Concert Marches for Concert Band

As a young man, Andrew Pearce had fond memories of playing cornet in the local Youth Brass Band, where he first experienced the power and beauty of brass music. After completing 'The Maestro' concerti...

Discursum is a short piece with a vigorous and solemn character. It opens with a bold and triomphant theme. This passes into a compelling and impressive middle part to end heroic and powerful. The ori...

In the Berlin City Palace in 1701 a room was constructed with walls decorated with amber, at the command of the first Prussian King, Friedrich I. In 1716 Friedrich gave the room to the Russian Tsar, P...

Little Mayflower is an expressive musical work. The lyrical theme is first presented by various groups of instruments. Half way through the little mayflower blooms as the theme is embellished with the...

Sequences for Band is constructed from several melodic sequences that converge independently of each other on many occasions but sometimes also agree together. The work is divided into three distinct...

The idea of composing an original piece for band, appeared at the birth of the composers daughter. In this piece the brass section takes a leading role with introducing the themes while the woodwinds...

'Falling Rocks' is reminiscent of the landslide in Dobratsch, Austria and the resulting despair of the population afterwards, musically represented by 'A Folk Song'. 'Black Death, Bonaparte and the En...

À la Mémoire (En mémoire de ma femme). In Memory (In memory of my wife). With this composition I wanted to express my feelings over the enormous loss of my wife, who died in 2018 after 60 years of mar...

Built as a rhapsodic suite, in the style of the great band composers from the early XX century (also nationalists and proud of their folk music), this piece has 9 small connected parts in a free form,...

Avern is commissioned in 2016 by Sant Esteve's hermitage association parties to celebrate the 350th anniversary of this small church in Ontinyent (Spain). The work is divided into five sections, relat...

Festival Flourish was written to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Musikkapelle Kappl from Tirol. Massive brass playing is interchanged with lyrical and rhythmic elements. This music is very su...

The Cotton Phoenix is the first part of the two-part work 'Metropolis of the East' and describes the influence of the textile industry on the development of Enschede. The composition begins introducin...

In the second part of the two-piece work Metropolis of the East is the Old Market, the centre point of the city of Enschede in the Netherlands. Elements such as the Great Church, the monument to the c...

The composition Ritual of Light describes the different variations of light. The sun in the clear blue sky, backlit swirling snowflakes, countless reflections in waterfalls, beside the darkness of cav...

Menu' is a work divided into three movements which are related to the development and 'tasting' of a good gastronomic menu. The titles of these movements are closely related to the content, character...

Lights in the Mirror was commissioned by the Yahata High School Band (Fukuoka, Japan) on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of their annual concert in august 2016. Mirroring and looking at the heart...

Fanfare Brilliante is a short but effective opening work. The piece begins with a triumphant fanfare in the brass followed by the euphonium transitioning to a peaceful lyrical melody. The piece finish...

With Remembrance, composer Andreas Ludwig Schulte has written a hymn with a recurring theme and motif, which symbolizes what we can, or want to remember. The melody is continuously heard, played by va...

Guus Meeuwis created a frenzy the last few years with his concerts in the Royal Albert Hall, and the big stadiums in the Netherlands. This trilogy consists of three of the biggest hits in his repertoi...

Written for the 42nd Altea International Competition in Spain. Paella usually serves Spaniards to gather and celebrate parties. The work describes the process that rice takes since it matures and is h...

From Scratch is a very simple new work by Ennio Salvere in flexible setting consisting of the 3 movements: 1. A Fresh Start, 2. Blank Canvas, 3. A Solid Foundation. Perfect for the beginners (youth) o...

It is a wedding. There is laughter. There is singing. New love is in the making. Old friendships revive. Then, at once, everybody moves to the dance floor and wrap their arms around each other. On the...

Shapes was commissioned by the municipality Smallingerland and written for the ONFK 2018 in Drachten. The starting point for this composition is the art movement De Stijl, which was founded a hundred...

The work is written in a Spanish style and is influenced both by the famous paso dobles and the Spanish comedy operetta form, the zarzuela. As it was originally written for somewhat smaller orchestras...

Waking up in the morning with the sun on your face: The perfect start to the day you begin a long awaited project. Things are going well and everything is slowly taking shape. At the end of the day yo...