A Grainger Threesome
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
Beaches of Lukannon, The
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
By The Time You Hear This (Alto Sax Feature)
Available for tenor sax, alto sax, or trumpet. This soulful yet bittersweet ballad captures the complex emotions of loss and departure, yet, it also offers a positive and reaffirming chorus to balance everything out. There is plenty of room for the soloist…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: John Mills
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More
By The Time You Hear This (Tenor Sax Feature)
Available for tenor sax, alto sax, or trumpet. This soulful yet bittersweet ballad captures the complex emotions of loss and departure, yet, it also offers a positive and reaffirming chorus to balance everything out. There is plenty of room for the soloist…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: John Mills
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More
By The Time You Hear This (Trumpet Feature)
Available for tenor sax, alto sax, or trumpet. This soulful yet bittersweet ballad captures the complex emotions of loss and departure, yet, it also offers a positive and reaffirming chorus to balance everything out. There is plenty of room for the soloist…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: John Mills
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More
Inuit, The
from The Jungle Book Cycle Extracted from Grainger's "Jungle Book Cycle, The Inuit tells the brief tale of Eskimos in frozen wastes with music that is equal parts haunting and forceful.Program Notes"My Kipling 'Jungle Book' Cycle, begun in 1898 and finished…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher: Aux Arcs Music
My Dark-Haired Maid
My Dark-Haired Maid was harmonized by Percy Grainger in about 1899, 3 years ahead of his beautiful harmonization of Irish Tune from County Derry. My Dark-Haired Maid (or "Mo Nighean Dubh in Gaelic") is Grainger working his harmonic magic, “dished up” for band…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher: Aux Arcs Music
Selections from Songs of the North
This wonderful Grainger collection for band features three pieces from a larger collection of 12 - "Willie's Gane to Melville Castle," "This is No' My Plaid," and "O Gin I Were Where Gadie Rins."Program NotesIn June of 1900, Percy Grainger (1882-1961) and his…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher: Aux Arcs Music
There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig
This delightfully rollicking Grainger tune has been masterfully set for wind band by Gary Gackstatter, freely tossing the melodies around the ensemble and remaining true to Grainger's quirky & descriptive style markings.Program NotesPercy Grainger's great…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Gary Gackstatter, Grainger
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Windsor Processional
Composed while Fernandez was studying in London, England, Windsor Processional was written on the occasion of his brother's wedding. This lovely piece features memorable melodies and counterlines that are passed around the ensemble giving equal opportunities…
Style: Concert Band
Composer: Charles Fernandez
Publisher: C. Alan Publications