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
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
Set in three contrasting movements, Three Sketches for Wind Band shows off Jack Stamp's signature affinity for polytonal and canonic writing. It was commissioned by the South Central District NC Band Directors for the 2017 Senior High Honors Band.
Grade Level…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jack Stamp
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
After a lyrical opening that showcases Stamp's mastery of counterpoint and polytonality, Uptick lives up to its name, driving forward with incessant quarter notes and an ever-ascending ostinato, freely passed around the ensemble. This one will keep you on…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Jack Stamp
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications