A driving, riff based piece introducing the creepy, mysterious feel of the minor scale. At one moment a rock blues, the next a jazz style blues - truly a Bunyip Blues.Program NotesA driving, riff based piece introducing the creepy, mysterious feel of the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
(Not Available in USA) Chopsticks (original name The Celebrated Chop Waltz) was written in 1887 by Euponia Allen under the pseudonym Arthur de Lulli.
Grade Level: 1 Copyright: 2004 Publisher: Brolga Music Category: Concert Band
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Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Life in the city is not always smooth and peaceful! The associated sound are a mixture of consonance and dissonance. This piece features an interplay of simple, repetitive melodies against clashing sounds of semitone intervals in order to create a 'tension…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Hop! Hop! Hop! Bouncing through the Australian bush to a swingin’ rhythm you can imagine a herd of kangaroos groovin’ out as they stop to for a chew on some grass, look around and bound off again. Out pops a joey looking from the pouch of its mother, its…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Leigh Crombie, Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
No Bears Allowed has been a long coming! The piece started off as an attempt to write a Latin American style dance piece for young band. Many years later, elements of this initial idea can still be heard. The title of the piece is a result of the six note…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Quiet Moments requires the young band to play at many dynamic levels, yet maintain balance, tone and tuning within a modal setting.Program NotesQuiet Moments requires the young band to play at many dynamic levels, yet maintain balance, tone and tuning within…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
The Incredibly Useful Series is an expandable and flexible format allowing performance by as few as four and as many as four thousand players. The first and second parts are doubles at the octave to enable the settings to be utilized as full band or orchestra…
Style:
Flex Band
Composer:
Brian West, Brian Hogg
Publisher:
Brolga Music
The Incredibly Useful Series is an expandable and flexible format allowing performance by as few as four and as many as four thousand players. The first and second parts are doubles at the octave to enable the settings to be utilized as full band or orchestra…
Style:
Flex Band
Composer:
Brian West, Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Shaken will evoke memories of "spy" movies with its mysterious, even sinister beginning and ending.Program NotesShaken will evoke memories of "spy" movies with its mysterious, even sinister beginning and ending. Shakers- if using multiple players, aim for…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Darkness descends, the mood is tense - The Spook is near! It wanders through the darkness enjoying the scary effect it has on those silly Human Beings. Alas, as dawn approaches so does The Spook's arch enemy - light and happiness. It is forced into hiding,…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music