Art is Life! This sentiment is abundant in this wonderful new work for concert band by Larry Clark. Full of flourish and thick brass writing harkening back to the days of Alfred Reed, Ars Vitae has everything you could want in a contest and festival work.…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Larry Clark
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
What young person hasn’t looked up at the stars and wondered what is up there in the cold darkness of space? The piece tries to depict this feeling with majestic fanfare-like themes in the winds, and twinkling of the stars depicted in the bells. A dream-like…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Larry Clark
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Sound larger than life with this brilliantly scored overture for developing band. Beautifully expressive playing with ample opportunity to teach grace-notes and traditional “snaps”, Larry has crafted an accessible work for young band that is reminiscent of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Larry Clark
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Now set for Flexible Instrumentation!
Sound larger than life with this brilliantly scored overture for developing band. Beautifully expressive playing with ample opportunity to teach grace-notes and traditional “snaps”, Larry has crafted an accessible work…
Style:
Concert Band, Flex Band
Composer:
Larry Clark
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Imagine, a bladesmith in Medieval times hunched over the forge getting the metal for his next sword molten hot, so that he can hammer it into a beautiful weapon for knights to use. Blades of Steel is meant to depict this process. The Brake Drum is used to…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Larry Clark
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Make your next holiday concert more fun by highlighting your percussion playing “junk band” instruments of paint buckets, plastic school trash cans, metal trash can lids, metal pipes, etc. with this arrangement of popular carols in an aggressive Latin Rock…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Larry Clark
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Buckeye Rondo was commissioned by the Ohio State University for their annual middle school honor band festival. Composer Larry Clark used this opportunity to write a piece in a rondo form, but with some modern twists. The main theme is very catchy, and is…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Larry Clark
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Intertwining folk songs and Christmas carols gives Christmas Grace a unique voice in the holiday catalog. Great for expressive playing, this work includes Silent Night, Away in a Manger, Greensleeves and Amazing Grace.
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2020…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Larry Clark
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Court Jester March is a quirky, lively march featuring sparking sixteenth notes in the woodwinds, silly syncopation in the brass, and plenty of rhythmic ringing in the percussion. Students and audiences alike can easily imagine the Court Jester dancing around…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Karen K. Robertson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Court Jester March is a quirky, lively march sparking sixteenth notes, silly syncopation in the brass, and plenty of rhythmic ringing. Students and audiences alike can easily imagine the Court Jester dancing around, putting on the show!Program…
Style:
Flex Band
Composer:
Karen K. Robertson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications