Noten von Komponistinnen für Blasorchester: Klanggewaltige Werke

Leland Forsblad. This thrilling contemporary work by an internationally acclaimed composer is by turns dramatic, playful, contemplative, and uplifting. A tour de force!

Anne McGinty. Two recurring motifs, which are developed both separately and together, give rise to one meaning of the title - the concurrence of events in time. Commissioned by the Indiana Band-master...

Arr. Anne McGinty. The Air from J.S. Bach's Third Suite in D, familiar to many as Air on the G String, has been transposed to Bb Major and masterfully scored for concert band (winds only with optional...

John Edmondson. This powerful and expressive work is Edmondson at his best - an appealing melodic composition which sounds more difficult than it actually is. Great contest/festival fare!

Douglas Akey. This colorful and spirited contemporary work, with bold dissonances and creative use of percussion, reflects the compositional skills of this talented composer and music educator.

Richard Meyer. The original Ayres were inspired by the famous victory in the 15th century of the English over the French at Agincourt, France, and are intended to sound like old English songs that mig...

Douglas Akey. Much like its majestic mountain namesake (pronounced NOR-kway) that overlooks Banff, Alberta, in the Canadian Rockies, this work is impressively powerful and filled with beautiful subtle...

Anne McGinty. Based on three motifs - a melodic triplet figure from the hymn 'Ebenezer,' a rhythmic punctuation and the interval of the tritone - this piece musically represents the ongoing choice we...

Anne McGinty. Based on three motifs - a melodic triplet figure from the hymn 'Ebenezer,' a rhythmic punctuation and the interval of the tritone - this piece musically represents the ongoing choice we...

Douglas Akey. Bold and dramatic, with flurries of winds, this innovative composer presents a celebratory piece with contemporary colors and textures, great percussion scoring, with a beautiful lyrical...

Arr. Charles Carter. Amazing Grace introduces a medley of The Yellow Rose Of Texas, Shenandoah, Aura Lee, Erie Canal and a great dixieland treatment of When The Saints Go Marching In. Delightful!

Anne McGinty. A rollicking composition based on two melodies of the sea - the folk song, Henry Martin, artistically interwoven with the U.S. Navy Hymn, Eternal Father, Strong To Save. This stirring wo...

Anne McGinty. A rollicking composition based on two melodies of the sea - the folk song, Henry Martin, artistically interwoven with the U.S. Navy Hymn, Eternal Father, Strong To Save. This stirring wo...

The Hungarian folk music of Bela Bartok has never been more deftly handled than in this rhapsodic portrait of some of his most familiar pieces from 'For Children.' From dramatic to light-hearted to mo...

The Hungarian folk music of Bela Bartok has never been more deftly handled than in this rhapsodic portrait of some of his most familiar pieces from 'For Children.' From dramatic to light-hearted to mo...

Written as a tribute to Warren Barker, who arranged Themes Like Old Times I, II and III, this fresh, sparkling chart includes Chicago, Carolina In The Morning, Margie, April Showers and Runnin' Wild....

Gabrieli, one of the first composers to specify both the instrumentation and the volume markings in his music, is well known for his antiphonal music. McGinty has scored this well known piece for cont...