Full of dynamic and style contrasts, percussion, and excitement, Processional is a great opener or closer for young band appropriate for any concert or festival! Add to that a short fugal passage and you get a piece that you, your band, and your audience will…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Gary Gackstatter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A follow-up to Gackstatter’s wildly successful “The Black Sea,” The Red Sea is equally mesmerizing and energetic, with its driving syncopation, soaring melodies and percussive effects on the instruments. Try it. You won’t be disappointed!
Grade Level: 3…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Gary Gackstatter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Music for an Imaginary Cartoon
Silly Circus Suite conjures up images of an animated cartoon of a rather low-budget circus, complete with tumblers who are in sore need of more practice, a ballerina who could use a diet, as well as their imaginary audience. A…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Gary Gackstatter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
from 'Grouse Creek Symphony'
The Sky one part of a larger work based on landscape art of the vast central plains. The prairie sky is wondrous in its expanse and scope, always changing and inspiring. This work is an expression of the many moods and majesty one…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Gary Gackstatter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
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
In his setting of the childhood favorite, Gackstatter created an arrangement playable by a variety of string orchestras by offering easy, medium, and advanced parts for each instrument. This would be perfect for combining younger students with older ones so…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Gary Gackstatter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
from 'Grouse Creek Symphony'
Extracted from Gackstatter's larger work, "Grouse Creek Symphony," The Water opens with a lush chorale in the woodwinds. A peaceful, rolling 6/8 follows conjuring up images of a running stream.Program NotesI have written many…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Gary Gackstatter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications