Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Departures' was commissioned by the 'Noire Ensemble Winds', a community band from Fukuoka, Japan, on the occasion of the bands 20th anniversary. The conductor, Koichiro Taketomi and the composer both...

Discoveria' describes the first months of a child's life. It is impressive that it is precisely in the first months and years of life that people take their greatest developmental steps. This is due t...

This orchestral piece musically re-enacts the experiences of a skydiver. The piece begins with a fanfare. The mood quickly changes to minor and preparations for the parachute jump begin. Passionate me...

Some people seem to be surrounded by a luminous aura that makes you feel comfortable and safe when you are near them. It is exactly this magical aura that is depicted in the piece "Shine" through musi...

On the occasion of the 1200th anniversary of the market town of Gunskirchen (Upper Austria), Thomas Asanger was commissioned to compose a piece that thematizes the various facets of the town from past...

City Of Dreams (A Symphonic Suite for Wind Orchestra) was commissioned by the Band Director’s Association (Singapore) for its 20th Anniversary celebration concert. This three-movement work aims to sym...

In the rocky landscape of southwest America are many canyons. One particular form of them is the "slot" canyon. The word "slot" means "narrow slot"; a slot canyon is a canyon with high vertical walls...

The material, used in this work is based on the five notes of the pentatonic scale (in B-flat). The three-part form alternates energetic melodic moments with a more lyrical central theme. Stay Young p...

Concerto for guitar and band is a solo for the classical guitar accompanied by concert band. The typical classical style is mixed with different types of music from Andalusia. The first movement consi...

Salut was written in 2022 for the project orchestra Flachgau from Salzburg - Austria. In the sense of the literal meaning of the title, namely salute, the audience was musically welcomed with this pie...

The Journey of Life was written in memory of a fantastic Belgian conductor and musician: Jan De Bondt. Jan was also the commissioner of the composition but unfortunately never got to hear the final re...

Calon Lân (Welsh for 'A pure heart') is a Welsh hymn, the words of which were written in the 1890s by Daniel James and it was sung to a tune by John Hughes. The song was originally written as a hymn,...

Calon Lân (Welsh for 'A pure heart') is a Welsh hymn, the words of which were written in the 1890s by Daniel James and it was sung to a tune by John Hughes. The song was originally written as a hymn,...

The concert march "Invincible" is a moving and inspiring piece synonymous with a person's inner strength. Composer Florian Moitzi drew inspiration for this work from his years of experience as a teach...

The concert piece "Snow Mountain Saga" was composed on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Schneebergbahn in Lower Austria. The most famous of these is the rack railroad from Puchberg am Schn...

When music becomes love, with these few words one could describe the story told in the following piece. It is the story of Viktoria and Matthias, who met at a music festival in Burgenland (Austria) as...

The four parts of this composition are not programmatically tied to, or created from, any literary or pictorial data. They are four contrasts. The 1st movement Maestoso is alternately stately and expr...