Court Jester March is a quirky, lively march featuring sparking sixteenth notes in the woodwinds, silly syncopation in the brass, and plenty of rhythmic ringing in the percussion. Students and audiences alike can easily imagine the Court Jester dancing around…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Karen K. Robertson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by a poem of the same name by Rainer Maria Rilke, Falling Stars paints a picture of reflection, wonder, and longing through its vivid imagery of a meteor shower.Program NotesFALLING STARS by RAINER MARIA RILKE (trans. Albert Ernest Flemming) Do you…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The work is programmatic and is written to depict the sparse, rugged iron-ore country and the port industrial centre of Port Hedland which is arguably Australia's "Iron Gate" to the world.Program NotesThe Iron Gate was commissioned in 1993 by the Hedland…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Program NotesPercy Grainger was a multi-faceted artist. He was one of the great pianists of the first half of the twentieth century; the most important English folk song collector of his time; one of the greatest “setters” of folk song of any time; a musical…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Grainger, C. Ragsdale
Publisher:
Aux Arcs Music