Looking for something fun to play and sure to be a crowd pleaser? This is a historically "American" work, written by a German immigrant composer, and dedicated to an American president. Put this on your
Looking for a great concert opener? This short, highly animated fanfare packs a lot of excitement into a small amount of time. Great thematic writing, powerful brass chords, soaring horn lines, sweeping
This concert band arrangement provides soloistic opportunities for many players and explores a variety of tonal colorations. The tune is poignant, and the minor key offers opportunities for rich
Early American folk tunes and composed hymn tunes provide delightful, spirited melodies which offer present-day opportunities for exploration of new harmonies and rhythms. Oliver Holden's hymn
Fanfare and Frolic is a mixture of the serious and the not-so-serious.... The fanfare is stately in an A-B-A format with the middle section in contrast, not unlike the trio of a march. The 'Frolic'
An improvisatory work for solo oboe and string orchestra, this is very expressive and allows a lot of freedom for interpretation. Technical issues, besides some range demands, are only moderately
An exciting work for advanced concert band. This single-movement composition is divided into four scenarios which the composer calls "stories without words," suggesting romance, comedy, adventure, and
This is a delightfully modern version of five carols dating from the 13th through 16th centuries. Percussionists will be kept busy as there are generous solo and soli passages for them as well as woodwind
Proem and Scamper was originally composed for the Charlottesville Horn Club, then transcribed for saxophones. The short 17-measure proem (a fourteenth century term for preface or prelude) is