Douglas Akey
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Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 1
Academic Festival Overture
Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture was composed in the summer of 1880 for the conferment of his own honorary doctorate of philosophy degree by Breslau University. The piece is based on a number of student songs that would have been familiar to those in attendance at the time. The themes derived from four of those songs have been used in this arrangement for young band and are presented in the same order in which they appear in Brahms’s original. Careful attention to the written dynamics and articulations will aid your students in creating an authentic performance of this transcription. A perfect choice for young bands at festival.SKU: AL20709 -
Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 1.5
An Angel Fantasie
Here is an outstanding opportunity to both ring in the season and help your students to develop the important skills of rhythmic independence and stylized articulations. An Angel Fantasie is a creative treatment of the well-known Christmas carol Angels We Have Heard On High. This arrangement forgoes the usual melody/harmony scoring in favor of introducing the young musician to simple contrapuntal writing. The theme is treated lyrically for the first half of the arrangement before introducing lighter articulations “alla baroque.”SKU: AL23296 -
Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 4
Canarios Fantasia
Driving syncopation and woodwind flourishes will transform your next concert into a festival! A rhythmic showpiece for your whole band, Doug Akey’s Canarios Fantasia makes tremendous use of the trumpet and percussion sections which supply the driving pulses throughout the work. A flowing melody provides a brief contrast about two-thirds in, only to be overtaken by the exciting “Vivo” section that drives Canarios Fantasia home. A spectacular finish to any concert!
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Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 4
Cheyenne Cañon
Written for Dan Bell and the Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School Symphonic Band, this work was named by the students for a nearby canyon. Cheyenne Cañon presents a wide variety of musical styles from the mystical opening measures through the loping double time feel of the exposition to the melancholy strains of the lyrical middle section. The tempo continues to increase in the final section, propelling the work to its exciting final measures.SKU: AL23322 -
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Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 2
Flourish & Festivity
Flourish and Festivity was composed to celebrate the remarkable careers of two gifted music educators, Ronald Case and Robert Lehner of Clarence, New York. The Maestoso sections soon leads to the driving eighth notes of the Energico section which heightens the dramatic effect of the piece. Exciting and powerful!SKU: AL20684 -
Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 4
Over Slope and Summit
Over Slope and Summit was written for the Mountain View High School Wind Ensemble (Loveland, CO) and its director, Peter Toews. Alpine fanfares and soaring melodies create a musical painting of the five peaks of the Rocky Mountains that are visible from the school’s campus.SKU: AL24674 -
Concert Band, Concert Band Grade: 3
Riders on the Wind
Riders on the Wind is a musical flight that features lyrical melodies soaring over a rhythmic undercurrent. Written in a single tempo throughout, the piece is a study in continuous motion right up until the final note. The programmatic effect in the piece will be enhanced by accentuating the stylistic contrast between the sostenuto melodies and the more rhythmic accompaniments.SKU: AL22285
