James Barnes

Desperate Pursuit is a driving and dramatic overture from the pen of award-winning composer, James Barnes. Based on the D Phrygian scale, the piece gets its name from the rapid, rhythmic motion of the...

Gigantic in structure, with fabulously rich and lavishly orchestrated thematic material, this work ranks on a grand scale within the repertoire of the modern-day concert band. Every line is interestin...

Gigantic in structure, with fabulously rich and lavishly orchestrated thematic material, this work ranks on a grand scale within the repertoire of the modern-day concert band. Every line is interestin...

'Alpine Holiday' ist eine große Ouvertüre für Blasorchester, die vom Bernischen Kantonal-Musikverband als Aufgabestück 1.Klasse für den Wettbewerb im Jahr 2014 in Auftrag gegeben wurde. Die Kompositio...

'Bayerisches Osterfest' (Bavarian Easter Festival) ist eine Auftragskomposition für die Bishop Ireton High School Band, das Blasorchester einer katholischen Privatschule in Virginia (USA). Der Orchest...

This energetic piece appears on many state required lists and is among the prestigious All-Japan Top 100 band pieces. Based on folk-like melodies and featuring playable solo passages, the work is safe...

This energetic piece appears on many state required lists and is among the prestigious All-Japan Top 100 band pieces. Based on folk-like melodies and featuring playable solo passages, the work is safe...

Italian Wedding Song is a lyrical, very romantic song in G minor, reminiscent in some ways of the music of Puccini and Verdi. Like Barnes' Yorkshire Ballad, it is a brief, solemn work, perfect for tea...

Unvergessliche Melodien von Leroy Anderson

Risoluto is a music term of Italian derivation, first appearing in the mid 1700s. A great many musical terms such as this are in Italian, because many of the important composers from the Renaissance t...

Risoluto is a music term of Italian derivation, first appearing in the mid 1700s. A great many musical terms such as this are in Italian, because many of the important composers from the Renaissance t...

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...

Capriccio is the third composition by James Barnes that resulted from a commission by the Zushi High School Alumni Band in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a light-hearted, happy piece in rondo form,...

Capriccio is the third composition by James Barnes that resulted from a commission by the Zushi High School Alumni Band in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a light-hearted, happy piece in rondo form,...

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...

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...

James Barnes komponierte seine 'Dance Variantsop. 146 anlässlich des 40-jährigen Jubiläums der Honolulu Wind Symphony auf Hawaii. Das Werk kombiniert die beiden Kompositionsformen der typischen A-B-A-...

Ich schrieb 'Threnody' (Klagelied) in Erinnerung an einen guten alten Freund, den Saxophonisten Thomas Liley. Wir kannten uns seit der Schulzeit, waren gemeinsam an der Universität und haben sogar in...

Das frühe Opus (komponiert 1982) des renommierten US-amerikanischen Komponisten für Blasorchester lässt bereits da und dort den Meister erkennen: ein sehr einfacher Marsch für Jugendspiele.

Composed of three movements, BROOKSHIRE SUITE begins with a 'Fanfare and March. ' The unique second movement is entitled 'Little Jazz Song' and features lush contemporary textures. The 'Fugue' is intr...

Composed of three movements, BROOKSHIRE SUITE begins with a 'Fanfare and March. ' The unique second movement is entitled 'Little Jazz Song' and features lush contemporary textures. The 'Fugue' is intr...