James Curnow: spartiti medio

Prelude to a Celebration is a fantastic way to open any concert in the tradition of great symphonic openers. The work starts with a triumphant, majestic fanfare from the trumpet section that provides...

Grand vistas appear before the listener as this majestic and expansive piece unfolds. At times introspective and yet sweeping in compass, James Curnow's PROCLAMATION is an ennobling musical statement....

Accessible even to advanced junior high bands or honor groups, this brilliant fanfare and treatment of Tylman Susato's Rondo is a jubilant musical expression. Investigating intriguing Renaissance harm...

Fiddle tunes have been an important part of American music since her earliest days. You'll enjoy James Curnow's new suite based on two fiddle tunes from the Revolutionary War period. The first movemen...

Fiddle tunes have been an important part of American music since her earliest days. You'll enjoy this suite based on two tunes from the Revolutionary War period: - Lovely Nancy, written about a beauti...

Tchaikovsky's lovely, melancholy melody was inspired by a poem that speaks of great sadness. Print the poem in your program, or have it recited as the band plays to create a deeply moving tribute to a...

A trumpet duet fanfare beckons the band to join in on the opening bars of this dignified, elegant finale for holiday concerts. Staging opportunities abound with optional antiphonal brass parts, and th...

Finale for a Winter Festival, a sparkling holiday closer, was composed in response to the success of Overture for a Winter Festival and requests for a concert finale in a similar vein. This elegant wo...

This is sure to be one of those orchestral transcriptions that finds a permanent place in the realm of concert band literature. Holst's ability to develop and explore folk melodies with rich, lyrical...