Partituras de música de concierto

John Philip Sousa himself was a fan of the music of this important African-American composer. Cave of the Winds is an inventive and highly original march scored for band by Percy Grainger expert Dana...

This new 2020 revision by R. Mark Rogers addresses errors found in the previous edition and follows Grainger's scoring practices and concept of instrumental color more closely. One of the absolute gem...

This work was commissioned in 1996 by the Arosa Cultural committee and first performed in Arosa in that year. The majestic introduction opens with trombones and euphonium, heralding a legato theme, ch...

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...

Can there be a two-minute symphony? This work is certainly two minutes, and it does 'sound' like a symphony because there are symphonic elements in it: It has a clearly-stated theme, which is develope...

Can there be a two-minute symphony? This work is certainly two minutes, and it does 'sound' like a symphony because there are symphonic elements in it: It has a clearly-stated theme, which is develope...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Allegro Brillante' is the first movement of 'Dragonland' for band. The first performance (under the original title, 'A Short Symphony) 'was given by the L.E. Dieruff High School Concert Band, conducte...

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...

Color by Bob Margolis, based upon tunes from Playford's 'English Dancing Master (1651)' and Jr. Jacob van Eyck's 'Der Fluyten Lust-hof'. Hear streaming audio on this page. Suitable for college and hig...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Fantasia Nova 'is a suite comprising two concert marches and a slow, middle movement that derives its themes from both marches. 'Ragtime '(composed in early September, 1978) is a 'new from old' sort o...

PROGRAM NOTE Festival in Russia is a transcription for concert band of Anatoli Liadov's dazzling orchestral work, 'Polonaise (Op. 49). 'Written at the turn of the century, its energetic dance rhythms...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Above all, 'Joy 'is an expression of its namesake: simple, unabashed joy. A boisterous, uninhibited quality is implied in the music, not only at climactic moments, but also by the frequent presence of...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner