Clarence E. Barber

Celebration and Ceremonial March was composed by Clarence E. Barber for a consortium of school bands of differing grade levels, so it was constructed with some flexibility in mind. Certain parts may b...

Creating whale sounds will be the most challenging---and most enjoyable---part of the experience of Leviathan by Clarence E. Barber. There are many options from playing pre-recorded sounds to the most...

Creating whale sounds will be the most challenging---and most enjoyable---part of the experience of Leviathan by Clarence E. Barber. There are many options from playing pre-recorded sounds to the most...

The work is "in your face" from the beginning and in a minor key that students love. It requires a good low brass class but ranges are grade-appropriate throughout.

A march with a few triple meter measures thrown in, Robotz features some percussion, has only 1 clarinet part, and only 9 measures of divisi in the trumpets, and neither part goes above B flat or belo...

The work is "in your face" from the beginning and in a minor key that students love. It requires a good low brass class but ranges are grade-appropriate throughout.

A march with a few triple meter measures thrown in, Robotz features some percussion, has only 1 clarinet part, and only 9 measures of divisi in the trumpets, and neither part goes above B flat or belo...

Young players enjoy playing in minor keys because they are often filled with excitement and drama. This melodic new work capitalizes on that fondness for minor keys and has all the energy and drama th...

Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and The Wassail Song. Using only rhythms up to quarter notes in the winds, this is very accessible music which will show your band at its best.

A fun quintet using door-knocker, two wood blocks, whip and door-bell (played by one player), temple blocks and claves. A good musical pun for junior high percussion ensemble based on the way most peo...

I. Rune, II. Wilt Thou Soon Return?, III. We've Had a Dance. (Marimba Choir) Using a choir of six marimbas, this piece was premiered at the International Marimba and Mallet Clinic at Perheniemi Colleg...

Class B' high school trumpet solo with piano accompaniment. The second movement can be played on flugelhorn or trumpet with 'hat' mute.'

This LudwigMasters best-seller has been reworked for flexible instrumentation. Workable with only five wind players plus percussion, it offers a world of programming opportunity for those who have inh...

This LudwigMasters best-seller has been reworked for flexible instrumentation. Workable with only five wind players plus percussion, it offers a world of programming opportunity for those who have inh...

Suppose your students went to a yard sale, bought all kinds of interesting items, and returned to school to play a concert with those items? Yeah, we think it would be really cool, too. Such is the pr...

The Mad Hatter is one of Lewis Carroll's most unusual characters from ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. At a tea party with the March Hare, the Hatter, and a Cheshire Cat, Alice is bombarded with ridd...

New flexible ensemble scoring by Clarence Barber, playable on any SSATB combination of woodwind, brass, or string players with optional percussion. Commissioned by the Long Beach Middle School 1984-85...

New flexible ensemble arrangement by Clarence Barber, based on the second edition rescored by the composer, playable on any SSATB combination of woodwind, brass, or string players with optional percus...

New flex band arrangement by Clarence Barber, playable on any SSATB combination of woodwind, brass, or string players with optional percussion. Commissioned by the All-Japan Association to be used in...

For the band director confronted with unusual instrumentation, this version of WHITE SHADOW is playable by as few as five winds with percussion. Originally written for a band with only 11 members, thi...

For the band director confronted with unusual instrumentation, this version of WHITE SHADOW is playable by as few as five winds with percussion. Originally written for a band with only 11 members, thi...

Dance of the Three Suns by Clarence E. Barber is a mallet trio for medium advanced players. This work features idiomatic writing for the percussion instruments rather than trying to fit the instrument...

If you're commissioned to write a work for the Lorain County (OH) 4H Band, of course you're going to use tractor parts as part of the sound picture. Surely one of your students will have access to jus...

If you're commissioned to write a work for the Lorain County (OH) 4H Band, of course you're going to use tractor parts as part of the sound picture. Surely one of your students will have access to jus...

A humorous and most assuredly tongue-in-cheek work by Clarence E. Barber, Alien Autopsy offers cross-cued solo opportunities for bassoon, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, and tuba. A wide array of per...