A stark fanfare and a warm chorale-like melody combine to create mood worthy of a royal entrance - A Triumphal Procession indeed. The piece opens with simple, almost primitive fanfare that echoes around the ensemble. This is followed by a stately theme played…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tim Fisher
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Celebration! is a challenging & jubilant fanfare & overture for wind band, featuring constantly shifting mixed meters, syncopation, and soaring solos in the horn and euphonium. It works perfectly as either a concert opener or closer!
Grade Level: 5…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Philip Parker
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Since the earliest days of film, music has been a key element in creating moods and setting the scene. As a result, certain types of music now evoke images and scenes by themselves. And so it is with Chase At Midnight. Fast paced music punctuated with…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tim Fisher
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Who is Max? No-one knows for sure what he really looks like under his felt hat and dark glasses. What they do know is that he comes to the same table by the window at the same time every Friday night. And his order is always the same - dry water, straight up…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tim Fisher
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Trumpet Feature
With the trumpet and percussion ensemble exchanging and combining in the presentation of rhythmic and melodic ideas, this is an exciting work that explores the timbres and textures that are available to the composer of percussion ensemble…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Philip Parker
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
After a majestic opening, this piece is propelled forward by a pulsing, rhythmic soundscape.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2010 Publisher: Brolga Music Category: Concert Band
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Piccolo…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tim Fisher
Publisher:
Brolga Music
After a free, improvisational introduction with many special effects (bass drum roll inside piano, bowed tam-tam, wire brush on piano string, etc.), the tempo takes off in a fast triple meter. Eighths and sixteenths get passed around the ensemble very briskly…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Philip Parker
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Clarinet Feature
Using traditional percussion instruments, Parker creates a dialogue between the soloist and percussion ensemble that allows each to enjoy its own identity while achieving the kind of musical sensitivity found only in a rare number of…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Philip Parker
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Forge of Vulcan allows the conductor to focus on teaching musical imagery and narrative, reinforcing learned rhythms, rhythmic accuracy and note length, consistency in keeping tempo and ensemble development.
Grade Level: 0.5 Copyright: 2007 Publisher:…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tim Fisher
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Lullaby starts and ends with an optional flute solo. If you have a player capable of playing this as a solo, it will help create a sense of intimacy and provide a nice contrast with the rest of the piece.
Grade Level: 0.5 Copyright: 2011 Publisher: Brolga…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tim Fisher
Publisher:
Brolga Music