This chart was commissioned by the Walt Whitman High School Jazz Ensemble to feature their lead tenor saxophonist. In the style of the Ray Charles big band, this chart opens with huge ensemble brass and bluesy sax lines that switch in and out of a double time…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Dachshund Trot takes us on the journey of a curious dachshund, discovering and sniffing out the world at her own pace. It is a wonderful way to introduce your youngest players to mixed meter in a easy, laid back way. The walking “trot” tempo allows beginners…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Karen K. Robertson
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
Danny Deever started life as a poem from the “Barracks Room Ballads” of Rudyard Kipling, a major cultural hero of Percy Grainger’s. Originally scored the for small male unison chorus, large male choir, and a large orchestra including saxophones and euphonium…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Day on the Prairie is a fun, programmatic, three-movement work depicting a working cowboy’s day from sunup to sundown. Written for advanced bands, the piece will make you feel as if you are on the open range!Program Notes"Sunrise and Giddyup" begins with some…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ed Kiefer
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Digital Dances No. 3 is the third in a series of marimba quartets based heavily on video game and electronic dance music. The constant driving pulse and changing meters keep the excitement to the very end. The work is scored for either quartet or quintet, for…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Marco Schirripa
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Drive is an up-tempo bluesy rock chart that gives every section the opportunity to shine, including a solo section for anyone who wants to participate. The flexible chart for young jazz bands includes optional parts for flute, vibraphone, bass clarinet, tuba…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Ed Kiefer
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Originally for two toms found in Daughtrey's collection of duets for young percussionists, DUOLOGY, Drums of Moria has been expanded for full percussion ensemble for C. Alan's IGNITE SERIES. Inspired by the barbaric drums described in J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Scored for full band, including large mallet ensemble, this setting uses Grainger’s Lord Melbourne as its wind-setting model. The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare is a Grade 4, well-suited for the mature high school or collegiate band.Program NotesScored for full…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Electrically charged and full of energy from start to finish, "Electron" is surely to keep audiences on the edges of their seats. A powerful and unique way to close any concert or festival program!Program NotesAs the title suggests, "Electron" brings the idea…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jay Coles
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications