Brian Balmages

An event so powerful that it is hard to control, seemingly unpredictable, aggressive, fast moving, and unstable. All these thoughts are explored as powerful percussion elements combine with dissonant...

Experience the music for an exhilarating action scene... without the scene! Students need to get creative as they come up with their own action scene that corresponds to the music. Aggressive, relentl...

This captivating musical celebration portrays the strong energy of all life in the jungle. The piece cleverly uses a melody that never changes throughout the entire work - rather, all the surrounding...

This extensive work for 14-piece brass and percussion challenges your group technically, lyrically, and musically. The first movement introduces a fanfare and chorale that reappear later in the work....

This extensive work for 14-piece brass and percussion challenges your group technically, lyrically, and musically. The first movement introduces a fanfare and chorale that reappear later in the work....

An ideal opener for any brass concert, this quintet will instantly captivate the audience and performer alike. Scored for two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba, this piece will challenge each individ...

An ideal opener for any brass concert, this quintet will instantly captivate the audience and performer alike. Scored for two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba, this piece will challenge each individ...

Premiered at the 1999 Southeastern Tuba-Euphonium Conference, this brass quintet featuring solo tuba is written in an exciting multi-meter style that will challenge the musicians and captivate your au...

Premiered at the 1999 Southeastern Tuba-Euphonium Conference, this brass quintet featuring solo tuba is written in an exciting multi-meter style that will challenge the musicians and captivate your au...

Written by the composer of Symphony No. 1 for Brass, this new work for 13 brass plus percussion opens with a brilliant trumpet fanfare. Designed as a feature piece, it showcases the various abilities...

Fanfare Canzonique was commissioned and premiered by Gary Green and the University of Miami Wind Ensemble at the 2003 College Band Directors National Convention. It is written in memory of Gilbert Joh...

Lyrical melodies meet powerful fanfares in this emotionally-charged work that tells the true story of a world premiere and a band program’s final performance. 3-part fully adaptable with percussion an...

Lyrical melodies meet powerful fanfares in this emotionally-charged work that tells the true story of a world premiere and a band program’s final performance. 3-part fully adaptable with percussion an...

This powerful and inspiring work will surely motivate your students! Based on the famous Russian song Meadowlands, this work also uses original material to tell the story of the Red Army successfully...

This powerful and inspiring work will surely motivate your students! Based on the famous Russian song Meadowlands, this work also uses original material to tell the story of the Red Army successfully...

This powerful and inspiring work will surely motivate your students! Based on the famous Russian song Meadowlands, this work also uses original material to tell the story of the Red Army successfully...

This powerful and inspiring work will surely motivate your students! Based on the famous Russian song Meadowlands, this work also uses original material to tell the story of the Red Army successfully...

This latest installment with Canzonique Music is a wonderfully inspiring work. It was commissioned by Jerry Peel, professor of horn at the University of Miami, and was recorded by Peel and the Univers...

Premiered at the 2005 Michigan Music Educators Conference, Escapades was commissioned by the Grand Valley State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble under the baton of Barry D. Martin, with Arthur Campb...

Premiered at the 2005 Michigan Music Educators Conference, Escapades was commissioned by the Grand Valley State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble under the baton of Barry D. Martin, with Arthur Campb...

Written as a powerful sequel to Moscow, 1941, this work (originally written for band, now arranged for full orchestra) changes the narrative, where the theme from Moscow now becomes the aggressor, and...

This uplifting, overture-style work by Brian Balmages will immediately entrance your audience through the opening's rapidly unfolding colors and textures. (Up)Lifted combines glorious fanfares and swe...

This uplifting, overture-style work by Brian Balmages will immediately entrance your audience through the opening's rapidly unfolding colors and textures. (Up)Lifted combines glorious fanfares and swe...

This original Broadway-style overture by Brian Balmages is full of energy and will transport audiences to the world of musical theater. The curtain comes up, the spotlight turns on, and the magic begi...

The dual meaning of this title embodies the aggressive, powerful nature of the music while also recognizing the critical impact that arts programs have on students and local communities. The ultimate...