Clarence E. Barber

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...

A uniquely styled setting of a march popular in the early days of the Prohibition era, Clarence E. Barber's arrangement of Prohibition Era March features an optional xylophone solo the first time thro...

Enter the fantastical Land of Oz with this exciting work appropriate for contest, concert, or festival. Beware! The Yoop eats "meat people and orange marmalade!"

This beautiful composition explores the rich sonority of the concert band. It has good parts for every performer and will demand the utmost control and sensitivity from both conductor and player. Word...

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...

An excellent choice for concert or festival performance, Honor and Epitaphs by Clarence E. Barber is a melodic and rhythmic delight. There is a brief duet between cornet and euphonium, and an active a...

A uniquely styled setting of a march popular in the early days of the Prohibition era, Clarence E. Barber's arrangement of Prohibition Era March features an optional xylophone solo the first time thro...

At times heroic and bold, at times elegant and lovely, this musical work pays tribute to iconic figures that have shaped the lives of youth. Everything bands love to play is here, with active lines an...

At times heroic and bold, at times elegant and lovely, this musical work pays tribute to iconic figures that have shaped the lives of youth. Everything bands love to play is here, with active lines an...

Euphonium Solo in three movements with one or two percussionists with Score: Vibraphone, xylophone, bass drum, tom-toms, snare drum, suspended cynbal, suspended sizzle cymbal, crotales, tam-tam, trian...

A beautiful, melodic tribute that has a place on any concert, it allows all players ample time in the limelight. Accurate subdivision of the beat is necessary to avoid early entrances, making this an...

A beautiful, melodic tribute that has a place on any concert, it allows all players ample time in the limelight. Accurate subdivision of the beat is necessary to avoid early entrances, making this an...

This ABA-form work is lyrical and dramatic. With changing meters, chromaticism in all parts, two keys and some shifting, it is a delicate and beautiful original work for string orchestra that is both...

Plum Creek Pastiche by Clarence E. Barber is a patchwork of thematic ideas for mallet percussion quintet. Written idiomatically, the work allows students to perform within the technical bounds of the...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...