David Gillingham’s gorgeous setting of the ever-popular America, the Beautiful seeks to preserve the beauty of the hymn, while simultaneously transcending some of the harmonies and scoring we have grown to expect over the years, without straying too far from…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Beyond the Chorale is a collection of 10 short, miniature concert pieces with a variety of styles, textures, timbral combinations, tonalities, rhythms, harmonies, and melodic material that transcend the traditional “warm-up” by offering many other pedagogical…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham, Dennis W. Fisher
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Foundations is a fantasy on the popular hymn The Church's One Foundation. This challenging work for symphonic band features Gillingham's signature percussion writing and beautiful scoring in the context of a powerful tone poem.Program NotesFoundations was…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Miracle is based on two melodic sources, the hymn Come Thou Fount From Every Blessing (words by Robert Robinson and music by Asahel Nettleton) and the Chinese folk song Jasmine Flower, representing Christian and Asian culture respectively. The work unfolds in…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Pedal to the Metal is an English phrase meaning “hurry up” (as in the analogy of pressing the car accelerator to the metal floor). The phrase also means working diligently and efficiently to get something important done. It is the latter meaning that inspired…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications