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Grade 3

Grade 4

Piece

Composer

Style

A Grand Opening

MItchell, Darren

Concert Lit

Piece

Composer

Style

Notes

Piece

Composer

Style

Notes

Piece

Composer

...And Goodnight

Bernotas, Chris

Lyrical

Breath control, phrasing

A Hymn For Band

Stuart, Hugh

Lyrical

No Percussion

Above and Beyond: A

Triumphant Fanfare for Band

Swearingen, James

Concert Lit

American Barndance

Saucedo, Richard

Grade 1.5

A Joyful Journey

Sheldon, Robert

Concert Lit

beautiful lyrical opening a

Above the Clouds

Bernotas, Chris

Concert Lit

Black Horse Troop

Sousa, John Philip, arr. Fennell

African Marching Song

O'Reilly, John

Concert Lit

Air and Allegro

Edmondson, John

Concert Lit

Air and Dance

Kinyon, John

Concert Lit

Call and response sections, fun!

simple beautiful opening feat. clarinets con American Patrol

Adrenaline Engines

Standridge, Randall

Concert Lit

bombastic, rhythmic moti

Abracadabra

Ticheli, Frank

Concert Lit

fun, exposed part

America the Beautiful

Smith, Robert W.

Patriotic

Meacham F.W., arr. Huckeby

March

Lyrical

easy notes, music

Ancient City of Stone

Vogel; Kirk

Concert Lit

Grace 1+

Concert Lit

need strong perc

Ancient Voices

Sweeney, Michael

Concert Lit

Andalucia

Lopez, Victor

March

Celtic Air and Dance

Sweeney, Michael

Concert Lit

classic contrast piece, "The Parting Glass" a Battle of Midway

Celtic Air and Dance No. 2

Sweeney, Michael

Concert Lit

Danny Boy opening feat. clarinets, then Sta Beyond the Highlands

Yeo, Benjamin

Chorale and Mystic Chant

Loest, Timothy

Concert Lit

clarinet opener, slow and fast parts

Blue Ridge Reel

Balmages, Brian

Eagle Mountain Overture

Sheldon, Robert

Concert Lit

Great opener, interesting flute part

Canticum

Curnow, James

Egyptique

Owens, Williams

Concert Lit

great tool for teaching chromatic notes (Db Country Wildflowers

Daehn, Larry

Lyrical

El Rey de Fransia

Sheldon, Robert

Lyrical

mysterious Spanish style, haunting folk son Danse Ritmico

Yozviak, Andrew

Concert Lit

Expressions

Calhoun, Bill

Lyrical

Great for teaching breath support, dynami Distant Thunder of the Sacred Forest

Sweeney, Michael

Concert Lit

Foxwood Overture

McGinty, Anne

Concert Lit

Watson, Scott

Holiday

Incantation and Ritual

Balmages, Brian

Concert Lit

Mozart, W.A., arr. Balent

Transcription

Holiday without relating t

Fire of Eternal Glory

Stostakovich, Dmitri, arr. Curnow

Mystic Legend

McGinty, Anne

Concert Lit

Entrance of the Tall Ships

Swearingen, James

Concert Lit

standard fanfare-fast-slo

Gypsy Dance

Compello, Joseph

Of Distant Peaks

Sheldon, Robert

Concert Lit

great opener, big fanfare followed by swee In the Shining of the Stars

Sheldon, Robert

Lyrical

Kinesis

Sweeney, Michael

Peace

Tichelli, Frank

Concert Lit

rhythms are simple, lots of opportunity to t Japanese Folk Trilogy

McGinty, Anne

Nevermore

Balmages, Brian

Rocky Mountain Romp

Balmages, Brian

Concert Lit

great opener, American "West" style

Williams, Jerry

Holiday

variations on jingle bells

On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss

Rumpelstiltskin!

Story, Michael

Concert Lit

great piece to tie into an ELA lessonn. Gra Jungle Dance

Balmages, Brian

Concert Lit

Percussion Heavy

Pirates of the Caribbean

Ryukyu-Bushi

Burns, Patrick

Concert Lit

Japanese influenced piece, plays very easy Kaleidoscope

Shaffer, David

Lyrical

Portrait of a Clown

Sea Song Fantasy

McGinty, Anne

Concert Lit

awesome trio of sea songs, requires limite Korean Folk Rhapsody

Curnow, James

Concert Lit

Rage

Standridge, Randall

Toboggan Run

Conaway, Matt

Holiday

Grade 1.5

Marche Diabolique

Balmages, Brian

Concert Lit

very sinister march, featu

Rivers

Hazo, Samuel

You Better Watch Out

Gillespie, Haven/Frank, Steven

Holiday

Grade 1.5

McCoy's March

Houlif, Murray

March

Irish style march, challeng

Second Prelude

Gershwin/Krance

Zia

Owens, Williams

Concert Lit

lots of percussion, some special effects, op Mexican Fiesta

Moss, John

Concert Lit

three part piece featuring

Toccata for Band

Erickson, Frank

Moonstruck Possum Trot

Turner, Jess

Concert Lit

quirky, playful super fun,

Variants on a Shaped Note Tune

Vinson, Johnnie

Moscow 1941

Balmages, Brian

Concert Lit

William Tell Overature

Rossini/Longfield

Mystery Bay March

Hodges, Steve

March

great march in minor

With Quiet Courage

Daehn, Larry

National Emblem March

Bagley, E.E./arr. Balent

March

very representative of the

New Era Fanfare

Standridge, Randall

Opener/Fanfare

incredible opener, great f

Noel!

Stalter, Todd

Holiday

great opener

Raider's March

John Williams, arr. Edmondson

March

No Trio or slow section

Repercussions

Smith, Robert W.

Concert Lit

Rippling Watercolors

Balmages, Brian

Lyrical

Rites of Tamburo

Smith, Robert W.

Concert Lit

Shadows Unleashed

Balmages, Brian

Concert Lit

sinister and exciting

Shipwrecked

Nowlin, Ryan

Concert Lit

great progrommatic piece

Sparks

Balmages, Brian

Opener/Fanfare

Sundance

Strommen, Carl

Concert Lit

The Crossings

Sheldon, Robert

The Rowan Tree

Standridge, Randall

Lyrical

Two Spanish Carols

Williams, Mark

Holiday

Western Horizons

Kahelin, Thomas

Concert Lit.

African Dreams

Karrick, Brant

sparse voicing

Air for Band

Erickson, Frank

Bach, Johann Sebastian, arr. Jerry Nowak Lyrical, Transcription

deceptively challenging

Anthem for Winds and Percussion Smith, Robert W.

flutes on recorders for opening, lots of per Asian Folk Rhapsody

Saucedo, Richard

Concert Lit

Three part piece feat. folk

As Summer Was Just Beginning

Daehn, Larry

Spanish style march, very fun!

Owens, William

Concert Lit

Australian Up-Country Tune

Bainum

Lyrical

Edmondson, John

March

Cakewalk

Debussy, Claude, arr. O'Reilly

Concert Lit

Celebration of Life

Hultgren, Ralph

Chimes of Liberty

Goldman/Custer

Chorale and Shaker Dance II

Zedchlik, John

Cut to the Chase

Stalter, Todd

slow opening contrasts wi

Danse Bohemien

Standridge, Randall

polyrhythmic percussion,

El Capitan

Sousa/Balent

Aria
At a Turkish Market

Dreidel Adventure
slow mysterious opening contrasts exciting Ein Kliene Nactmusic

Jingle Bells Around the World

Concert Lit

exciting march, modulate

blue grass style, western

deceptively simpl

Concert Lit
fast gallop, has xy
March

tough 2, 6/8 and

Fantasy on American Sailing Songs Grundman, Claire

incredibly beautiful. "easy

Concert Lit

mixed meter

Holsinger, David

Lyrical

requires clar cont

Badlet/Ricketts

Pops

requires indepen

Ticheli, Frank

Concert Lit
Concert Lit
ConcertLit
Transcription

deceptively challe
Long

Style

Chimes of Liberty

Goldman, Edwin Frank, arr. Schissel

English Folk Song Suite

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Gravity Wave

Balmages, Brian

Ignition

Stater, Todd

Novo Lenio

Hazo, Samuel

Semper Fidelis

Sousa, John Philip, arr. Bourgeois

Terpsichorean Dances

Blackshaw, Jodie

The Seal Lullaby

Whitacre, Eric

Notes

3rd movement is most achievable

March