawless area. In the 21st century it is a vibrant energetic blend of wheat, oil, potash and gas. Commissioned by The Saskatoon Conce...

William Berczy is considered to be Canada's most important pre-Confederation artist. Mr. Cable has taken three of his paintings and set them to music. The first portrait is of the Woolsey family of Mo...

The Dragon King, China's first emperor, was crowned in 221 BC. He unified the various states throughout the country and led with an iron hand. His ambitions saw no boundaries. Some of the massive proj...

This five-minute work is an ideal concert or contest selection. After a slow opening, a driving rhythmic pulse takes over with the colors of the band being shown off with contrasting scoring. This pie...

Kingsmere Overture is an exciting and rhythmic piece by talented composer Ryan Meeboer. This work is divided into three main sections depicting the development of a career as a music educator: 'The Es...

In the words of the great Duke Ellington, 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing),' and that song title is just one of the tasty morsels in this concert band salute to the world of jazz. T...

Summertime is one of those special, memorable melodies that finds its way into everyone's lives and is so evident of the genius that is Gershwin. Calvin Custer's silken scoring for concert band presen...

Darth Vader lives! Seldom has a series of films had such an impact on the entertainment world. We relive each episode and await what will be next. The marvelously exciting music of John Williams has c...