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
Ever upward (from the Latin: Excelsus: ex-‘out, beyond’ + celsus ‘lofty’). We often find ourselves striving for our best with energy and vigour. Excelsior allows the band to take the listener on a journey as they demonstrate their combined striving with a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian Hogg
Publisher:
Brolga Music
After hearing the music used in the successful touring dance production Riverdance, Brian West was inspired to write a work for young band with the vigour and life found in Irish folk music. The modal nature of the work, and the avoidance of traditional "…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
With a simple, minor mode melody, stately fanfare-like figures and plenty of percussion, Medieval Fayre has something for everyone in the band.Program NotesWith a simple, minor mode melody, stately fanfare-like figures and plenty of percussion, Medieval Fayre…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tim Fisher
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Star of the Sea is about celebration. It is about being in Queensland and celebrating being 150 years old in 2009. It tells of our history and the wonder of a bountiful land with stories that go back beyond everything but memory. It celebrates a faith that…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music