Brian Balmages

Fasten your seatbelts for this aggressive and harmonically colorful work! Clutch is an intense experience, using percussion to establish a strong rhythmic pulse that compliments the powerful melodic l...

A powerfully lyrical work, A Life Worth Living facilitates meaningful discussions about self-worth, caring for others, and much more. Using harmonies, colors, and textures not often found in pieces at...

A powerfully lyrical work, A Life Worth Living facilitates meaningful discussions about self-worth, caring for others, and much more. Using harmonies, colors, and textures not often found in pieces at...

As the title Emblazoned suggests, this euphoric celebration will undoubtedly make its mark on your students and audience! Simple polyrhythms combine with an engaging melody, heroic countermelodies, an...

As the title Emblazoned suggests, this euphoric celebration will undoubtedly make its mark on your students and audience! Simple polyrhythms combine with an engaging melody, heroic countermelodies, an...

Skysplitter Fanfare sounds quite mature yet is extremely playable by beginning ensembles. Driving percussion parts are designed to accommodate large or small sections, and wind players only see quarte...

Skysplitter Fanfare sounds quite mature yet is extremely playable by beginning ensembles. Driving percussion parts are designed to accommodate large or small sections, and wind players only see quarte...

Raw, primitive-sounding harmonies combine with contemporary colors and haunting melodies in this genre-busting work for developing bands by Brian Balmages. While quite playable, Primeval Dance has an...

Raw, primitive-sounding harmonies combine with contemporary colors and haunting melodies in this genre-busting work for developing bands by Brian Balmages. While quite playable, Primeval Dance has an...

Now in ColorFlex format for groups with limited instrumentation! Kyiv, 2022 was written as a powerful sequel to Moscow, 1941, one of Brian Balmages's most well-known pieces. This work changes the nar...

Now in ColorFlex format for groups with limited instrumentation! Among the Clouds is a musical journey into the minds of lucid dreamers as they drift off to sleep and wake up in a dream where they ca...

Based on the beautiful hymn tune "God Be With You Till We Meet Again," this powerful work by Brian Balmages uses increasingly complex harmonies to achieve achingly beautiful resolutions while simulati...

Based on the beautiful hymn tune God Be With You Till We Meet Again, this powerful work by Brian Balmages uses increasingly complex harmonies to achieve achingly beautiful resolutions while simulating...

Circles is a timeless, impressionistic work portraying a dark void with various colored circles aimlessly spinning around and gently colliding with each other. Brian Balmages uses wildly vivid colors...

Circles is a timeless, impressionistic work portraying a dark void with various colored circles aimlessly spinning around and gently colliding with each other. Brian Balmages uses wildly vivid colors...

Circles is a timeless, impressionistic work portraying a dark void with various colored circles aimlessly spinning around and gently colliding with each other. Brian Balmages uses wildly vivid colors...

Circles is a timeless, impressionistic work portraying a dark void with various colored circles aimlessly spinning around and gently colliding with each other. Brian Balmages uses wildly vivid colors...

This hauntingly beautiful arrangement of Lone, Wild Bird is surprisingly accessible despite its complex sound. Brian Balmages has created multiple opportunities for instruments that are often not hear...

This hauntingly beautiful arrangement of Lone, Wild Bird is surprisingly accessible despite its complex sound. Brian Balmages has created multiple opportunities for instruments that are often not hear...

This hauntingly beautiful arrangement of Lone, Wild Bird is surprisingly accessible despite its complex sound. Brian Balmages has created multiple opportunities for instruments that are often not hear...

This hauntingly beautiful arrangement of Lone, Wild Bird is surprisingly accessible despite its complex sound. Brian Balmages has created multiple opportunities for instruments that are often not hear...

Close your program with this non-stop, energetic barnburner that combines elements of dance, jazz, and Latin grooves! As its title suggests, Rail Riffs feels like one massive party on rails that is ce...

Close your program with this non-stop, energetic barnburner that combines elements of dance, jazz, and Latin grooves! As its title suggests, Rail Riffs feels like one massive party on rails that is ce...

How Sweet the Sound, a powerful work by Brian Balmages, explores a multitude of soundscapes and styles as the lyrical melody to "Amazing Grace" slowly unfolds. Largely original, the music draws heavil...

How Sweet the Sound, a powerful work by Brian Balmages, explores a multitude of soundscapes and styles as the lyrical melody to "Amazing Grace" slowly unfolds. Largely original, the music draws heavil...