Awake is a groove-oriented piece about coming alive, existing, and finding oneself. It explores texture and meter amongst a mostly consistent pulse and simple recognizable melody that pervades the work.
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2022 Number of Players: 5…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Austin Franklin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
From the orchestral suite Noure et Anitra by Alexandrovich Ilyinsky, this new setting for orchestra of the Berceuse is perfect for all concert programs. Passionate and espressive, this setting will stretch the musicianship of your ensembles.
Grade Level: 2.5…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Alexander Ilyinsky, Michael J. Miller
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Passionate and expressive, Michael J. Miller’s arrangement for band of the Berceuse, from the orchestral suite Noure et Anitra by Alexandrovich Ilyinsky, will stretch the musicianship of your ensembles in wonderful ways.
This free download includes two click…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Alexander Ilyinsky, Michael J. Miller
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Engaging your students is very important, and what better way to do that than to explore the Blues style. Composer Michael J. Miller has given young bands an effectively written bluesy piece that students will want to play again and again. If you’re…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Michael J. Miller
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
This composition evokes the dark, sinister feeling that surrounds Mt. Diablo located in San Francisco. To achieve this feeling, the composition is written in A minor. The piece begins with the thunderous sounds of agitato drumming, followed by the rhythmic…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Kandis Taylor
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
for Percussion Quartet
ImPULSE is a rhythmically driving percussion quartet based around a quarter note pulse. This pulse grows in intensity until the very end of the piece where it creates the final climax.Program NotesImPULSE for percussion quartet was…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Austin Franklin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
History says Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped by boat to Scotland’s Skye island after the defeat of the Jacobite uprising at the infamous battle of Culloden. Composer Michael J. Miller’s Isle of Skye, a setting of The Skye Boat Song, recalls the strength and…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Michael J. Miller
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
(Don't Tell Me!)
A Cha-Cha, groove-oriented piece featuring a "musical argument" between vibraphone and marimba which leads to a heated battle at the end of the tune. Sure to please the crowd!Program NotesThis composition is a ChaCha-like, groove-oriented…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Kandis Taylor
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
8 Festive Holiday Arrangements for 2 or 4-Mallet Marimba…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Kandis Taylor
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Both of these two lovely marimba solos express a sense of nostalgia. The Prelude is a chorale that leaves nearly every aspect of musical interpretation up to the performer. Reverie is a beautiful, lyrical piece filled with grace.Program NotesThe works Prelude…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Austin Franklin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications