James Barnes

Cast in G minor, ELEGY IN THE BAROQUE STYLE is a somber work written in memory of the composer's mentor and lifelong friend Kenneth Bloomquist. Its emotional introduction eventually eases into a baroq...

Chorales included: I. A Rose is Blooming (Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen), II. O World, I Now Must Leave Thee (O Welt, Ich muss dich lassen).

Chorales included: I. A Rose is Blooming (Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen), II. O World, I Now Must Leave Thee (O Welt, Ich muss dich lassen).

One of the most exceptional graduate students during the composer's more than thirty years teaching at the University of Kansas was Naoya Takizawa, who came to KU from Tokyo, Japan in 1995. Since his...

One of the most exceptional graduate students during the composer's more than thirty years teaching at the University of Kansas was Naoya Takizawa, who came to KU from Tokyo, Japan in 1995. Since his...

One of the most exceptional graduate students during the composer's more than thirty years teaching at the University of Kansas was Naoya Takizawa, who came to KU from Tokyo, Japan in 1995. Since his...

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

Commemoration was commissioned by the members of the Northwest North Carolina Bandmasters Association to recognize the distinguished career of Dr. William A. Gora, the longtime Director of Bands at Ap...

Composed for Pat Stuckmeyer. Includes bass and treble clef solo euphonium parts. Movement titles: 1. Elegia 2. Romanza 3. Scherzo. (2010) ca. 23-minutes. Score and parts are available for rental.

Hope Arises is one of two new works requested in 2021 of composer James Barnes by Colonel Donald Schofield, to be written for the United States Air Force Band. It is a short piece intended to be used...

CONCERTINO FOR BASSOON, Opus 171 was commissioned by Dr. Mark Rogers and was premiered in April 2023 by the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Dr. Paul Popiel conductor, with Eric Stomberg playing ba...

Composed during the summer and fall of 1974, Barnes' FIRST SYMPHONY, Op. 35 was his master's thesis at The University of Kansas. It was premiered in the spring semester of 1976 by their Symphonic Band...

MAJESTIC is an energetic work intended to showcase the dramatic potential and immense emotional and rhythmic drive of the modern wind band. Fanfare-like passages in the brass intermix with virtuosic w...

Scenes of the Aztecs. Test piece 2nd division World Music Contest 2013 (WMC) in Kerkrade (The Netherlands).