James Barnes

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

The band version was commissioned by the Long Beach Middle School 1984-85 8th Grade Band, Long Beach, N.Y., Richard Hornung, Director. Versions for band and orchestra are available from the publisher.

This joyful overture provides intermediate to advancing players the opportunity to engage symphonic music without overly difficult technical sections.

The work opens with a dramatic brass fanfare before moving to a spirited allegro. The slower middle portion is rather jazzy in character with a trumpet solo. After several statements of this lush song...

This dramatic work for young players is intended to portray a noble, mystical pursuit of some great conquest or accomplishment. Full of driving percussion, resolving tone clusters, dramatic brass writ...

This joyful overture provides intermediate to advancing players the opportunity to engage symphonic music without overly difficult technical sections.

Fanfare and Processional es una emocionante apertura de concierto para bandas jóvenes en la línea de la conocida Pompa y Circunstancia de Edward Elgar. En esta partitura se han tenido muy en cuenta lo...

Lonely Beach' is a tone poem about some isolated and not particularly attractive beaches on the northern coast of France which, for a few hours on late Spring day in 1944, were transformed into the mo...

New flexible ensemble scoring by Clarence Barber, playable on any SSATB combination of woodwind, brass, or string players with optional percussion. Commissioned by the Long Beach Middle School 1984-85...

New flexible ensemble arrangement by Clarence Barber, based on the second edition rescored by the composer, playable on any SSATB combination of woodwind, brass, or string players with optional percus...

This work for early intermediate bands is a wonderful selection for contest or a concert opening.

Fanfare and Processional by celebrated composer James Barnes is a rousing concert opener for younger bands, or may be performed as an occasional piece at ceremonies. (Grade 2.5)

Commissioned by the Kansas Commission for the Celebration of the BiCentennial of the United States Constitution.

Commissioned by the Kansas Commission for the Celebration of the BiCentennial of the United States Constitution.

Dedicated 'to the memory of Gene Clapp, our good friend, teacher and colleague'. Commissioned by his many friends in Hays, Kansas.

Dedicated 'to the memory of Gene Clapp, our good friend, teacher and colleague'. Commissioned by his many friends in Hays, Kansas.

Dedicated 'to the memory of Gene Clapp, our good friend, teacher and colleague'. Commissioned by his many friends in Hays, Kansas.

This work for early intermediate bands is a wonderful selection for contest or a concert opening.