Randall D. Standridge

Part of Randall Standridge's unBroken Project, Second Wind is a high-energy Grade 4.5 work for advanced ensembles that explores the idea of rediscovering inspiration after a period of personal struggl...

After… by Randall Standridge is a reflective Grade 3.5 work that explores questions of loss, memory, and what remains after we are gone. Opening with the gentle sound of wind chimes, the piece establi...

Kick up some dust and grab a partner. "Hootenanny " by Randall Standridge is a lively Grade 3 celebration of bluegrass spirit and Americana tradition. Fiddle-inspired melodies, foot-stomping rhythms,...

Randall Standridge returns to the vibrant energy of mambo with "Havana Nights: El Fuego de la Noche", a spirited follow-up to his popular work Havana Nights. Driving, energetic, and stylish, this Grad...

Why return to the imaginarium? Sometimes, the universe just tells me what to write. Such is the case with this piece. Some will look at the title and, no doubt, think "cash grab" or "creatively bankr...

Inspired by the industrial expansion shaping the northern plains, particularly North Dakota, "Iron Horizon" blends symphonic minimalism with the cinematic sweep of a Western film score. Unfolding at a...

Sail the high seas in this exciting work for beginning strings! Written to sound much more mature than a beginning work, this exciting adventure in 3/4 time only uses only five different rhythms and l...

Inspired by the legendary phoenix, original material blended with themes from Stravinsky's "Firebird" creates a powerful and accessible chapter in The unBroken Project, a program that seeks to engage...

After the Snowpocalypse, Santa the Barbarian is at odds with his son, Nicholas, who wants Christmas to be merry. Unwilling to relinquish his wintery hold on the holiday, the not-so-jolly-old elf refus...

'Half-Past Two' is a rock piece for young band intended to reinforce and deepen the students' understanding of dotted quarter/eighth note rhythms, providing a vehicle for this concept that is fun and...

'Half-Past Two' is a rock piece for young band intended to reinforce and deepen the students' understanding of dotted quarter/eighth note rhythms, providing a vehicle for this concept that is fun and...

'Half-Past Two' is a rock piece for young band intended to reinforce and deepen the students' understanding of dotted quarter/eighth note rhythms, providing a vehicle for this concept that is fun and...

Heavy metal finds its way into your concert hall with this exciting piece for young musicians. Metalheads incorporates metallic instruments into an original rock tune for band featuring hard hitting r...

This unique and highly aggressive work was inspired by the heavy metal bands of the 1980s. Capturing the driving rhythms, dissonant harmonies, and savage sense of musical motion, this "heavy metal ove...

I have been a full time composer so long that sometimes, I think, people forget that I started my career as an educator. I was a band director for twelve years in Harrisburg, AR, and when I say I was...

Undecim is Latin for 'eleven,' referring both to the 'eleventh hour' (the last opportunity to get something done) and the opening metric feel of the piece (7/8 + 2/4 = 11 eighth notes). This high-ener...

Undecim is Latin for 'eleven,' referring both to the 'eleventh hour' (the last opportunity to get something done) and the opening metric feel of the piece (7/8 + 2/4 = 11 eighth notes). This high-ener...

Undecim is Latin for 'eleven,' referring both to the 'eleventh hour' (the last opportunity to get something done) and the opening metric feel of the piece (7/8 + 2/4 = 11 eighth notes). This high-ener...

The joy the composer experienced while writing this very creative work for the Texas Small School Band Association comes shining through in many guises as the work unfolds. A meditation on the creativ...

An homage to some of his favorite band composers of the past, Randall Standridge wrote River Valley Overture with the intent that is sound like it was from the heyday of the band overture. Rhythmic lo...

This fascinating work utilizes the pentatonic scale to paint a portrait of the beautiful red-crowned crane (tanchozuru) in flight. The playful melody is passed from section to section, allowing all of...

Hold on for this whimsical work intended to paint the picture of a person galloping by horse across a snowy plain to a Hanukkah celebration. The songs Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah, The Dreidel Song, and Sevi...

In recent years, Oklahoma has seen a great increase in the development of wind energy. This development in sustainable energy sources and the winds that flow across the great state serve as the inspir...

In recent years, Oklahoma has seen a great increase in the development of wind energy. This development in sustainable energy sources and the winds that flow across the great state serve as the inspir...

Cha'La: Dance of the Volcano Goddess is intended to be an evocative, dramatic work for young band. The piece incorporates chanting, clapping, driving rhythms and dissonant harmonies to create a cinema...