with CD Accompaniment
Nature’s Course is split into three contrasting movements: Winds, which is very free with many ascending runs in the marimba part; Breezes, which is more metered in 12/8 and later 3/4 with flowing eighth notes throughout; and Furies,…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Stephen Rush
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Music is used to great effect in movies to describe a character, a place, or a sequence of events. It can do the heavy lifting in clarifying good and bad, happy and sad, and everything in between. On a Mission is the soundtrack to a movie that, so far, does…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music
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
This is one small step for a band, one giant leap for their collective musical careers. The band is strapping themselves in for the ride of a lifetime - that of a musician. It has taken loads of work to get to this point. They are as ready as they will ever…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Rebellion is about an urge, not a cause. It is a small portrait of energy, a capsule of the feeling that an urgent need for change is felt or foreseen, and the beginnings of that change are even portrayed in the final bombast of this piece.
Grade Level: 4…
Style:
Brass, Percussion
Composer:
Stephen Rush
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Percussion Trio Feature
Do you have an orchestra director brave enough to program this one? This tour-de-force shows off every aspect of being a percussionist, from the gentle and expressive sounds of the melodic percussion to the savage and barbaric sounds…
Style:
Full Orchestra
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Tears of Apollo is a musical portrayal of three stages of man’s relationship to God: I. Age of Fire, II. Age of Reason, and III. Age of Heaven. Four challenging mallet parts make this a must for your college ensemble.Program NotesTears of Apollo is a musical…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jonathan Green
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The drums are the raw heartbeat of the jungle. They are the soundtrack for the wild adventures that can be had, venturing where no human has ever set foot. There is something primal about being deep in the forest, surrounded by wild animals and far, far away…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music
In the Middle Ages, knights were sworn to a code of chivalry bound by a religious, moral and social code. Through this they were charged to protect the weak and defenceless, to fight for the welfare of all, to never turn their back on a foe, and to persevere…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music