Opening with a fantastic brass fanfare, the theme is carried through the woodwinds and supported by a bombastic percussion section. Pausing for a brief, tender...
Program NotesWritten and dedicated to The Interlochen Intermediate Concert Orchestra Premiered the summer of 2000, conducted by Steven Ward, professor of music...
Written for the composers son, Daniel, who is a violist. This composition is derived partly from Chamber Symphony No. 3 and a piece for viola and piano, also...
A very playable arrangement of three familiar carols ("O Come, All Ye Faithful," "What Child Is This?," and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"), this holiday suite...
Commissioned by the Akron Symphony Orchestra for the 75th anniversary celebration. The piece is for youth orchestra with an accompanying cd of songs written by...
A celebration piece for fireworks. This composition is derived from McCarthy's Towers: The Ascent of OroDruin.Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2004 Number of Players...
Inspired by the hymn 'O For A Thousands Tongues to Sing', this work begins quite frantically with sporadic motives from the hymn. Alternating passages of lyric...
Quick moving lines flowing through the orchestra make this a wonderful challenge even for the advanced ensemble. A dynamic work for young players by a master...
Song of the Open Road is a colorful three-section work for solo vibraphone and orchestra inspired by Walt Whitman’s poem of the same title. Equally lyrical and...
Why this fascination with the tango? Perhaps it is because the tango, more than any other popular dance, often tells a story. The resulting drama and ballet-...
