This reverent and harmony rich setting uses a theme from Joachim Neander to full effect. Tons to do musically and wonderful moments for your audience. This one is a winner.
Grade Level: 3.5 Copyright: 2023 Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing Category:…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
William Owens
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
This percussion sextet written predominantly in 6/4 phrases in alternating bars of 5/8 and 7/8. The 6/4 motivic development blends and creates a rhythmic tension against the 2-3-2-2-3 beaming. A rhythmic motif of sixteenth notes on the “two” groupings drive…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This is a contemporary ensemble that features a wide range of colors and textures based around a Rondo form using as many variants on “Seven” as possible. Each performer plays a tambourine giving lots of opportunity for various tambourine technical work. This…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Make a strong impression with this effective holiday arrangement for beginners from popular composer/arranger William Owens. The piece includes O Come All Ye Faithful and Angels We Have Heard on High. This will be a solid choice for your next holiday concert…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
William Owens
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
If you are looking for something different in your march selection this year, look no further than William Owens’ new work New Era March. It is more of a regal march than the standard American march form. Built on a well-crafted theme, this march will make a…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
William Owens
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
In the great tradition of piano quintets, Holger Jung has created a unique three-movement work that effectively replaces the piano with a marimba. The contrasting movements in of lost dreams and chocolate feature musical form that is rooted in the classical…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Holger Jung
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Shiraz is dedicated to Leander Kaiser, who inspired me to write this piece and also performed in the premier.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2002 Number of Players: 4 Duration: 7:45 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Type: Quartet Category: Percussion
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Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Holger Jung
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This powerful work by composer William Owens is not only contemplative, but a poignant reminder of our history. A great teaching piece equally at home in the classroom as it is on the concert stage.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2022 Publisher: Excelcia Music…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
William Owens
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
The Silence Between… is an advanced multiple percussion solo written for 4 toms, 4 almglocken, and opera gong. It is a minimalist set up that challenges the performer to explores an incredible vocabulary of sounds and effects while offering the listener new…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Voices of Himeji is an exciting quartet of three movements portraying a beautiful castle in Japan, high on a hill, guarding the city silently for centuries. Divided into separate movements of Drums, Marimbas, and Metals, each feature distinctive groupings of…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Michael Varner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications