This intriguing work for intermediate level bands offers textural and stylistic interest. Transparent layers of sound open the work with an appropriately airy feel, which then gives way to a light dance section. This work has a unique sensibility that you're…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Yo Goto
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The timpani sounds the thunder at the beginning of this precipitous work. The raindrops can almost be felt as the ensemble passes the staccato themes around the stage while other instruments are dancing in between the drops. Dancing in Rain is a dramatic…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Yo Goto
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Journey of Exploration features appealing melodies with exciting rhythmic accompaniments that are presented in a fresh sounding work of style and substance.Program NotesJourney of Exploration was commissioned by the Boyd High School Concert Band, Kirsten…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Yo Goto
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A Concerto for Drums and Wind Ensemble
Drawing on melodic material from Yankee Doodle and the Funeral March of the U.S. Army, Yo Goto has crafted a brilliant showpiece for snare drum soloist and symphonic band, which rooted in the tradition of rudimental…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Yo Goto
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by the Salem Witch Trials, Symphony for Salem recreates many of the emotional themes that were prominent at the trials. The devil's dance and the love theme of the Proctors are two of the moods depicted in this fantastic symphony for band.Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
D. Mark McCoy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Water colour country. Here the hills
rot like rungs beneath enormous skies
and all day long the shadows of the clouds
stain the paddocks with their running dyes.
In the small valleys and along the coast,
the land untamed between the scattered farms,…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Don Kay, Simon Reade
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Depicting two Tasmanian scenes - Bruny Island where shearwaters and penguins gather in great numbers; and People's Park in Strahan the site of many a family picnic and brass band performance, Two Places provides two musically challenging movements for the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Simon Reade
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Two Places was composed to mark the bicentennial of the European settlement at Risdon Cove and Hobart Town in 2004. Representing two contrasting Tasmanian locations, this work reflects the character of Two Places: The Truganini Memorial on Bruny Island and…
Style:
Brass Band
Composer:
Simon Reade
Publisher:
Brolga Music