South of the Baw Baw Ranges, about 160km east of Melbourne, Victoria, lies Moondarra Reservoir, a water catchment and storage dam. Moondarra - a word that comes from the local Australian Aboriginal people - is thought to mean “plenty of rain and thunder” and…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Steven Capaldo
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Migaloo (White Whale) is an adult, albino humpback whale who journeys each year from the cold waters of the Antarctic, up the eastern coast of Australia, north to the warm waters of Queensland. The name, Migaloo, in some Indigenous languages means "white…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Claire Petherick
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Music is used to great effect in movies to describe a character, a place, or a sequence of events. It can do the heavy lifting in clarifying good and bad, happy and sad, and everything in between. On a Mission is the soundtrack to a movie that, so far, does…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Pinwheels and Spinning Tops captures musically the playfulness of these revolving toys and the spontaneity of childish delight as colours whirl through hypnotic optical illusions. Keeping a forward momentum, as the Pinwheels and Spinning Tops are set in…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tania Owens
Publisher:
Brolga Music
A ‘ratbag’ is an Australian slang term used to describe someone who might be a bit mischievous. In this case it is applied with the utmost affection. I have two ratbags, Lily and Ella. When they were a younger, 4 or 5 years old, we would play ‘hide and seek…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David Jones
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Red Ribbons is a dramatic and colourful concert piece that takes its inspiration from the Red Ribbon Rebellion which flared up on the Bendigo goldfields of Victoria, Australia in 1853. Thousands of miners, objecting to the harsh license conditions imposed by…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Martin West
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Soren Bushi is a traditional Japanese fishing song originally used to keep the fishermen in time together as they send the boats out to sea, haul the nets, fold the sails and load the catch. With the lyrics coming from an old fishermen's dialect from the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tania Owens
Publisher:
Brolga Music
The drums are the raw heartbeat of the jungle. They are the soundtrack for the wild adventures that can be had, venturing where no human has ever set foot. There is something primal about being deep in the forest, surrounded by wild animals and far, far away…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music
In 2018, Australia launched the Australian Space Agency and became the last OECD country in the world to have a designated public service office dedicated to space industry and engagement. While playing a major role in televising the 1969 Apollo 11 moon…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Steven Capaldo
Publisher:
Brolga Music
To Dream of Giants is a work of three main musical phases suggesting the idea of the listener entering a dream-like world where giants exist as a noble but fearsome race.Program NotesTo Dream of Giants is a work of three main musical phases suggesting the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Roger Schmidli
Publisher:
Brolga Music