BRASS
BAND and CONCERT BAND
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Brass
Band - Marches, Overtures:
Valiant
(Festival March) (1982) 3'
Based on the Australian song
Click Go The Shears
Recordings:
Big Town Brass
Big Town Brass (Sweden)/Andreas Hanson &
Goldcrest
ISB/Stephen Cobb &
On The March
Kew Band/Mark Ford
Born
To Battle
(Concert Etude) (1989) 5’
Written for the New York Staff Band.
Performances by: ISB, MSB, YBS Band
Recordings:
Manuscripts
ISB/Stephen Cobb &
Essays in Brass 3,
YBS Band/David King
Brass
Band - Hymn Tune Arrangements:
I
Know He Cares For Me
(1976) 5'
(SP&S
Publishing,
London)
Meditation on Rapture
(1990) 5’
(SP&S
Publishing,
London)
To
The Hills
(Hymn arrangement-Meditation) (1993) 5’
(dedicated to Colin Woods)
Recording:
Shine as The Light
Melbourne Staff Band/Ken Waterworth
Take
All My Sins Away
(Hymn arrangement) (2001) 4’
Recording:
Exhaltation
Melbourne Staff Band/Ken Waterworth
NEW
Nearer
My God To Thee
(Hymn arrangement) (2011) 4.5’
Features the trombone section
Brass
Band - Test Pieces:
Rhapsody
on ‘Come Ye Thankful People’
(1985) 8’ – B/C grade
Rutherford
Variations
(1990) 10' – B/C grade
A set of variations based on the hymn tune
Rutherford
Recording:
1890-1990
Melbourne Staff Band/Colin Woods CD RR5866
Fortuna
(1998) 10’ – B/C grade
(Commissioned by Australian National Band Championships
1998)
Recording:
Fortuna
Kew Band/Mark Ford
St.
Aelred
(Rhapsody for Band)
(1981) 9' – B grade and above
Recording:
Essays in Brass 3,
YBS Band/David King
A free flowing rhapsody based on the hymn tune St Aelred.
Winds
of Change
(2000) 13' - A grade
(A grade Test Piece Australian National Brass Band
Championships 2002) (Commissioned by the YBS Band, England
and premiered at the Gala Concert of the European Brass
Band Championships 2000)
Recording:
European Championships 2000,
YBS Band/David King
Vision
of the Lost
(2001) 12’ - A/B grade
(B grade Test Piece Australian National Brass Band
Championships 2005) Commissioned by the Melbourne Staff
Band of the Salvation Army and performed on their tour of
the UK.
Recording:
Exhaltation
Melbourne Staff Band/Ken Waterworth
3
Places in Italy
(2002) 9’ – C/D grade
(Junior A Grade Test Piece Australian National Brass Band
Championships 2007)
Sunburnt Land
– (2005) 13’ – A/B grade
(Commissioned by the YBS Band, England)
Performances by:
The YBS Band - Tour of Australia &
Royal Northern College of Music Festival of
Brass
National
Australia Brass, Melbourne International Festival of Brass
Willebroek Band, Belgium
NEW
Variations
On A Theme of Beethoven
- (2010) 13' - B/C grade
Theme and 8 variations based on the theme from Beethoven's
9th Symphony (Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee).
A general purpose piece - audiences know the melody - but
the variations are interesting and enjoyable for both band
and listeners. The variations can be played as separate
movements or played ina different order to that suggested.
NEW
Boundless
- (2010) 12' - B/C grade
Theme and 7 variations based on the hymn tune
O Boundless Salvation
Ideal for Salvation Army Corps bands or for community bands
that want a piece in a traditonal theme and variations
style.
NEW
The
Sport of Kings
- (2011) 12' - D grade
Three movement suite evoking the sport of horse racing.
Suitable for concerts and competitions.
Commissioned by the Moonee Valley Brass Band, musical
director Wally Pope
Brass
Band and Solo:
Song
of the Pilgrim
(Concertino) - Trumpet and Brass Band (1995) 9’
Performed by John Collinson and the Melbourne Staff Band of
the Salvation Army
Recording: MSB/John Collinson, cornet/Colin Woods
The
Cross on the Hill
– Solo for Trombone and Brass Band (1998) 8'
(Commissioned by Andrew Justice and the ISB)
Recording:
Immortal Themes
ISB/Stephen Cobb/Andrew Justice
Trombone
Section Feature:
My
Shepherd
- Trombone section feature with Brass Band (1988) 5'
(Triumphonic Collection, USA)
Recording:
On Tour
National Capital Band/Stephen Bulla
NEW
Nearer
My God To Thee
(Hymn arrangement) (2011) 4.5’ Suitable for all grades
Trombone section feature with Brass Band.
Commissioned
by the Moonee Valley Brass Band, musical director Wally
Pope
Brass
Bands and Bells:
Gates
of Day
(Federation Symphony) – 4 brass bands, military band, bells
(2001) 25’ (Commissioned by the Melbourne International
Festival of the Arts 2001)
Concert
Band:
Sandakan
Suite
- Concert band (1996) 10'
(Commissioned by Major Patrick Pickett and the Australian
Army Band Kapooka) Recording:
Un Po Di Tutto
Australian Army Band/Col Patrick Pickett
In 3 movements, this work is inspired by the Australian
soldiers who died at Sandakan on Borneo during WW2.
NEW
Concert
Band and Solo Euphonium:
Under
Capricorn
–
Concertino for Euphonium and Concert Band
(2009-10) 15' (Commissioned by Matthew van Emmerik)
(difficult)
Premiere: 2010 International Tuba Euphonium Conference,
Matthew van Emmerik, euphonium & US Air Force Band
Performance: Matthew van Emmerik, euphonium and the US Army
Band, 'Pershing's Own' (Washington DC) conductor, Col.
Thomas Rotondi Jnr, US Army Band Tuba and Euphonium
Conference (Jan 2011)
NEW
Concert
Band and Solo Tuba:
Concertino
for Tuba and Concert Band
(2010) 13' (moderate difficulty)
Premiere scheduled early 2011 - Sgt Wally Pope and
Australian Army Band