Highland Full Orchestra

Exciting, lyrical and highly dramatic, this bold new showcase for the mature school orchestra has it all. Richard Meyer has fashioned an overture that explores the various sounds of American music (in...

Soliloquy (for Orchestra) is an original and dynamic work that features exciting dialogues between sections of the orchestra and uses thematic transformation to develop the work. This colorful tribute...

Recurring themes within contrasting sections, ranging from the majestic to a spirited dance, will delight audiences and players alike. Mixed meters, asymmetrical meters and the playful development of...

Winner of the 2007 Merle J. Isaac Senior Composition Contest, this piece is at various times serene, romantic, energetic, and playful. The gorgeous original composition opens with a descending-third m...

This exciting and fanciful symphonic movement depicts the eager enthusiasm and hopeful optimism felt by Ponce De Leon and his crew in the early days of that famous quest through Florida's uncharted we...

From observation to experimentation - from kites to gliders - and from the Wright Flier to walking on the Moon, humans appear committed to leaving the ground! This work celebrates flight through sweep...

Before writing the piece, Mr. Meyer asked members of the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra to compose original themes of their own. Four of these themes were chosen, and then woven together by the com...

Depicting stunning points of interest, the history, and the geology from southern Orange County, California, this piece takes the listener on a musical tour of three of the composer's favorite places....

'Aethelinda' is Welsh for dragon. This programmatic piece invokes the energy and power of a great winged beast as it awakens from its slumber to wreak havoc on the countryside. Opening with a low stri...

This fantastic concert march was written in 1907 and is regarded by many as one of Fucik's finest works. The triumphant ending makes it a great finale to any concert, leaving your audience with a smil...

This original composition first fell upon the ears of excited, rambunctious, elementary-aged children as part of an educational concert series geared toward teaching the sections of the orchestra. The...

Unlike the Ormandy arrangement of this chorale prelude, the fantasy section begins after the full statement of the chorale. Scoring allows for strings-alone performance in the highly accessible key of...

Truly a celebration in itself, Richard Meyer's NSOA Competition Winner (1989) is a winner. Contrasting style sections (Allegro con brio, Cantabile, etc.) and lively syncopated rhythms accent the festi...

All of the power and rhythmic energy that you've come to associate with Elliot Del Borgo's work is evident in this new composition for full orchestra. Scored to be playable by strings alone or with th...

Exciting, lyrical and highly dramatic, this bold new showcase for the mature school orchestra has it all. Richard Meyer has fashioned an overture that explores the various sounds of American music (in...

In today's multicultural society, it is getting more difficult to plan a holiday concert. This arrangement successfully combines a Christmas song, a Chanukah song and a New Year's song for your orches...

Recurring themes within contrasting sections, ranging from the majestic to a spirited dance, will delight audiences and players alike. Mixed meters, asymmetrical meters and the playful development of...

This exciting and fanciful symphonic movement depicts the eager enthusiasm and hopeful optimism felt by Ponce De Leon and his crew in the early days of that famous quest through Florida's uncharted we...

From observation to experimentation - from kites to gliders - and from the Wright Flier to walking on the Moon, humans appear committed to leaving the ground! This work celebrates flight through sweep...

Before writing the piece, Mr. Meyer asked members of the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra to compose original themes of their own. Four of these themes were chosen, and then woven together by the com...