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Mahr's perhaps most famous work, Dig Down Deep, Grade 3, has been performed and loved by many, including the St. Olaf Band. In January 2018, the St. Olaf Band performed this piece on a joint concert with an elementary summer band, and the performance was adored by all who came to listen.
Like the previous works, they have proven themselves through many performances, most over a span of decades. [citation needed] David Amram. King Lear Variations (1966) James Barnes. Symphonic Overture (1991) Symphony No. 2. Third Symphony "The Tragic" (1994) Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Nicolo Paganini. Alvamar Overture (1981)
Grade 3: At standard march difficulty. Usually in full march form, and requiring moderate technique and endurance skills. Instrumental ranges are usually intermediate, and likely containing chromatic notes, obbligatos, and counter-melodies. Many parade marches contain Grade 3 scoring, examples being "The Thunderer" and "The National Emblem".
October (Whitacre) October. (Whitacre) October is a contemporary piece for concert band approximately six minutes in duration that was written by Eric Whitacre in 2000. It has since had other arrangements written for Full Orchestra, String Orchestra with Percussion, [1] Brass Ensemble, Brass Band and Mallet Quartet.
[2] [3] Chance wrote it during his tenure in Greensboro as part of the Ford Foundation's Young Composer Project and dedicated the piece to Herbert Hazelman and the Greensboro Senior High School Band. [4] The piece is written in three cycles, each containing the "Incantation" theme, a "percussion concerto", and the "Dance" theme. The third cycle ...
After the concert, the band will go to a different room to sightread a piece. The piece is always two grade levels below the repertoire they played at the concert (A band that plays Grade VI in the concert plays a Grade IV in the sightreading), unless it is a Grade II or I band who would play a beginning level piece.
Hammersmith (Holst) Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, more commonly known as just Hammersmith, Op. 52, is a wind band work composed by English composer Gustav Holst in 1930. Commissioned by the BBC Military Band, the piece is based on Holst's love for the London borough of Hammersmith. [ 1 ] The writing is more musically challenging than Holst ...
Brian Balmages was the assistant director of bands and orchestras at Towson University. He has been the guest conductor of orchestras around the US, in Canada, Italy, and Australia. Balmages was the Director of Instrumental Publications for the FJH Music Company for over 20 years. [5] Currently, he is the Director of MakeMusic Publications and ...