James Barnes: spartiti difficile

Commissioned by the United States Army Brass Quintet, Fort Meyer, Virginia. Instrumentation: 1st Bb Trumpet, 2nd Bb Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Horn in F, Trombone/Baritone, Tuba. Movements: 1. Overture, 2. S...

Commissioned by the United States Army Brass Quintet, Fort Meyer, Virginia. Instrumentation: 1st Bb Trumpet, 2nd Bb Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Horn in F, Trombone/Baritone, Tuba. Movements: 1. Overture, 2. S...

Premiered by the University of Kansas Symphonic Band with Robert E. Foster conducting, this work was presented the 1982 Neil A. Kjos Memorial Award for the most significant contribution to wind band m...

Invocation and Toccata was commissioned by the New Mexico State University Wind Ensemble, Lawrence Henry, conductor.

Composed for University of Kansas Symphonic band, Robert E. Foster, director. Torch Dance is intended to be a violent, primitive work, obsessed by its own asymmetry and impulsive by nature. Uniquely c...

Composed for University of Kansas Symphonic band, Robert E. Foster, director. Torch Dance is intended to be a violent, primitive work, obsessed by its own asymmetry and impulsive by nature. Uniquely c...

Commissioned by Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma and dedicated to the memory of the composer's friend Andrew Gurwitz. The work is based on the J.S. Bach Chorale 'Mein junges Leben hat ein End'. This...

Premiered by the University of Kansas Symphonic Band with Robert E. Foster conducting, this work was presented the 1982 Neil A. Kjos Memorial Award for the most significant contribution to wind band m...

Premiered by the University of Kansas Symphonic Band with Robert E. Foster conducting, this work was presented the 1982 Neil A. Kjos Memorial Award for the most significant contribution to wind band m...

European Parts

European Parts

European Parts

Commissioned by the Kansas City Youth Symphony, this work was intended to serve as a major contribution to the celebration of the orchestra's 40th anniversary. The wind band version of the symphony wa...

Commissioned by the Kansas City Youth Symphony, this work was intended to serve as a major contribution to the celebration of the orchestra's 40th anniversary. The wind band version of the symphony wa...

Commissioned by the Kansas City Youth Symphony, this work was intended to serve as a major contribution to the celebration of the orchestra's 40th anniversary. The wind band version of the symphony wa...

James Barnes' instrument is the tuba, so he has had a lifelong affection for music composed for and performed on tuba and euphonium. 'Tangents' is intended for large Tuba/Euphonium ensemble, with an e...

James Barnes' instrument is the tuba, so he has had a lifelong affection for music composed for and performed on tuba and euphonium. 'Tangents' is intended for large Tuba/Euphonium ensemble, with an e...