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Shelley Hanson originally composed Islas y Montañas for orchestra. Tocata is the first movement and functions as a fanfare or introduction. It features the entire ensemble clapping rhythmic patterns b...

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5) As Brooks composed this piece, he kept in mind the different definitions of the word, Dreadnought: a total absence of fear ' invincible ' a name given to a class...

An American Song is a collage that portrays the motto e pluribus unum by combining several dozen American tunes into a single whole. Fragments of hymns, spirituals, show tunes, jazz standards, country...

Sparkle received its world premiere at the WASBWE Conference in San Luis Obispo, California (1999). Imaginatively scored for wind ensemble, it begins quietly with delicate and rapid woodwind passages...

This gentle piece has a lush Irish feel, and is inspired by a poem from an old Irish blessing that is inclued for optional narrator. When the storms break for him, may the trees shake for him their bl...

In the Machine represents a musical journey inside a machine. Each time the piece is performed, this journey is different according to the performer's choices. Set in 3/4 time, the work begins using o...

Younger bands are showcased to their full potential with this rewarding composition with intriguing minor and major harmonies and interesting suspensions. Each performer is challenged to test the limi...

A vortex is a whirling mass, such as a tornado or whirlpool, which is created when a source of momentum causes a thick layer of unstable stratification to move with ever stronger tangential velocity a...

A vortex is a whirling mass, such as a tornado or whirlpool, which is created when a source of momentum causes a thick layer of unstable stratification to move with ever stronger tangential velocity a...

Paloyoloyo, Anonymous Cahuilla Indian Composer ca. 1600. Originating around four hundred years ago, this song is an extract from the Birdsong cycle, songs of celebration and commemoration which remind...

Paloyoloyo, Anonymous Cahuilla Indian Composer ca. 1600. Originating around four hundred years ago, this song is an extract from the Birdsong cycle, songs of celebration and commemoration which remind...

Renowned orchestral and choral composer, Ned Rorem makes his wind band debut with an arrangement of the 2nd movement from his Symphony No. 3, written in 1957-1958. Released in coordination with Rorem'...

Seis Manuel is the 3rd movement of the 4-movement suite Islas y Montañas and represents the traditional song and dance form of the Jibaro people, peasant farmers from the mountains of Puerto Rica. Sol...

Seis Manuel is the 3rd movement of the 4-movement suite Islas y Montañas and represents the traditional song and dance form of the Jibaro people, peasant farmers from the mountains of Puerto Rica. Sol...

Volver A La Montana (Return to the Mountain) is based on several folk tunes of the Quechua (Inca) people of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Near the end of the movement, the folk song Sepracion (Separatio...

Volver A La Montana (Return to the Mountain) is based on several folk tunes of the Quechua (Inca) people of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Near the end of the movement, the folk song Sepracion (Separatio...

First published in Germany in 1964, Franz Biebl's Ave Maria was originally scored for 7-part men's choir. This expressive transcription is based on a mixed choir version in order to better match the r...

The themes in Keltic Variations are based in the style of the sea chanteys that were sung and taught by rote to sailors in northwestern Europe. This composition is written for students at the middle s...

The themes in Keltic Variations are based in the style of the sea chanteys that were sung and taught by rote to sailors in northwestern Europe. This composition is written for students at the middle s...

Short Suite No. 4 is a work in three contrasting movements, each of which shares a common melodic motive. The first opens with an antiphonal statement of the main motive followed by march, which expan...

Shortcut Home is a rousing and rather elaborate fanfare that features each section of the ensemble. Drawing upon various jazz styles, the music proclaims and cascades, always driving towards the 'home...

Shortcut Home is a rousing and rather elaborate fanfare that features each section of the ensemble. Drawing upon various jazz styles, the music proclaims and cascades, always driving towards the 'home...