All Hail the Power is a powerful, collaborative work in five movements, each one by a different composer. Based on a popular hymn, this work has everything. Richly scored sections of soaring beauty, thoughtful variations, driving rhythms, mixed meters, and an…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jack Stamp, Timothy Mahr, Pappas, Andrew Boysen, David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Percussion Section Feature
Using a large percussion ensemble as its "soloist", the Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble is a heavy hitter for 9 percussionists. Cast in several sections, this work usually pits the soloists against the ensemble. An opening…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Bruce Yurko
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
English Horn Feature
After a powerful & dark opening, the rich & sonorous sounds of the solo English Horn emerges playing beautifully poignant melody that will haunt you for days. Stamp’s signature counterpoint and polytonality give this solo feature…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jack Stamp
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
At times dark & intense, at others lyrical and romantic, Jack Stamp's Fountain Creek Fanfare is engaging from beginning to end. After its "crunchy" start, the piece evolves into something much brighter and uplifting by the final measures.
Grade Level: 4…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jack Stamp
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Mezzo Soprano Feature
This collection of songs for soprano voice and band celebrate Maryland’s heritage by setting four diverse poems to music: “At the Edge of the Choptank River,” “A Maryland Road,” “On Chesapeake Shores: A Fisherman’s Sonnet,” and “The…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jack Stamp
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Fast & furious, Bruce Yurko's Intrada for Wind Ensemble is full of excitement with a range of moods and colors. The demented ostinato in the low woodwinds and low brass help keep the piece driving from beginning to end.Program NotesFast & furious,…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Bruce Yurko
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Soprano Feature
A stark opening by 5 brake drums in “surround sound” sets the tone for this piece for soprano and wind ensemble. Melting of the Winter’s Snow is dramatic and cold but becomes increasingly warm as the piece moves forward and ends with a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jack Stamp
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
for Wind Ensemble and SATB Chorus
Inspired by a quote by George Bernard Shaw, No Brief Candle celebrates the career and life of John R. Locke upon his retirement as Director of Bands at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. This powerful work…
Style:
Mixed Choir, Concert Band
Composer:
Jack Stamp
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Salida Principio loosely translates to "exit principal," as the piece was written to honor a high school principal on her retirement. This dynamic work is a short overture with many rhythmic twists and pizzazz.
Grade Level: 4.5 Copyright: 2019 Number of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jack Stamp
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Dedicated to James Croft and commissioned by the Vernon Township High School Wind Ensemble (Donald Magee, conductor), Bruce Yurko's Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble is a spirited work that features fast and furious interchanges between the bombastic percussion…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Bruce Yurko
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications