Banish the Moon is a musical description of a magical sunrise. It begins in the dark with the sounds of crickets and frogs calling softly. The tune in the clarinet and flute brings in the first hints of light. Instruments are introduced as the light grows and…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tania Owens
Publisher:
Brolga Music
A clarinet section feature in march form, this composition lets the whole section show off. Scale patterns and some easy trills characterize the melodic writing, and the trio melody has fun with the register key. The clarinet part is mostly unison, with…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
March
Dedication is a stately original march that has wonderful color and style! With excellent counterlines and a sparkling clarinet melody in the trio, this has everything you need to program a first-rate march!
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2003 Number of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Lyrical lines and rich harmonies are featured in Down by the Salley Gardens while still being accessible to developing bands. Several short solos give your students a chance to shine at concert or contest.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2004 Number of Players:…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A “gambit” is a daring and adventurous opening strategy. This music for young band mixes elements of suspense and excitement into a high-energy concert or contest piece sure to please your band and audience.Program NotesThe word “gambit” refers to an opening…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Pinwheels and Spinning Tops captures musically the playfulness of these revolving toys and the spontaneity of childish delight as colours whirl through hypnotic optical illusions. Keeping a forward momentum, as the Pinwheels and Spinning Tops are set in…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tania Owens
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Seconds, Please! is a fun piece in march style that emphasizes the musical interval of the second. As musicians know, seconds are two notes that are next to each other in sound. When heard together, they give a little more "bite" to the harmony than more…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Soren Bushi is a traditional Japanese fishing song originally used to keep the fishermen in time together as they send the boats out to sea, haul the nets, fold the sails and load the catch. With the lyrics coming from an old fishermen's dialect from the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tania Owens
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Trumpet Section Feature
Trumpets Triumphant is a trumpet section feature for young band. The opening and closing sections present a crisp fanfare melody, and the middle section is more in the style of a British military march.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2013…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Zephyr is a poetic term for a gentle breeze. Nature offers few pleasures that are more calm and peaceful than the mood we feel with a refreshing breeze. It is this thought that is the stimulus for this ballad for band.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2004 Number of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications