George can write a masterpiece from the simplest of concepts, and this is no different. Haunting…A Broken Mirror is a must-have for your library.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2022 Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing Series: Rhapsody String Orchestra Series…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
George Sweet
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
George Sweet’s music is always carefully written from a harmonic standpoint. Even though this work is more up-tempo - the harmonic sensibilies we know and love from George are on full display.
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2022 Publisher: Excelcia Music…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
George Sweet
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
A Grainger Threesome is a Grade 3, well-suited for the mature junior high or high school band. The 5-minute arrangement includes Children's March, Lezzie Lindasy, and As Sally Sat A-Weepin'.Program NotesChildren’s March is one of the greatest of Percy…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Grainger tells us that Arrival Platform Humlet conveys the sense of “Awaiting the arrival of belated train bringing one’s sweetheart from foreign parts; great fun! The sort of thing one hums to oneself as an accompaniment to one’s tramping feet as one happily…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
from "The Jungle Book" Cycle
Extracted from Grainger's "Jungle Book Cycle, The Beaches of Lukannon is the tragic centerpiece of the collection, and arguably the strongest piece musically and emotionally. It tells us the tale of the tragic slaughter of seals…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
The Bride’s Tragedy is densely orchestrated, metrically complex (21 meter changes in the first 26 measures) and free in its tonality. The piece is a Grade 6, well-suited for the accomplished collegiate wind band.Program NotesIn a questionnaire completed in…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
The Cage We Make is a not-so-subtle nod to the percussion quartets of John Cage, most notably his Constructions. The work is built around the rhythmic pattern of 2-3-5-7-11 with its various forms being manipulated through retrograde, canon, rotation of the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Wes Stephens
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Children of the Atom is the composer’s homage to the comic book-based summer blockbusters that are currently popular in theaters. Composer George Sweet brings his unique and refreshing harmonic ideas to life in this exciting work for concert band!
Grade…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
George Sweet
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
The Complete Jungle Book Cycle is a challenging collection of 10 works for band, inspired by Rudyard Kipling's collection of the same name, including The Fall of the Stone, Morning Song in the Jungle, Night Song in the Jungle, The Inuit, The Beaches of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Danny Deever started life as a poem from the “Barracks Room Ballads” of Rudyard Kipling, a major cultural hero of Percy Grainger’s. Originally scored the for small male unison chorus, large male choir, and a large orchestra including saxophones and euphonium…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music