One of Australia’s greatest entertainers, the late Ricky May, often used the expression to an audience to acknowledge his band “How about a little bit of sugar for the band?”. This piece is in fond memory of Ricky and how great would it be for any one back…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Daryl McKenzie
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Commissioned by Blackburn High School Friends of Music for the Symphonic Band performance at The Midwest Clinic, International Band and Orchestra Conference 2017, Chicago USA. Based on the opening phrase of the Blackburn High School Song - Ad Lucem Crescimus…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Brian Hogg
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Baldur, son of Odin, is known in Norse mythology as the god of beauty and light, peace and righteousness. Through the treachery of Loki, the trickster and god of fire and magic, Baldur is slain by his own twin brother with a spear made from mistletoe. He is…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Martin West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Originally written as a lilting funk chart for five piece band, this conversion to full big band has allowed the tune to develop into a multi layered work that explores connections throughout the band. Recorded by Melbourne’s Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra,…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Roger Schmidli
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Originally a song in four parts for acapella vocal ensemble, A Country Mile is written in the style of an old-world jazz ballad. Its lyrics conjure a mood of peace, contentment and homecoming.
Grade Level: 3.5 Copyright: 2019 Publisher: Brolga Music Series:…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Naomi Crellin, Edward Fairlie
Publisher:
Brolga Music
In a dystopian future, a team of vigilantes is setting out across the desert plains to catch the bandits that have raided their encampment. Armed to the teeth, and with nothing left to lose, they drive out at sunrise. Nothing’s gonna stop them. Prepare for…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music
How funky can you get? It’s easy to get excited about the title of this tune and try too hard to be funky. It’s like trying too hard to be cool. It’s just doesn’t work.
Grade Level: 4.5 Copyright: 2019 Publisher: Brolga Music Series: Jazz Repertoire Series…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Lachlan Davidson
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Hop! Hop! Hop! Bouncing through the Australian bush to a swingin’ rhythm you can imagine a herd of kangaroos groovin’ out as they stop to for a chew on some grass, look around and bound off again. Out pops a joey looking from the pouch of its mother, its…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Leigh Crombie, Brian West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
What do lizards get up to after a day’s basking in the sun? Having re-energised on that hot rock, they are swinging out with the other reptiles. A glass of lemonade and bowl of grasshoppers they are off and leaping. Leaping Lizards!
Grade Level: 2 Copyright:…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Roger Schmidli
Publisher:
Brolga Music
As often happens, Lucky Lockie lept off the piano and demanded to become a tune when the composer was teaching saxophone to another Lockie. The bass line became the key ingredient. Both Lockies were lucky to be in the right place at the right time. I guess…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Lachlan Davidson
Publisher:
Brolga Music