The majesty of the sun and stars can be heard in the soaring brass melodies while the fast paced rhythms in the winds and percussion give this piece the excitement students will love.Program NotesThe solemn peaks but to the stars are known But to the stars…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Reber Clark
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Reber Clark's Band Trip attempts to encompass the many events a student might encounter on a typical school band trip - the excitement of performance, the travel, the new experiences, some drama and a lot of craziness.Program NotesBand Trip was commissioned…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Reber Clark
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on a Lutheran hymn, Beneath Night's Shadow opens solemnly with solo passages for horn, flute, oboe and clarinet, builds to a glorious climax, then moves into several transformations of the theme. Clark perfectly captures the essence of the text in this…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Reber Clark
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
As a composer of primarily concert band music, Reber Clark has a keen sense of form and balance. He successfully transferred those talents to the percussion ensemble setting with this piece in a solid 9/8 groove.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2002 Number of…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Reber Clark
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Bringing all the excitement of the hunt to life, Caccia is full of energy and flair featuring several tuneful solos feature the saxophone, flute, trumpet and oboe. Complex rhythms and mixed meters make this piece a fantastic challenge for the advancing…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Reber Clark
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This collection of three solos for marimba explores three distinctive moods and characters. They may be performed as a set or as individual solos.Program NotesPrelude: Aggressively Happy was written to serve as a “high octane,” aggressive opener to concerts.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Robert Clayson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on the theme 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel,' The Circle begins with a bombastic percussion fanfare leading to an opening of varying meters and tempi. A tender flute and oboe feature brings out the musical theme only to build to the dramatic conclusion. A…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Reber Clark
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Cloudburst is a percussion ensemble with flexible instrumentation that is playable with as few as 4 players or as many as 12. It portrays images of soaring over skylines with dazzling sunlight and flurries of clouds spread out across the bright blue sky.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Robert Clayson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Robert Clayson's new piece Dance of the Music Box Figurines is scored for 4.3-octave marimba solo and is a musical portrayal of a ballerina dancing gracefully to music played by an antique music box. This piece gives the performer many opportunities to…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Robert Clayson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Dissonant Oscillations is a percussion quartet centered around dissonant intervals moving throughout the ensemble. Each player has a portion of the piece where they play a mallet instrument and a drum, so there is something for every percussionist to enjoy.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Robert Clayson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications