This breezy work features a festive opening with plenty of quick melody lines to go around. A slower lyrical section gives the woodwinds a chance to shine with soaring themes before the main theme returns and pushes the tempo all the way to the grand finale.…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Xylophone Feature
Capture all the fun of the Roarin' 20s with Charleston Capers - a showpiece for solo xylophone and band! James Moyer has done a masterful job of scoring the original piano part for a full concert band without covering up the soloist.Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
James Moyer, G.H. Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
With hints of the medieval, Childgrove has everything a developing band could want. Several solo and tutti sections allow for players to explore their musicianship while melodies and countermelodies flow throughout the band.Program NotesCommissioned by The…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Frederick Speck
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Trumpet Feature
Chronicles in many ways could be considered a concerto, if not in a strict sense of form, at least in expansiveness. The Prologue begins with a trumpet fanfare then becomes a mixture of pointillism versus lyricism. Lamentation consists of a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Dancing in a circle is an ancient tradition common to many cultures for marking special occasions, rituals, strengthening community, and encouraging togetherness. Circle Dance employs the idea of fifths and their musical relationships in combination with…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
World-renowned composer Joseph Turrin has shown mastery of the wind band medium at the most difficult levels, but here he shows that he is equally comfortable writing for middle school bands as well. This delightful march-like processional is full of tuneful…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Dance Toccata combines continuous rhythmic motion, varied textures and colors, and motives imbued with strong dance-like features in a work that is energetic and bold. Though the underlying current of pulsation is hardly ever interrupted, there are also…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Frederick Speck
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written for soloists Philip Smith (trumpet) and Joseph Alessi (trombone) of the New York Philharmonic, this six-minute work explores the rhythmic, melodic and syncopated elements of the Spanish fandango dance form (a lively dance in triple time for two…
Style:
Brass Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Trumpet…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications