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Marching in formation, efficient and organised, a colony of ants busy themselves, industriously working together to build their nest. As big plops of rain fall heavily from above, the ants scatter avoiding the sudden and…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Emma Olsen
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Baldur, son of Odin, is known in Norse mythology as the god of beauty and light, peace and righteousness. Through the treachery of Loki, the trickster and god of fire and magic, Baldur is slain by his own twin brother with a spear made from mistletoe. He is…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Martin West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
In a dystopian future, a team of vigilantes is setting out across the desert plains to catch the bandits that have raided their encampment. Armed to the teeth, and with nothing left to lose, they drive out at sunrise. Nothing’s gonna stop them. Prepare for…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Dragons at the Drawbridge was written for Beginner Band Blitz, a city-wide workshop for first year concert band students in Brisbane. It is reminiscent of the many conflicts along the Welsh-English border during the middle ages, inspired by Mr Kucharski’s…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Paul Kucharski
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Give Me Your Hand is a lush wind band setting of the popular Irish harp tune Tabhair Dom Do Lámh, written in the early 17th century by Rory Dall O'Cahan. Set in 3/4 time, this arrangement offers elasticity with several tempo & textural changes throughout…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This peaceful, poignant piece is a musical reminder that though a person may have physically passed on, their spirit and memories will always remain in the hearts of the people they touched.Program NotesThis poignant melody was created from the emotional…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Anthony Susi
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This haunting medley partners two well-known spirituals (Wayfaring Stranger & Goin’ Home) and their promise of a restful afterlife. The gentle and pensive nature of this warm setting with an optional sensitive piano accompaniment will evoke feelings of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Anthony Susi
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
From March 2020 until April 2021, all wind and brass ensembles fell silent throughout Scotland due to the Coronavirus pandemic. As news broke of a potential return to making music, I composed this piece for my beginner wind band. It was the first piece of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Vaughan Fleischfresser
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Melting Clocks is a quirky romp through Salvador Dalí’s painting 'The Persistence of Memory.' Quotes of the commissioning school’s fight song and alma mater are synthesized with bending melodies, tick-tocking elements, and a unique harmonic language.Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Chad Heiny
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Reckless. Fearless. The dashing pirate crew lives for the thrill of adventure, the spray of the sea, the promise of treasure, and occasionally, debaucherous shore leave.But what happens when the crew have been wronged? Despite their disdain for law and order…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music