Southern Music Band

Commissioned by the Durham Middle School Wind Ensemble in Lewisville, Texas, in the Fall of 2019, for its first performance under their new Director, Ms. Ellie Murphy, Kings and Angels Dancing begins...

Like most of Leroy Anderson's efforts, Belle of the Ball is light, effervescent, and devoid of conflict or disharmony. Anderson looked upon the piece as a modern-day American revival -- or revitalizat...

Like most of Leroy Anderson's efforts, Belle of the Ball is light, effervescent, and devoid of conflict or disharmony. Anderson looked upon the piece as a modern-day American revival -- or revitalizat...

Risoluto is a music term of Italian derivation, first appearing in the mid 1700s. A great many musical terms such as this are in Italian, because many of the important composers from the Renaissance t...

Risoluto is a music term of Italian derivation, first appearing in the mid 1700s. A great many musical terms such as this are in Italian, because many of the important composers from the Renaissance t...

Based on the exhilarating bike ride on the Seymour Valley Demonstration Forest trail and a detour into the remote, beautiful Lost Lake, I associate this piece with some great memories. Glistening in a...

Based on the exhilarating bike ride on the Seymour Valley Demonstration Forest trail and a detour into the remote, beautiful Lost Lake, I associate this piece with some great memories. Glistening in a...

Written in the fall of 2019, this exhilarating piece for Symphonic Wind Ensemble portrays the heroism, along with the conflict - both external and internal - of peacekeepers around us. A keeper of the...

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Christmas Overture appeared posthumously in 1925. Originally orchestrated by Sydney Baynes, it features God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Hark the Herald Angels Sing. It is tho...

The title Luna is the Latin word for "moon," which is the subject of this lyrical work by composer Yukiko Nishimura, originally composed for string orchestra. In a lilting waltz style, the composer ha...

The title Luna is the Latin word for "moon," which is the subject of this lyrical work by composer Yukiko Nishimura, originally composed for string orchestra. In a lilting waltz style, the composer ha...

Originally for piano, this lyric work is a shining presentation of Price's signature style. The first statement is in E-flat Major, then modulates to F Major. Although short, the piece requires mature...

Originally for piano, this lyric work is a shining presentation of Price's signature style. The first statement is in E-flat Major, then modulates to F Major. Although short, the piece requires mature...

The extensive passages for orchestra alone in The Many Moods of Christmas suites represent some of Robert Russell Bennett's most brilliant and attractive writing based on familiar carols. This Mark Ro...

The extensive passages for orchestra alone in The Many Moods of Christmas suites represent some of Robert Russell Bennett's most brilliant and attractive writing based on familiar carols. This Mark Ro...

El año 1951 fue muy productivo para Leroy Anderson. Para un proyecto de grabación con Decca records en junio de ese año compuso varias de sus piezas más populares, muchas de las cuales se interpretaro...

Distant Hymns es el tercer movimiento de la obra del compositor Dreams and Faith (The Solomon Valley Anthology). La American Composers Alliance encargó la obra para su Continental Harmony Project. A f...

Distant Hymns es el tercer movimiento de la obra del compositor Dreams and Faith (The Solomon Valley Anthology). La American Composers Alliance encargó la obra para su Continental Harmony Project. A f...

FORGOTTEN DREAMS se terminó el 28 de mayo de 1954. La primera interpretación tuvo lugar unos días más tarde, el 2 de junio, durante una sesión de grabación para Delta Records en Nueva York, en la que...

Capriccio es la tercera composición de James Barnes, resultado de un encargo de la Banda de Antiguos Alumnos del Instituto Zushi de la Prefectura de Kanagawa (Japón). Es una pieza alegre y desenfadada...

Capriccio es la tercera composición de James Barnes, resultado de un encargo de la Banda de Antiguos Alumnos del Instituto Zushi de la Prefectura de Kanagawa (Japón). Es una pieza alegre y desenfadada...

CONCERTINO FOR BASSOON, Opus 171 fue un encargo del Dr. Mark Rogers y se estrenó en abril de 2023 por el Conjunto de Viento de la Universidad de Kansas, dirigido por el Dr. Paul Popiel, con Eric Stomb...

Compuesta durante el verano y el otoño de 1974, la PRIMERA SINFONÍA, Op. 35, de Barnes fue su tesis de máster en la Universidad de Kansas. Fue estrenada en el semestre de primavera de 1976 por su Band...

El BALLET PARA BANDA de Gillis es música del siglo XX. La partitura es infinitamente inventiva y rica en colores, con partituras para toda la paleta de sonidos disponibles en la banda de viento sinfón...

Una composición ingeniosa y humorística para ayudar en la enseñanza de los cambios de compás, TIME BANDITS no utiliza nada más complejo que corcheas en su exploración del tiempo. La percusión adecuada...