Bands will look forward to playing the easy Latin-flavored La Playa Cancun. The expanded percussion section provides a repeated rhythmic anchor that supports easy syncopated thematic material in the winds. Colorful harmonies in the accompaniment figures add…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Danny Williams
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
As a very easy introduction to canonic themes, Lone Lake Afternoon utilizes easy, accessible melodies suitable for first-year or developing bands. It also presents the opportunity to reinforce contrasting staccato/legato elements of style.Program NotesAs a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Danny Williams
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Melting Clocks is a quirky romp through Salvador Dalí’s painting 'The Persistence of Memory.' Quotes of the commissioning school’s fight song and alma mater are synthesized with bending melodies, tick-tocking elements, and a unique harmonic language.Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Chad Heiny
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A Moment of stillness; of mourning; of joy; of sadness; of reflection; of celebration; of meditation; of inspiration. Moments surround our lives. Some are long and deep, while others are mere flashes, but one is no more or less potent than the other. This…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Chad Heiny
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The serpent eating its own tail is an engaging image in and of itself , but perhaps more thought-provoking is an ouroboros as metaphor for curiosity. Inquisitiveness can bring about great growth, but in some situations may come back to "bite" you, and it is…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Chad Heiny
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Outpost Andromeda features constant rhythmic motion with a very memorable tonal scheme. A hint of mystery and a huge helping of excitement defines this excellent piece for young band. Features an underlying timpani rhythm that ties the piece together.…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Danny Williams
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This majestically resolute work takes the listener on a musical journey back 250 million years before the supercontinent Pangaea divided itself into the 7 continents we know and love today. Driven by an excitable percussion section, the dark mood of Pangean…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Danny Williams
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Outnumbered almost two to one, King Henry’s English Army defeated a much larger French Army in the Battle at Agincourt in 1415. Victorious, but not without heavy casualties, King Henry’s army returns home to bury its fallen heroes, but also to celebrate a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Danny Williams
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Located at longitudinal opposites of Scotland, Dornóch (in the Northern Highlands) and Turnberry (on the Southwest Coast) both resplendently exemplify the legendary beauty of this Old World country. Both towns are represented musically; the first by a lilting…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Danny Williams
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Smoke Screen is a fanfare for winds and percussion that would fit best opening or closing a concert program. Recurring, contrary-motion woodwind flourishes combined with shimmering percussive textures create a haze in and around aggressive brass lines that…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Chad Heiny
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications