Concert Band Grade: 4.5
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Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 4.5
The River Seneca
Capturing the proud spirit of the Salamanca community, this piece begins with powerful brass fanfares and flowing melodic woodwind lines that modulate, ebb and flow just as the Allegany River does. Lyrical themes and heroic melodies captures the strength of the Seneca Nation. (5:00)SKU: AL48145 -
Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 4.5
Tribute
Tribute is a stirring, colorful, and energetic work from one of the most highly regarded composers for concert bands. James Barnes has crafted this attractive overture as a gift for James K. Copenhaver upon his retirement from a distinguished career as Director of Bands at the University of South Carolina.SKU: AL36720 -
Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 4.5
Triumphal March (from Aida)
There is a saying that “the test of great music is that it stands the test of time.” While there have been many triumphal marches written by great composers, few are as well-known as this powerful and exuberant march from Act II of Giuseppe Verdi’s 1871 grand opera, Aida. This arrangement is orchestrated to showcase the richness and capabilities of the contemporary wind band and is based on the early 20th Century setting by the famous Italian bandmaster and composer Giuseppe Creatore. (5:10)SKU: AL37832 -
Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 4.5
Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann
In the conductor’s notes by the composer, Robert Jager says, “The theme is ‘The Happy Farmer,’ and the variations evolve one from the other throughout the work using rhythmic, melodic and intervallic relationships for their basis of variance.” This major work, long unavailable, once again brightens the concert band programming of professional, service, collegiate, and quality high school organizations everywhere. (9:23)SKU: ALBD9627 -
Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 4.5
Whirlybird
This fast-paced, swirling vortex of sound, with swift melodies and grooving background rhythms, is woven together with changing time signatures and plentiful use of percussion. It is an aural impression of the whirling rotors and unique maneuvers of a helicopter. (3:05)SKU: AL39645
