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A masterwork for string orchestra. Holst's Moorside Suite was composed in 1928, near the end of the composer's life, and is a masterpiece of his maturity. Originally for brass band, Moorside Suite retains the folk-song charm that is representative...

Black Rainbow is a work for 6 solo percussionists and symphonic band that explores the elusive and mystical moonbow – a rainbow produced by light reflected off the surface of the moon. The work divides into seven sections, traveling through...

Beyond the Sequestered Grove is simply the second movement (Cadenza lenta) extracted from Zachary Cairns' Concert(in)o for Marimba & Wind Quintet. It is largely an introspective work, but there is plenty of understated, undulating urgency to...

Cast in four major sections, Gillingham's Concerto for Percussion Ensemble takes the listener on a journey through families of the percussion section – membranes, woods & metals. He takes a simple 5-note motive and transforms it into a...

Sensus Vitae, or "the meaning of life," is a bright and colorful 4-minute fanfare and chorale that grabs you from the opening cascades of woodwinds and keyboard percussion. Written for the Wake Forest University Wind Ensemble, the work cleverly (and...

Written for Kurt Masur's farewell concert with the New York Philharmonic, Hemispheres tells the stories of creation from three very diverse cultures: The western (I. Genesis), American Indian (2. Earth Canto), and Hindu (3. Rajas). Experience...

A gorgeous, unique percussion ensemble with beautiful colors throughout. Read the program notes and use them as the bases of rehearsing this very emotional composition.Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 7 + Clarinet & Contrabassoon...

Commissioned by world-famous trumpeter and conductor Philip Smith for the University of Georgia British Brass Band, Andrew Blair’s Novum provides the Brass Band with an exciting rhythmic, lyrical, and technical challenge wrapped in a fresh,...