David Shaffer

Using a pizzicato ostinato, this delightful composition will introduce your students to minor keys and interesting but simple musical counterpoint. Lighter themes blend with lyrical lines to create an...

'The Morning's First Light,' a beautiful and expressive lyrical composition, is David Shaffer at his finest. Lush harmonies and flowing melodies throughout each instrumental group paint a musical port...

“Danza Magicala” is a set of magical and energetic dances. Opening with a mysterious woodwind motive complemented by creative percussion effects, brass joins in with a rousing answer to the quirky woo...

David Shaffer’s "Songs of the Seas" is a beautiful-four movement musical narrative depicting colorful creatures of oceanic life. Each movement colorfully depicts a different inhabitant of maritime lif...

'The River and the Rock' depicts the rich history of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, settled in 1735. Each short movement paints a musical picture of the city's history, opening with 'Beginnings,' depicting...

This clever young band composition will tell the story of the blacksmith’s anvil as it creates a song of intense percussive energy. Using only the first 6 notes of the scale, “The Blacksmith’s Song” w...

Kaleidoscope ist das jüngste Konzert-/Festival-Werk von David Shaffer auf Jugendkapellen-Niveau. Interessante Melodien, kombiniert mit sehr kreativen harmonischen und rhythmischen Inhalten in der ganz...

Dieses einzigartige Konzertstück, das komponiert wurde, um die Suche nach neuen Horizonten im All darzustellen, stellt geistreiche Melodien, interessante Harmonien und kraftvolles Schlagwerk in den Mi...

Whirlwinds fängt die unbändige Kraft des Meeres ein. Das Werk beginnt mit intensiven Rhythmen und eindringlichen Harmonien, die sich in ihrer Intensität im Verlauf der Komposition noch steigern. Eine...

Listen, if you dare, as the witches concoct a kooky and mysterious melody of the macabre! Wizards engage in a diatonic discourse of delightful and delicate dissonance. The magic of 'Witches and Wizard...

Dieses aufregende und sehr bekannte Werk von David Shaffer wird grossartig klingen, wenn Ihr Ensemble dieses herausragende Arrangement aus der Barnhouse Build-A-Band-Serie spielen wird! Dieses Arrange...

David Shaffer captures the power and awe of a magnificent storm surge in this exciting new work. The use of wind chimes at changing dynamics actually brings the force of Mother Nature right into your...

Celestial Legend uses thematic material based on Follow the Drinking Gourd and The Church's One Foundation. The piece seeks to recognize Green County, Ohio for its role in the Underground Railroad Mov...

Celestial Legend uses thematic material based on Follow the Drinking Gourd and The Church's One Foundation. The piece seeks to recognize Green County, Ohio for its role in the Underground Railroad Mov...

Celestial Legend uses thematic material based on Follow the Drinking Gourd and The Church's One Foundation. The piece seeks to recognize Green County, Ohio for its role in the Underground Railroad Mov...

Popular cartoons have made Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2 and Johannes Brahms's Hungarian Rhapsody #5 instantly recognizable. This arrangement cleverly combines several themes from both compositi...

Popular cartoons have made Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2 and Johannes Brahms's Hungarian Rhapsody #5 instantly recognizable. This arrangement cleverly combines several themes from both compositi...

This cooked-up concoction of classics is a cacophony of craziness sure to catapult your audience into choruses of cackles! As the ensemble takes the audience through a large volume of classical pieces...

This cooked-up concoction of classics is a cacophony of craziness sure to catapult your audience into choruses of cackles! As the ensemble takes the audience through a large volume of classical pieces...

This exciting festival work is sure to captivate your students and audience. Based on Greek mythology, it portrays the story of Vulcan, who gave birth to fire while toiling at his anvil forging the me...

This exciting festival work is sure to captivate your students and audience. Based on Greek mythology, it portrays the story of Vulcan, who gave birth to fire while toiling at his anvil forging the me...

This exciting festival work is sure to captivate your students and audience. Based on Greek mythology, it portrays the story of Vulcan, who gave birth to fire while toiling at his anvil forging the me...

Capture the feeling of exhilaration as your band embarks on a perilous journey to reach the top of a mountain. An intense introduction moves almost immediately into a woodwind chorale as the group beg...

Capture the feeling of exhilaration as your band embarks on a perilous journey to reach the top of a mountain. An intense introduction moves almost immediately into a woodwind chorale as the group beg...

Beginning with a soft, subdued statement of the melody, this high-energy adaptation of the African American spiritual Go Tell It on the Mountain is excellent for teaching phrasing, swing style, and rh...