James Barnes

Commissioned by the Kansas City Youth Symphony, this work was intended to serve as a major contribution to the celebration of the orchestra's 40th anniversary. The wind band version of the symphony wa...

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This symphony, commissioned by and dedicated to Roy Holder and his wonderful Lake Braddock High School Band, is both shorter and simpler to play than the composer's other symphonies, but it loses noth...

This symphony, commissioned by and dedicated to Roy Holder and his wonderful Lake Braddock High School Band, is both shorter and simpler to play than the composer's other symphonies, but it loses noth...

This symphony, commissioned by and dedicated to Roy Holder and his wonderful Lake Braddock High School Band, is both shorter and simpler to play than the composer's other symphonies, but it loses noth...

This is Barnes Symphony #7 and is a brilliant work depicting events of the American Civil War.

If you have a large percussion section, Credo might be a perfect piece for your young band. It is very carefully scored and cross-cued, so that almost any size band can perform it. Composed in sonatin...

Prairie Winds Festival is a fast, happy-go-lucky opener. It is very carefully scored and cross-cued, so that almost any size band can perform it. The Piccolo, 2nd Oboe, 2nd Bassoon, Contra-Alto Clarin...

Citadel was composed to commemorate the 150th anniversary of The University of Kansas (1865 to 2015.) It begins with optional offstage chimes (one or two sets [opt. ]) to depict the daily ringing of t...

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...

Ritmico is a dynamic contest style overture that joins florid melodic writing with a pulsing percussion and driving bass lines. Cast in ABA form, the main vivace theme gives way to a lyrical cantabile...