Five Canadian folk songs are the basis for this suite. The energy, warmth and vitality of “Tenderfoot”, “Un Canadien Errant”, “At St.-Malo Beside the Sea”, “She's Like a Swallow”, and “Squid-Jiggin' Ground” are apparent in this group of contrasting folk songs…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Elliot Del Borgo
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A very playable arrangement of three familiar carols ("O Come, All Ye Faithful," "What Child Is This?," and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"), this holiday suite allows the students to produce a full, sonorous tone. While the technical demands are not great,…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Elliot Del Borgo
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Percussion Section Feature
Using a large percussion ensemble as its "soloist", the Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble is a heavy hitter for 9 percussionists. Cast in several sections, this work usually pits the soloists against the ensemble. An opening…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Bruce Yurko
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The vibrancy and energy of the Italian musical spirit are on display in this setting of “Funiculi Funicula”, “Tourna Sorrento”, and “La Tarantella”. The warmth and romantic expressiveness of “Tourna Sorrento” provides the ideal contrast with the two outer…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Elliot Del Borgo
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on five songs from various regions of China (“The Lion”, “Ten Sisters”, “Myela”, “Big Eyes Call”, and “The Bird's Beautiful Song”), this symphonic tone poem is Western neo-tonal treatment of the melodic and harmonic material derived from the five…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Elliot Del Borgo
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Fast & furious, Bruce Yurko's Intrada for Wind Ensemble is full of excitement with a range of moods and colors. The demented ostinato in the low woodwinds and low brass help keep the piece driving from beginning to end.Program NotesFast & furious,…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Bruce Yurko
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Dedicated to James Croft and commissioned by the Vernon Township High School Wind Ensemble (Donald Magee, conductor), Bruce Yurko's Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble is a spirited work that features fast and furious interchanges between the bombastic percussion…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Bruce Yurko
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications