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With playful melodies for flute, alto flute, piccolo and bassoon and driving rhythms on traditional Central and South American percussion instruments, A Samba for Sam is reminiscent of the sun-drenche...

Explore the rustic sounds of the American west as you head to Caprock Canyon. Located on the plains of West Texas, Caprock Canyon is distinguished by its rugged sandstone canyons splashed with pink an...

Prepare to launch into space as you encounter EXTRATERRESTRIAL! Musical motives inspired by "Mars," "Also Sprach Zarathustra," and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" explode into one as you embark on a ce...

Prepare to embark on a musical journey as you tango through uncharted jungle territory. Musical motives written in Phrygian mode are accessible to young players with the key signature of Bb as the per...

Some things can't be spoken. Some things linger in the back of your mind, haunting and restless. This bold and unconventional Grade 5 band work thrives on tension, texture, and raw emotion, pulling pl...

Some things can't be spoken. Some things linger in the back of your mind, haunting and restless. This bold and unconventional Grade 5 band work thrives on tension, texture, and raw emotion, pulling pl...

Inspired by an adventure trip into Lake Clark National Park, this work for grade 4 or 5 band was commissioned by Washington & Lee University and premiered in April of 2023. It captures the excitement...

In the fall of 2021, as occurs countless times across the United States, band director Darin Johns was traveling with his marching band to a Friday night football game. Tragically, a wrong-way driver...

Isabella Air was inspired by a poignant moment in Dr. Gary Garner's life. During a trip to his late wife's (Mariellen Garner 1931-1994) hometown with his sons (their entire family-flautists), Gary pau...

London is one of my favorite cities in the world, and in 2016 I was invited there to serve as an adjudicator for the London New Year's Day Parade and Gala Concerts. While I was there, I was fortunate...

The Roman Emperor Tiberius was born in 42 BCE to Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla, both descendants of prestigious political families, at a time when Rome was undergoing significant political...

Join the Greek hero Perseus as he completes his impossible quest to behead a monstress and save his mother in this march for grade 3 concert band. Perseus, the son of Zeus and Danae, was raised as a h...

Journey South is inspired by the extraordinary migration of - monarch butterflies. Each year, millions of these delicate - creatures travel thousands of miles from North America to the - forests of ce...

Mountains Rising Everywhere is a deeply personal homage to Joseph Schwantner's "And the Mountains Rising Nowhere", which inspired the author to pursue composition after hearing it in college. Drawing...

Mountains Rising Everywhere is a deeply personal homage to Joseph Schwantner's "And the Mountains Rising Nowhere", which inspired the author to pursue composition after hearing it in college. Drawing...

While Old Faithful is the best known geyser in Yellowstone National Park, it is only one of over five hundred geysers there, representing over half of our planet's active thermal features. The incredi...

Commissioned by the Estes Park Village Band, this contemplative grade 3 band piece explores lyrical melodies and lush harmonies.

The Vermilion River runs through the heart of my hometown of Lafayette, LA. It was created when the ancient course of the Mississippi River, which originally ran through the area that is now Lafayette...

Composed in 2011 (2024). Based on the popular saxophone version, this captivating set of six short pieces runs the gamut from virtuosic to melancholy to humorous. With a little beat-boxing thrown in,...

Loosely based on three of the major experiments at CERN and written in Sweden, this challenging twelve-minute piece for saxophone quartet is adapted from the woodwind trio version released in 2019.

This four-minute piece for string orchestra sizzles. With vibrantly shifting rhythms and a sense of playful mischief, Danza Zingara captures the excitement and energy of the traditional female Romani...