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
Written in three sections in G major, Barrington is an exuberant piece in an Americana style. There are moments for each section of the orchestra to shine, two solo features, and sections of the composition for the full orchestra to come together for…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Alan Lee Silva
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
A loving portrait of life growing up in the pastoral foothills of Northern California, Colors of Home conveys a warm Americana feeling, featuring beautifully nuanced melodic themes and carefully crafted harmonies.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2019 Publisher:…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Alan Lee Silva
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
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
First Light has all the traits you have come to love from Alan Silva - Flowing, cinematic melodies and lush harmonies…and only in three parts! How does he do it!?
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright: 2022 Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing Series: Harmony String…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Alan Lee Silva
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
This new work for string orchestra is exciting and lush! Alan Lee Silva makes an orchestra sound good, and Peripheral Visions is no exception. Soaring melodic lines and ample opportunity to work on light articulation abound in this wonderful new addition to…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Alan Lee Silva
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
Primrose Hill is a little slice of home. Beautiful, soaring melodies and lush, full-bodied harmony makes the orchestra sound huge. Brilliant scoring, solo sections, and all other manner of technique make this not only a musical experience, but a great…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Alan Lee Silva
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