When I was growing up in suburban Brisbane in the 1980’s my family’s favourite place to picnic on a sunny weekend was Bellbird Grove in the D'Aguilar National Park. As I child I found it to be a magical place with a bushwalk that led to an abandoned goldmine…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tania Owens
Publisher:
Brolga Music
A driving, riff based piece introducing the creepy, mysterious feel of the minor scale. At one moment a rock blues, the next a jazz style blues - truly a Bunyip Blues.Program NotesA driving, riff based piece introducing the creepy, mysterious feel of the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Music can make you dance, it can make you leap with joy, or march and pound your feet on the ground. But music can also coax you to sing, to open your mouth and let your voice be heard. Cantabile has a beautiful, simple melody; a melody that is very singable…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
(Not Available in USA) Chopsticks (original name The Celebrated Chop Waltz) was written in 1887 by Euponia Allen under the pseudonym Arthur de Lulli.
Grade Level: 1 Copyright: 2004 Publisher: Brolga Music Category: Concert Band
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Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Life in the city is not always smooth and peaceful! The associated sound are a mixture of consonance and dissonance. This piece features an interplay of simple, repetitive melodies against clashing sounds of semitone intervals in order to create a 'tension…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Don't tell me what to do, show me! Often the actions of individuals and groups speak more powerfully than any message delivered by word.Program NotesDon't tell me what to do, show me! Often the actions of individuals and groups speak more powerfully than any…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
This setting comes after many requests for an easy arrangement of both Advance Australia Fair and Waltzing Matilda. The settings are arrange to accommodate the skill levels of the elementary band members and allow for the accompaniment of singing.
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Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Chris Scott, Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
A lively and colourful fanfare for all the champions who play musical instruments!Program NotesA lively and colourful fanfare for all the champions who play musical instruments! This work contains much unison work for the band, so a clear image of the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian Hogg
Publisher:
Brolga Music
The sun glints on the drawn sword of the gladiator as he stands and waits to confront his foe. Eyes of ice, nerves of steel and a confidence born of many a success in the arena, he contemplates nothing but victory again.The music should be expressive of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Jasper Road was composed for the Year Seven Concert Band at McKinnon Secondary College, Melbourne Australia in 2013. Jasper Road takes listeners on a music journey depicting the characters of the landscape, architecture and people along one of the main…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Martin West
Publisher:
Brolga Music