Michael Colgrass

Show off your percussion section with this energetic showpiece that combines jazz, rock and military drumming with playing and vocalization from the other band members who cheer on the soloists. A sec...

This piece is an excerpt from Flashbacks; a brass quintet commissioned for the Canadian Brass that was premiered in 1979 at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. The composer features quintet members in...

Based on a lullaby that an Apache mother sings to her child, this lyric piece for developing band is a series of variations on this beautiful melody. Different sections of the ensemble are featured in...

Fun and profound, this piece offers early and late Classical styles with a modern touch in a playful atmosphere. Based on a melody written by young Beethoven, the tune is alternately played by a Child...

In this delightful collection of anecdotes, Michael Colgrass invites the reader into his private encounters with Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, and a host of other...

Inspired by Farley Mowat's book People of the Deer and the playing of the flutist Marina Piccinini, to whom the piece is dedicated, Michael Colgrass has created a solo piece that vividly exploits the...

Gregorian chant is one of the earliest forms of notated music, using free flowing rhythms and simple melody. In Old Churches, composer Michael Colgrass uses these elements to create an aura of voices...

Gregorian chant is one of the earliest forms of notated music, using free flowing rhythms and simple melody. In Old Churches, composer Michael Colgrass uses these elements to create an aura of voices...

Gregorian chant is one of the earliest forms of notated music, using free flowing rhythms and simple melody. In Old Churches, composer Michael Colgrass uses these elements to create an aura of voices...