Promo Cd: Ludwig - Vol. 6 Concert Band Music

Pieces of Eight - Based on Themes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 Joseph Wilcox Jenkins / Arr. Frederick Fennell

Originally conceived while the composers were students in Frederick Fennell's famed Eastman Wind Ensemble, this extremely enjoyable march is based upon themes from Beethoven's Symphony No. 8. Classic and accessible, this march will fit into any concert program.

Wild America (Overture für Symphonic Winds) Neil Argo / Arr. Brian Bettger

A Patriotic Overture Ira Hearshen

Having made an indelible musical mark with his amazing Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa, and Divertimento for Band, master Hollywood film composer/arranger Ira Hearshen has once again turned to a bravura work with Patriotic Overture. With mixed meter, juxtaposed melodies, thick harmonies, short solo exposures, burnished and brilliant brass passages, all applied to tunes ...

Creatures of Dreams Clarence E. Barber

Each of its seven movements portrays a fantastical creature from mankind's different cultural mythologies. Various sections of the band are featured in each movement, allowing all sections to be featured. Soda straws and water are used to telling effect by several sections of the band. The percussion parts are edited so that a wide array of instruments can be played by five pla...

Divertimento for Wind Orchestra Jindrich Feld

About Divertimento for Wind Orchestra In three movements, Little Overture, Intermezzo, and Rondino, this exciting and high-energy work is destined to become a classic of the wind band literature. With combinations of light, airy ensemble and solo instrument exposures, it is a significant addition to the repertoire.

Songs of the British Isles (1 - 4) Albert Oliver Davis

Inhalt: When a Man's in Love; Rolling in the Dew; The Milking Song & In the Month of Sweet May; The Bonnie Laboring Boy

Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa, Movement IV "Hands Across the Sea" John Philip Sousa / Arr. Ira Hearshen

The final movement of Hearshen's symphony is finally available. The fourth movement is based on Sousa's Hands Across the Sea and is suitable programmed alone or with one or more of the other movements of this magnificent symphony for band. This is the work of a major composer, demonstrating masterful thematic development and colorful scoring.

The Billboard March John Klohr / Arr. Lewis J. Buckley