This breezy work features a festive opening with plenty of quick melody lines to go around. A slower lyrical section gives the woodwinds a chance to shine with soaring themes before the main theme returns and pushes the tempo all the way to the grand finale.…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Trumpet…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Trombone Trio Feature
Quadrille is a major piece of music boasting colorful textures, spectacular musical lines, and a delightful dialogue between the band and the solo trombone trio.Program NotesCommissioned by the US Military Band at West Point, LTC…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
C.P.E. Bach’s Solfeggio in C Minor is one of his most popular keyboard works. This adaptation spreads the composition across a marimba quartet for beautiful arrangement that makes great use of the tone and timbre of the marimba.Program NotesWritten by German…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
C.P.E. Bach, David Mety
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
In Wonderworld, the band enters into a mysterious and colorful world of circuses and fairgrounds. However, life is not just “bread and circuses;” in the middle of the piece there is time for the darker sides of life.Program NotesWonderworld was commissioned…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ilari Hylkilä
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Xylophone/Marimba Feature
Zarabanda is in several sections with a Latin style rhythm that occasionally gets interrupted by accented outbursts from the ensemble. As the piece develops and moves from section to section, new rhythmic and melodic ideas are…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joseph Turrin
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications