A Lo Menos Amemos is a work for winds, percussion, strings, and SAB choir based on a beautiful love poem by the Spanish poet Amado Nervo called "Amemos" (in English, "Let's Love"). The lyrics propose an optimistic outlook on life‘s uncertainties, proclaiming…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Composer Mark Revell brings this fresh new work to the string orchestra. Complete with a bird-like Violin solo, this beautiful and tranquil work will inspire musicians and provide opportunity for expressive playing and interpretation.
Grade Level: 2.5…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Mark Revell
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Set in D locrian mode (with notes of the E-flat major scale), this is a dark, engaging work that plays with the word "Centrifugal," which refers to the force that acts on objects within a rotating frame, directing them away away from the axis (e.g. the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Elegy for Bass Trombone & String Quartet elicits the multifaceted feelings of grief beginning with the trombone playing a solemn lyrical line in A minor against a quiet backdrop of ascending sixteenths of intervals of sixths and fifths in the string…
Style:
Brass, String
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Composer Mark Revell brings a unique flare to the string world with Holes in Space. While depicting the atomic happenings of matter in our universe, Mark also brings a refreshing amount of “space” between notes.
Grade Level: 2.5 Copyright: 2019 Publisher:…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Mark Revell
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Juxtaposing two original these, each representing soul and creativity,"Rising Star pays a musical tribute to the life of a student who was taken too soon.Program NotesRising Star was commissioned by parents Tom & Karen Wilson, and sister Jodi Guzak in…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Set the World on Fire is a breathtaking work for SATB choir and wind ensemble using quotes from the writings of St. Catherine of Siena. "You are an ever-burning fire; You are a fire which drives away all coldness and illumines minds with its light, and with…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written to showcase the talents of percussionist Ujjal Bhattacharyya, Swamp Bog is a virtuosic work for solo vibraphone that explores open-voiced dissonant intervals and draws inspiration from Frank Zappa and Gordon Stout.Program NotesI met Ujjal…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Josh Oxford
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This joyful piece depicting falling water has something for everyone. The composer describes the piece like a fountain from the famed Versailles.
Grade Level: 4.5 Copyright: 2019 Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing Series: Maestro String Orchestra Series…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Mark Revell
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing