Comets in Winter Sky is a contemporary work that explores unusual harmonic textures and interesting colors, not usually associated with young band music. This is an excellent introduction to modern music for bands of this level. Highlights include interesting…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Dignity, peace, and beauty paint a scenic picture at the dawn of a new day. Explore subtle swells and driving harmonic textures with Morning. Allow peace and tranquility to fill the soundscape through the contour of chamber passages and nuance that is truly…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Leonard Ingrande
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Reenact the suspenseful evening foisted upon a New England town. What creature can dominate the trail with only the gallop of hooves? What headless figure or apparition terrorizes the twilight? True horrors of the night are never obvious, but through the…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Leonard Ingrande
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
As the title implies, trumpet calls are heard throughout the ensemble in this high-energy work for wind band. As always, McCarthy does a wonderful job pitting a beautifully lush melody over driving, syncopated ostinatos. Sound the Call is not your typical…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications