Inspired by the night sky in the composer’s home state of Michigan, At Evening’s First Star takes listeners on a journey starting with a single star on the horizon and ending with a sky full of shimmering lights. This is a wonderful follow-up to Gillingham's…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
With skillful craftsmanship, David Gillingham offers you an opportunity to program a work that captures the serenity and beauty of daybreak. From the opening thin layers of sound, a broad, sweeping feel emerges, sprinkled with active lines depicting nature…
Style:
Flex Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
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
Before I Sleep is an easy and accessible 4-mallet solo for 4.3 Marimba. It is tailored towards players who have mastered the basic techniques and are ready to take on longer works.Program NotesThe varied sections of the piece feature different concepts like…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Daniel Eisenhardt
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Berserker is an aggressive and heavy work written for advanced solo marimba and accompanied by a supporting ensemble of 5 percussionists. While not directly programmatic, the atmosphere, title, and challenge to the soloist are reflective of Japanese artist…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Caleb Pickering
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Originally for string orchestra, The Bicycle is a fun and energetic piece using staccato technique in the winds and a triangle and ratchet to imitate the sounds of your favorite bicycle. Keep your audience smiling with this lively work by Ryan Ross.Program…
Style:
Flex Band
Composer:
Ryan Ross
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Beginning with driving rhythms reminiscent of the Australian Outback, shifting to a delicate melody that is passed around the ensemble, and ending with a return of the original theme. Boomerang is scored for 8-10 players and is a perfect fit for programs…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Amanda Sycamore
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Bubblegum is intended to captivate the simplicity in form, chord structure, and groove of those early rock and roll hits released by Motown in a percussion ensemble setting. Pulling from the style and even chord progressions from popular songs of the day,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written for three relative pitch categories—high, middle, and low—this trio can be played using any household items and with any number of people by doubling or tripling (or more) each part. For added flexibility, a click track for this trio is available,…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Cage We Make is a not-so-subtle nod to the percussion quartets of John Cage, most notably his Constructions. The work is built around the rhythmic pattern of 2-3-5-7-11 with its various forms being manipulated through retrograde, canon, rotation of the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Wes Stephens
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications