This gentle Japanese melody will add warm flowers to your precious recital and is especially suitable for an encore.Program NotesThere are many traditional Japanese children's songs that distinctly express the spirit of the good old days. At the Shore is one…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
Tamezo Narita, Takashi Haga
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Hymn Tune Variations is a setting of the famous English hymn “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” which employs the American folk tune NETTLETON. The variations re-harmonize this popular melody using a solo instrument with marimba and piano. This setting is…
Style:
Percussion, Woodwind, String
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Karlimba, A Reflection is a showy, yet accessible, work for marimba quartet and wind ensemble (piano) that requires four expressive percussionists to pull it off. It features primarily 2-mallet playing, but two of the performers are required to play a couple…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Rhapsody for Clarinet is the second work in a series of compositions of the same name for solo wind instruments and piano. The first part offers a lyrical melody exchanged and developed between the instruments. This leads into an aggressive, punctuated…
Style:
Woodwind
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written in three sections, Rhapsody for Trumpet showcases the trumpet in bold statements, cantabile melodies, and jazz stylings.Program NotesRhapsody for Trumpet is the third work in a series of compositions of the same name for solo wind instruments and…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A fast paced, rhythmic showpiece for trombone. Slide Ride is an energetic work that shows off both the technical and lyrical capabilities of the trombone, while throwing in a few tongue in cheek references to that less polite side of the instrument.Program…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Tempest Black depicts a typical Spring thunderstorm, as we are likely to see in Kansas. The piece offers contrasts in tempos, moods, and extensive rhythmic interplay between the 7 players.Program NotesTempest Black was composed for Shawnee Mission South High…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Keith Larson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Winner of the 2001 Delius Composition Contest, Time… is a setting of five poems from the writings of Kim Rich.Program NotesWinner of the 2001 Delius Composition Contest, Time… is a setting of five poems from the writings of Kim Rich. The composition is…
Style:
Woodwind
Composer:
Greg Danner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications