Festive and fun, composer David Hind’s Festive Carousel is a wonderful addition to any concert program. Work on articulations and delicate entrances with this energetic new work for string orchestra.
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2020 Publisher: Excelcia Music…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
David L. Hinds
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
A Jingle Fantasy, arranged by David Hinds uses the modernized version of Jingle Bells as the basis for this work. Intended for use for Christmas or Winter concerts.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2021 Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing Series: Intermezzo String…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
David L. Hinds
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
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
Originally a song in four parts for acapella vocal ensemble, A Country Mile is written in the style of an old-world jazz ballad. Its lyrics conjure a mood of peace, contentment and homecoming.
Grade Level: 3.5 Copyright: 2019 Publisher: Brolga Music Series:…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Naomi Crellin, Edward Fairlie
Publisher:
Brolga Music
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
Sprightly and full of life from the start, Fanfara dazzles the ears with quick syncopations being passed around the ensemble at a dizzying rate. These short, syncopated figures occasionally fade to the background, allowing for longer, more lyrical lines to…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Frederick Speck
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Fantasia on a Russian Hymn is based on the popular choral work 'Salvation is Created.' The simple, strong, arching melody from this Ukranian chant creates the backdrop for this contemporary setting which employs the broad color palette of the woodwinds and…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Frederick Speck
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Fantasia on a Southern Hymn Tune is based on 'My Shepherd Will Supply My Need' from Southern Harmony. In this setting, the music weaves a gentle, rocking melodic figure that builds in strength before receding once again to gentle calmness. Though a concise…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Frederick Speck
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on a simple English ballad, Frederick Speck spins out The House Carpenter in his dynamic, perpetual, minimalistic fashion, keeping the listener's interested with ever-changing textures.Program NotesNear the end of the nineteenth century, Francis James…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Frederick Speck
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Kizuna is a Japanese word which describes a connection between people that results in the creation of a strong bond. The work unfolds through solo passages that allow individual personalities to emerge, while developing a strong sense of physicality via…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Frederick Speck
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications