Truman Capote's short story Music for Chameleons provided the inspiration for this work. Welcher's music sets the stage for Capote's story with its use of cricket calls, bamboo wind chimes, and spring coil. Bits of Mozart piano sonatas are quoted throughout…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Dan Welcher
Publisher:
OU Percussion Press
Inspired by the way individual elements of the environment come together in one beautiful landscape, Sonic Portrait captures that essence through sound. The work features two distinct marimba parts, but like a landscape they have a constant dependence on each…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Sam Carullo
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
In five and a half minutes, the composer takes the listener on a sonic journey across a vast, awe-inspiring landscape that is filled with adventure one might expect in worlds dreamed up by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Grade Level: 3.5 Copyright: 2016 Number of Players:…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ilari Hylkilä
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications