C.L. Barnhouse Company

A medley of Highland Dance, 'The Lass of Gowrie,' 'Bythe and Merry Was She,' 'Scotland the Brave' and 'Auld Lang Syne.' Great fare for the young band.

This work begins with great energy and intensity, and builds vigorously throughout. A science-fiction adventure movie theme is depicted, allowing childhood imaginations to supply the details. Outstand...

Originally a vocal arrangement written in 1912, this is one of the loveliest folk songs collected by Vaughan Williams whose creativity and passion for folk music are abundantly conspicuous. A gorgeous...

Relentless rhythmic drive! Memorable melodic lines! Unstoppable syncopation! From the first ticks, clicks, and clangs of the hi-hat, snare drum and brake drum, this piece moves! Bold melodies and poin...

Austere, powerful music of England's most famous Baroque composer. From the first sounds of the muffled drums, your players and audience will be taken back to a snowy London morning in 1685 for the fu...

From the first strains of this jaunty theme, you know that you're going to love this march! A captivating regimental march and a great tune!

Mysterious voices emanate from silence, followed by bold themes, flashes of dialogue between winds and percussion, and a fiery recapitulation. Awe and drama is captured in this great adventure for you...

An excellent regimental march that will put you in the reviewing stand, watching a favorite band marching by. Drums in the distance. They're coming! Now there're right in front of us! Playing that spl...

This straight-ahead march just sparkles! Bright, positive melodies and broad, noble melodies, punctuated by a rugged 'dog-fight' - this brilliant march has everything!

A fetching little melody over a first-rate snare drum rhythm in a very attractive patrol-style march. Written to honor the men and boys of the Civil War - North and South. Fun to play and fun to liste...

The 'animation' comes from the vigorous percussion; the brasses and woodwinds provide the 'suspense.' (Hundreds of suspensions - explicit and hidden.) Lots of variety in articulation, volume and tone...

There is a lot of variety and contrast compressed into this work for young band. Instrumental colors suggest moods from declamatory to foreboding to playful; textures range from sostenuto to staccato....

Written in the style of a U. S. Civil War marching song, this captivating little march features the historic flag-raising bugle call, 'To the Colors.' Delightful!

This masterwork is a combination of paddling songs, love songs and songs of celebration describing the hearty French Canadian fur traders of Canada and the upper Midwest in the eighteenth and early ni...

After an opening gong, the composition's motif is presented by solo flute, accompanied by soft low woodwinds, then clarinets, then tutti. The main theme, a somber melody in Dorian mode, is first intro...