Frank Ticheli

A monumental masterpiece of modern symphonic wind band literature: The captivating "Symphony No. 2", published by Manhattan Beach Music, is a work of exceptional emotional depth, sonic brilliance, and...

Grades 5 & 6 - (Mvt. 1 & 2 Gr. 6; Mvt. 3 Gr. 5. May be played separately.) Movement titles: 1. Shooting Stars; 2. Dreams Under a New Moon;3. Apollo Unleashed

from Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs

THE SHAKERS The Shakers were a religious sect who splintered from a Quaker community in the mid-1700's in Manchester, England. Known then derisively as 'Shaking Quakers' because of the passionate shak...

A'bracadabra' was composed in the summer of 2004, and was orchestrated the following November during a residency at the MacDowell Colony. The piece is dedicated to my son, and is at once playful and s...

Composer's Notes Portrait of a Clown is in ABA form surrounded by an eight-bar introduction and coda: Introduction (beginning at measure '1') A (beginning at rehearsal letter 'A') B (beginning at rehe...

Background In 1992 I composed a concerto for traditional jazz band and orchestra, 'Playing' 'With' 'Fire', for the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and the San Antonio Symphony. That work was composed as a celebr...

Experience the untamed power and dramatic energy of 'Vesuvius', an outstanding masterpiece for concert band published by the renowned Manhattan Beach Music. Inspired by primal forces of nature and the...

Cajuns are descendants of the Acadians, a group of early French colonists who began settling in Acadia (now Nova Scotia) around 1604. In 1755 they were driven out by the British, eventually resettling...