Grainger tells us that Arrival Platform Humlet conveys the sense of “Awaiting the arrival of belated train bringing one’s sweetheart from foreign parts; great fun! The sort of thing one hums to oneself as an accompaniment to one’s tramping feet as one happily…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Flashy and musical, this challenging work is perfect for the two mallet marimbist on your next recital or concert program.Program NotesConcert Piece requires 2-mallet technique only. Three pairs of yarn mallets are requested: medium soft, medium, and hard.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
David J. Long
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This is your next powerhouse marimba concerto! David Long has written a difficult, but idiomatic, solo part with ensemble parts playable by a high school band. The orchestral version is exquisite. Beautiful melodies and harmonic language coupled with driving…
Style:
Full Orchestra
Composer:
David J. Long
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This is your next powerhouse marimba concerto! David Long has written a difficult, but idiomatic, solo part with ensemble parts playable by a high school band. The orchestral version is exquisite. Beautiful melodies and harmonic language coupled with driving…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
David J. Long
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Danny Deever started life as a poem from the “Barracks Room Ballads” of Rudyard Kipling, a major cultural hero of Percy Grainger’s. Originally scored the for small male unison chorus, large male choir, and a large orchestra including saxophones and euphonium…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
Originally scored for 5 solo voices, a double mixed chorus, 3 orchestral groups of brass, strings, and mixed mandolins and guitars, Father and Daughter is one of Grainger's most exciting works. It may be performed as a standalone work or as a set called "…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
from "The Jungle Book" Cycle
This 5-movement suite contains half of Grainger’s Jungle Book Cycle, including Morning Song in the Jungle, The Inuit, The Hunting Song of the Seeonee Pack, The Beaches of Lukannon, and .Program Notes"My Kipling 'Jungle Book' Cycle…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
This setting of Molly on the Shore re-assigns most of the “knuckle-buster” woodwind parts to 4 players on 4 marimbas, treating the marimbas like a soli group in a concerto grosso. This arrangement for 8 hands on 4 marimbas and band is a Grade 5, well-suited…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
“Scene III” from Olav Trygvason, Op. 50 is a Grade 5, well-suited to the outstanding high school or college band. Duration 12:30.Program NotesThis arrangement came about because of my research into the music of the Australian-American composer Percy Aldridge…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Grieg, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music
for Soprano and Marimba
Mark Vance has set these three extraordinary Machado poems for soprano and marimba. The combined timbre of the voice and the marimba is compelling; the more you hear, the more you’d like to hear.Program NotesI’ve set English…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Mark Vance
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications