The melodic 5-note title phrase of the classic hymn Blessed Assurance provides the starting point for Robert Thurston’s exuberantly creative riff on a beloved American religious tune. Thurston imbues the rhythms, harmonies, and textures of Assurance with a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Robert Thurston
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Robert Thurston uses the U.S. Navy Hymn, Eternal Father, Strong to Save, as a starting point for his expansive Atlantic Rhapsody, using the tune’s melodic motifs to create moods ranging from reflective and prayerful to buoyant and adventurous. With his usual…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Robert Thurston
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Beautiful River was written in memory of a high school percussion student who was killed in an automobile accident. Despite the tragic nature of the accident, the piece does not attempt to serve as an elegy, but rather a celebration or reaffirmation of life.…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This fun and entertaining piece brings the carefree spirit of the Caribbean to your band. With Latin percussion and Zydeco-inspired rhythms accompanying the easy melody the music keeps everyone busy.Program NotesThis fun and entertaining piece brings the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
CarTunes is an entertaining three-movement romp for band. Each movement (Connie Convertible, Jerry Jalopy, and Randy Racer) features a different car’s personality with a different musical style. Your band and your audience will delight in the fun!Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by Tennessee Technological University for their centennial celebration, Centennial Fanfare works as a great short concert opener or prelude to a processional.Program NotesCentennial Fanfare is a short concert opener or prelude to a processional.…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
With similar expressive power to Tschesnokoff ’s Salvation is Created, this setting of his beautiful Cherubic Hymn will inspire your band and thrill your audience. The careful scoring highlights multiple color combinations throughout the ensemble and is a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A clarinet section feature in march form, this composition lets the whole section show off. Scale patterns and some easy trills characterize the melodic writing, and the trio melody has fun with the register key. The clarinet part is mostly unison, with…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Country Dances is an appealing 3-movement original. Movement 1 is titled Tempest and has a Celtic dance-like character. Movement 2, Far From Home, is quiet with a sad feeling of longing for home while the third movement, Devil's Dream, lifts the spirits with…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Percussion Trio Feature
Depicting an Aztec myth, the music at the opening of Cuico is fairly abstract and fragmented, with a mixture of tonal and atonal ideas exchanged between soloists and ensemble. Next is a furious dance, featuring each individual…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications