Using motives from Joplin's Weeping Willow Rag, Aerodynamics is a programmatic work that takes you back to the time of the Wright brothers. The sounds of the planes being built, nostalgic ragtime music, and the soaring lines when flight became a reality are…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Anniversary was originally a short piano solo written for his wife, Linda, on their 7th wedding anniversary. On the occasion of Linda and David’s 44th wedding anniversary, their son, Garrett, arranged the short piece for symphonic band as a touching gift to…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham, G. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on the events of the annual AuSable River Festival, this work musically depicts the festival parade, then the grandeur of the river with the relaxing "river theme". The river theme is interrupted by the Canoe Marathon with its continuous 16th note…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
It's not often you come across a composition that offers the high level of musical merit needed to appeal to directors and also offers an emotional depth able to truly move an audience. This is such a piece. Gillingham bases his reverent and powerful work on…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Beside Still Waters is a chorale fantasy on the hymn "He Leadeth Me" seeking to highlight both the peaceful and dramatic message of the words. As you have come to expect from Gillingham, this masterful wind ensemble work is appropriate in both sacred and…
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
Adapted from the second movement of Gillingham's "Concerto for Horn," Blessing begins with a hymn tune stated by the horns and is subsequently developed through the movement with various textures and timbres. The work ends aptly like the quiet close of a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Frank Tracz as director of bands at Kansas State University and the university's own 150th anniversary, Gillingham used fragments of the school's alma mater to craft a delightful and challenging Grade 3 work for symphonic…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on the primary melody of Gillingham's work, New Century Dawn, Century Variants is designed to be quite versatile. It is a set of variations which can introduce the symphonic band to the layman or to young children contemplating playing a band instrument…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Crest of Honor is a concert march with a Gillingham twist. With regal brass motives, this piece shines by adding shimmering mallet percussion parts and superbly scored winds.Program NotesCommissioned by the Fresno-Madera Music Educator's Association in…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications