Written for younger bands, this dark and original march keeps technical challenges within the grasp of a second or third year performer. Although not in a completely traditional form, 7 Hills March has enough repetition to make it accessible to young…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ed Kiefer
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on the gorgeous 17th century chorale, "Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming," Always Blooming is contrastingly fast and energetic and features every section of the band, especially the percusisonists! Using themes from the chorale, Kiefer weaves in and out of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ed Kiefer
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Bill Buchanan is one of the preeminent music teachers in Queensland; a nurturer and a developer of talent. When he left full time work to pursue other projects his students, past and present, put together a concert to celebrate his teaching career. My…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
The work has a notation to be played "with dignity and strength" and it is that annotation which encapsulates the effect the composer and commissioner intended to have on both performer and listener.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1993 Publisher: Brolga Music…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
A complete suite of music for use at ANZAC and Veterans' Day Services written to accommodate the ability levels of students in their first two years of playing. Includes a Teachers' Resource Guide and Order of Service.
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2000…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Evoking images of belly dancers wielding swirling balls of fire on strings, Arabian Fire Dance weaves together a tapestry of celebration, danger & dance. Using repeated syncopated ostinatos and doublings in all the right places, Kiefer introduces students…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ed Kiefer
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Arachnophobia taunts and teases the listener, musically depicting spiders of all shapes and sizes running, scattering and scurrying over chairs, across the floor and up the walls. Listen for the screams and cries of fear; feel your heart pound and the panic…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Two of Australia's most famous songs arranged for young band.
Grade Level: 2.5 Copyright: 1989 Publisher: Brolga Music Category: Concert Band
Listen to Recordings
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Sample PDFs
Australia's National Songs - Sample Score.pdf…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
The composer has atempted to convey the feeling of both joy and sadness by contrasting the light, almost frivolous tune of Queensland Drover with the melancholy of Moreton Bay.Program NotesAn Australian Rhapsody is a symphonic work constructed from melodic…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
An old Jewish poem - they were called psalms - talks of being led, “beside still waters”. The implication is that in troubling times there is a place to find peace and to deal with the stresses and strains that come upon us. That same poem talks about…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music