Our sky is never the same - from day to day or even hour to hour. It holds the brightest and darkest things we will ever see, and in addition is capable of displaying every imaginable color and mood....
Cathedral Grove is a magnificent park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, containing some of the oldest and largest trees in the world. It is the towering, majestic pillars of these ancie...
The Native American Omaha Tribe believed in an inseparable union between earth and sky. Commissioned for the Nebraska All-State 8th Grade Band, Michael Sweeney's Earth and Sky celebrates this ideal wi...
Composed by Alfred Reed in 1986, El Camino Real continues to be a repertoire staple for advanced ensembles. By shortening the duration and reducing the instrumentation and extreme technical demands, R...
In ancient times, Hadrian's Wall was a Roman fortification running for 73 miles in nothern England and marking the boundary between Roman Britannia and Caledonia to the north. Jay's inventive work for...
This exciting overture from Richard Saucedo pays tribute to the distinctive and appealing musical style of classic band composer Caesar Giovannini. Featuring rhythmically dynamic opening and closing s...
As the title might imply, this unique composition contains several references to the number 5. For starters, the meter of 5/4 is an obvious connection. More subtle is the prominent use of the interval...
In 1917 two ships collided in the harbor of Halifax, Canada. The resulting explosion devastated most of the city. Echoes of the Silent is a hymn that pays homage to those who perished and to the resil...
Commissioned by the Owen J. Roberts Middle School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the piece honors the school's namesake, Supreme Court Justice Roberts who served from 1930-1945. Composed using a single t...
You'll hear the flavor of traditional Irish sounds along with contemporary concert band scoring in this rich and exciting work from Douglas Akey. The 8th note remains a constant thread as the pieces w...
