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Something different for a Holiday Concert.  The traditional song is presented via a set of variations and development sections expressing the joys of Christmas. Generates tremendous audience

A musical portrait of the United States as a series of ethnic variations on a single theme – in this case, one of the earliest popular songs of the original Colonies: "Barbara Allen."  The folk

Dramatic processional march in ¾ time, originally commissioned by the U.S. Military Academy Band, features an optional "Drum and Bugle Corps" addition (which can be covered by the trumpet and

Melodic show-piece for the entire flute section of the Band – showing off the instrument, but without undue challenge.

Prelude and Fugue in traditional form, but with more contemporary harmonies, exploiting the unique ability of the concert band to recreate, and even surpass, the towering sonorities of the great pipe

A narrator dramatically describes the events leading to the creation of the United States, quoting exclusively from the actual written records of the British Parliament.  The chorus portrays the

Commissioned for the dedication of the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theater and Dance, Magna cum Laude is is a brilliant, highly dramatic processional march, building constantly

A totally unique setting of the beautiful, traditional American Folk-song that becomes a symbolic illustration of contemporary ecological issues (pre-staged with an introduction by the Narrator). It

An exemplary display of brilliant and creative writing for advanced concert bands. Sections of intense and driving material contrast with lightly textured lyric sections, all of which have an underlying

Commissioned by Wayne State University in Detroit, this highly dramatic narrative with music traces the history and struggle of African Americans as they move towards a brighter future. The combination of