Written for the 2022 All-Virginia Concert Band, in under three minutes of time, your ensemble will come alive with a fanfare that kicks with a country backbeat. The music explores the land and history of the Commonwealth of Virginia through sound. Through…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Carl Holmquist
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This percussion sextet written predominantly in 6/4 phrases in alternating bars of 5/8 and 7/8. The 6/4 motivic development blends and creates a rhythmic tension against the 2-3-2-2-3 beaming. A rhythmic motif of sixteenth notes on the “two” groupings drive…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
In music and in life, we seek to move from dark, challenging times to bright and hopeful futures. In order for this to happen, we rely on the courage of leaders to lead and also the courage of followers to follow! This piece explores this idea through the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Carl Holmquist
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Silence Between… is an advanced multiple percussion solo written for 4 toms, 4 almglocken, and opera gong. It is a minimalist set up that challenges the performer to explores an incredible vocabulary of sounds and effects while offering the listener new…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Community Bands play a vital and unique role in the band world, offering musicians of all ages and walks of life the opportunity to make music together, enriching the lives of their audiences and themselves. When Friends Rejoice seeks to convey that power of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Carl Holmquist
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications