Using motives from Joplin's Weeping Willow Rag, Aerodynamics is a programmatic work that takes you back to the time of the Wright brothers. The sounds of the planes being built, nostalgic ragtime music, and the soaring lines when flight became a reality are…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This unique tour-de-force for woodwind trio sparkles with fast swing, sultry adagio and blazing fusion. Gillingham's grasp on motivic transformation is unparalleled.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2002 Number of Players: 3 Duration: 5:00 Publisher: C. Alan…
Style:
Woodwind
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by the Book of Revelation, Gillingham's Angels of the Apocalypse is a dramatic work for 5 keyboard percussion and 3 battery percussion that features lush, chromatic harmonies, gorgeous lyrical lines and sweeping, breathtaking arpeggios. This is not a…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Anniversary was originally a short piano solo written for his wife, Linda, on their 7th wedding anniversary. On the occasion of Linda and David’s 44th wedding anniversary, their son, Garrett, arranged the short piece for symphonic band as a touching gift to…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham, G. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Originally a solo piano piece that Gillingham wrote for his wife on their 7th wedding anniversary, he re-imagined it for cello and marimba for his daughter's wedding. This beautiful arrangement showcases the musical union of the two instruments and is perfect…
Style:
Percussion, String
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Appalachian Counterpoint is a work for tuba-euphonium quartet based on the traditional Appalachian folk song “All the Pretty Little Horses,” a lovely lilting lullaby. There is, however, very little feeling of “lullaby” in this work as it is transformed into…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on the events of the annual AuSable River Festival, this work musically depicts the festival parade, then the grandeur of the river with the relaxing "river theme". The river theme is interrupted by the Canoe Marathon with its continuous 16th note…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
We all struggle to find the inner peace of our soul. Our everyday struggle through the busy traffic of our lives makes it difficult to tap into this inner peace. This piece chronicles the challenge of our quest for quietness and calmness in our life.Program…
Style:
Brass, Percussion, String
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
It's not often you come across a composition that offers the high level of musical merit needed to appeal to directors and also offers an emotional depth able to truly move an audience. This is such a piece. Gillingham bases his reverent and powerful work on…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Beside Still Waters is a chorale fantasy on the hymn "He Leadeth Me" seeking to highlight both the peaceful and dramatic message of the words. As you have come to expect from Gillingham, this masterful wind ensemble work is appropriate in both sacred and…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications