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"A haboob is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current, also known as a weather front. Haboobs occur regularly in dry land area regions throughout the world." 

Haboob was premiered on May 6, 2019 by the Fillmore Central High School Concert Band. It was easily the favorite piece of the concert, and a joy to perform on both sides of the baton. From start to finish it gains momentum and sweeps the audience and performers off their feet!

Haboob

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Winner of the 2023 Chorus Austin Composers Competition, Sing Unto God is a perfect high-energy piece for your program. Its driving rhythm and meter changes will challenge your ensemble and reward the audience with a perfect concert opener or closer. 

Text (Psalm 108):
Sing unto God unto sing
Sing unto God unto sing

Sing unto the Lord, our god,
Whose glory lives in sweet beautiful song!
Sing unto the Lord, our god,
Whose glory lives in sweet beautiful song!

Sing unto the Lord,
Unto the Lord who is the God of song.
Sing him praises!
Sing him praises!

My heart is steadfast, oh God;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.

Awake!
Awake the harp and lyre!
I will praise you, oh Lord among the nations.
I will praise you, oh Lord among the nations.

I will sing of You among the peoples,
Be exalted, oh God, above the heavens,
And let your glory be over all the earth.

Praise to the Lord of all the nations.
I will praise you, oh Lord among the nations.

I shout in triumph:
Sing unto God!

Sing Unto God

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This lush choral piece is perfect for choirs working on developing their dissonant harmonies. Very approachable by intermediate-level choirs, your accompanist will fall in love with the piano part and the audience will be treated to chords that sound much more difficult to sing than they actually are. 

Text:
What beauty lies in the green, green grass of spring
That comes with the rebirth of all the earth and all good things
A cool spring breeze ignites the trees to sing,
"Awake the day, the robin and the jay,
Let all creation rise anew to greet the sun's sweet rays!"
As the grasses grow and the breezes blow
So the world shall know
It is spring
It is spring

Flowers burst wide
Hours drift by
As lovers lay soft in the grass
Praying this moment never pass
Laying
Loving
Holding
Breathing deep the spring

Spring

SATB Octavo

A classical standard that the whole audience will love and recognize AND your ensembles can perform it? Yes! This arrangement of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" is carefully crafted from the original score to ensure accuracy and playability for high school or community ensembles. Get the crowd on their feet by closing with a piece regarded by many as the greatest ever written!

Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 4

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This flexible arrangement allows any combination of singers and instrumentalists to perform the national anthem of the United States together and sound great! Not only is there an SATB arrangement for singers, but those four parts are adapted for wind and percussion instruments so all of your students can join in. Any four players on any instrument or voice can blend and excel at this, the most frequently-performed song in the United States.

The vocal score includes a piano reduction plus a bonus reduction in Bb concert to match other arrangements.

The Star-Spangled Banner

Flexible Instrumentation Quartet

Originally titled "It's 7/8 Somewhere," Septo was premiered on May 8, 2012 by the Fillmore Central High School Concert Band. Filled with 7th chords and seven bar phrases, this march challenges the ensemble to get in the 7/8 groove and gives an opportunity for your alto sax and mallet sections to really shine!

Heptaphobes should consult their psychiatrists before performing this piece

Septo (Its 7/8 Somewhere)

Pomp and Circumstance was premiered on May 12, 2012 by the Fillmore Central High School Concert Band. This arrangement was designed to be as simple and still sound good, easily adapted to be played as long as is necessary and with minimal rehearsal time.

Sir Edward Elgar wrote his Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, Op. 39 in the early 20th century. The first of the six marches was played for Yale's graduation ceremony in 1905, and has since been played at countless thousands of graduation ceremonies. For audience members it is the sound of tradition, and I arranged this knowing that our own graduation ceremony happened four short days after our last concert of the year.

Each instrument part contains all four pieces of the arrangement: Melody, Harmony 1, Harmony 2, and Bass Line. This allows ensembles maximum flexibility to program this arrangement to meet their specific needs. The conductor's score is provided in a condensed melody/harmony format so every conductor can follow along without being burdened by a score with 48 separate lines.

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

This is a modern setting of the Christmastime hymn that's over 700 years old! Scored for a wind ensemble and SAB choir (with optional baritone divisi), this is a great way to close your winter concerts. Includes full score, all instrumental parts, and SAB/piano.

In Dulci Jubilo

The aptly-titled "Quintet No. 2," being the second brass quintet composed by Ben Kaye-Skinner, was written after his first quintet, despite the fact that the former was not named "Quintet No. 1." This nomenclature, though infuriating to many and having caused more than one diplomatic incident between the United States and Switzerland, is appropriate, concise, and characteristic of the no-nonsense approach found in other songs entitled "Quintet No. 2." As of the writing of these program notes, a major search engine that you certainly know the name of that starts with "G" and rhymes with "Google" finds "About 16,300,000 results" for the search "Quintet No. 2," and it can be assumed that all such quintets, as the second quintets so composed by their composers, are correctly named.

Whenst composing a second quintet first shalt thou count to two, no more, no less. Two shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be two. Three shalt thou not count, neither count thou one, excepting that thou then proceed to two. Five is right out.

Look for Ben's next brass quintet, "Quintet No. IV," coming soon to a theatre near you.

Quintet No. 2

Brass Quintet

Red Tide was premiered on May 6, 2014 by the Fillmore Central High School Marching Band. It honored the 70th anniversary of the landing at Normandy Beach, most commonly known as "D-Day," in which thousands of Allied soldiers landed in northern France to fight the Axis forces that had taken the country.

Red Tide

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525 for a chamber ensemble in 1787. This arrangement was updated in 2024 to provide a flexible duet option for standard concert band instruments. Parts are now available for any combination of wind or mallet instruments to allow any two performers the opportunity to perform this classic work!

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K. 525

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Written to honor the memory of Bill Navieux, this tuba solo arrangement of one of the world's most popular hymns is a celebration, rather than a mourning, of life. Utilizing the top and bottom of the instrument's range, performers can bring life to their performance and joy to their audience.

Amazing Grace

Tuba Solo Unaccompanied

Opening with a powerful fanfare and continuing into the high-energy proclamation, this piece will be enjoyable to perform for everyone, whether on the podium or on the (bi-rhythmic!) concert chimes! Each player's part is challenging and engaging, making this an excellent way to open a performance. The fanfare also has an optional stand-alone ending.

Fanfare and Proclamation

This lush Swedish carol comes to life in an arrangement that is sure to hit your audience right in the feels! Available for SATB choir or two part choir (both with band accompaniment), this is a peaceful way to close out any holiday concert. One of Sweden's most beloved carols, "Jul, jul, strålande jul" is about the peace of Christmas time and will make you smile every time you hear it!

Jul, jul, stralande jul

Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147) is tremendously common at weddings,. The arrangement was inspired by Derek Bourgeois' Serenade, which he wrote for his own wedding. States his score:

Derek Bourgeois wrote this Serenade for his own wedding, to be played by the organist as the guests left the ceremony. Not wishing to allow them the luxury of proceeding in an orderly 2/4, the composer wrote the work in 11/8, and in case anyone felt too comfortable, he changed it to 13/8 in the middle!

Having the Bourgeois piece in the back of my mind, I decided to warp it into my own twisted wedding march in 5/8 time. Your audience will recognize it instantly, but quickly realize that the piece it not quite what they're expecting...

Jesu, Joy of Man's Discomfort

The inspiration for this song comes from the everyday life of a band director: we are expected to be masters of all instruments in our ensembles, and in an average week I play at least five different instruments in rehearsal. I decided to write a solo in honor of all of the world's band directors and their need to play everything. The piece starts on flute, then moves to clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax, French horn, oboe (but only one note, because that's all I was certain I could play), trombone, tuba, and back to trombone.

The melody is a common one, Haydn's Symphony No. 94 (The Surprise Symphony). Stylistically it moves from traditional to a variation, to jazz, to flowing ballad, to pep band, with some New Orleans jazz thrown in for good measure. It's a crowd pleaser and a joy to perform, but you'll probably need assistants to help you move from one instrument to the next.

Solo for Narcissist and Mirror

Mixed Solo

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