Aurora Australis, the southern hemisphere’s equivalent to the famous Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), is a descriptive work portraying the colourful night sky light display visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand,…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Martyn Hancock
Publisher:
Brolga Music
for Marimba, Winds…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Bassoon Feature
The title "Chamber Symphony" indicates that "the wind ensemble is more intimately involved (musically speaking) with the soloist than an accompaniment as in a concerto. In this regard, the single winds and bassoon are treated integrally…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Opening with a flourish of woodwinds and a brass fanfare, Fun, Fire & Fury settles into a landscape of driving eighth notes and whirling melodies passed back and forth between the woodwinds and brass. After a brief dreamy interlude, the driving eighths…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
With a driving and undulating syncopation in the percussion and low brass, the trumpet and upper woodwinds provide silky soaring melodies in this 5-1/2 minute overture. As always, McCarthy gets points for originality!
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 1999 Number of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A dark and introspective work written after the death of the composer's mother, LaRene, and during a significant personal struggle, In Love's Autumn was premiered at The Interlochen Arts Camp in the summer of 2003 by the High School Concert Band under the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Utilizing Jimmy Page's electric guitar solo from "Heartbreaker," McCarthy has written an exciting and dramatic piece for concert band (originally for full orchestra. The composer states, "It seemed to me that all the power of Led Zeppelin was certainly in…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Tuba Feature
Loon-Wolf is a tour-de-force for tuba and band that features the delicate balance of jazz fusion and serious contemporary music that we have come to expect from Daniel McCarthy.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2006 Number of Players: Standard + 1…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Prisms is a delightful piece of contemporary music that will be very attractive to high schools and colleges. Created from one of the most prolific composers of our time, the piece is ideal for any conductor wishing to take on the challenge of modern band…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Remembering a Friend was composed in memory of Leading Seaman Colin Hughes, Royal Australian Navy, who was tragically taken from us in September 2012 whilst on duty in Cairns, Australia. The piece opens by paying slight reference to the tune ‘The Watermill’…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Martyn Hancock
Publisher:
Brolga Music