for 6 Percussionists…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written to honor the composer's high school band director for his 30 years of teaching, Catamount Chaos is an exciting, celebratory piece that is full of fanfare & sparkle from beginning to end.Program NotesCatamount Chaos was commissioned by the Panther…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Scored for full band, including large mallet ensemble, this setting uses Grainger’s Lord Melbourne as its wind-setting model. The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare is a Grade 4, well-suited for the mature high school or collegiate band.Program NotesScored for full…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Fantasy on Old Skibereen
The title, Immortal Dream is taken from a verse of the traditional Irish ballad, “Old Skibereen.” This poignant song is full of tragedy and passion, describing the Irish famine of 1846-47. While most of the arrangement is in the minor…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Extracted from Grainger's "Jungle Book Cycle," Morning Song in the Jungle celebrates the glory of nature at the beginning of the new day, and reminds us, at least a little bit, of Edvard Grieg's "Morning Mood,"the opening movement of his Peer Gynt Suite No. 1…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Movers & Shakers was commissioned in celebration of a new high school fine arts center. The title was extracted from a verse from Arthur O’Shaughnessy’s popular poem, “Ode.” The first line of the poem has even found its way into pop culture with a brief…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the East Aurora High School Band Program (Illinois), Shine On! intermingles motives from the school's fight song with original themes by the composer into an energetic, syncopated, melodious, harmonious jubilee!…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Completed in 1902, Grainger's harmonization of this folk tune captures beautifully the transcendental nature of the text, with masterful use of chromaticism and the Grainger “gliding tones.”Program NotesThe Three Ravens is Nr. 41 of the British Folk-Music…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Three Tragic Ballads is a Grade 6, well-suited for the accomplished collegiate wind band. The Three Tragic Ballads - “Danny Deever,” “The Three Ravens,” and “Father and Daughter” - can be played as a set or individually.Program NotesPercy Grainger (1882-1961…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the consolidation of four communities to form one school, Through the Horizon features a simple four-note motive representing those communities is given a sparkling backdrop of mallet percussion and wind chimes…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications