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NOTE: All of our regular brass band scoring configures to Salvation Army standards of: Festival (full band), General (cue options), Triumph (smaller bands) and New York (full band or small band with optional parts) Journals. We will write for the English contest band configuration only on demand for commissions.
Meditation - Abiding Presence - Festival scoring, based on Abide With Me,
medium difficulty, approx. 3:30, moody with triumphant ending. Dedicated
to my dear friend of many decades, Victor Danielson, Jr. Also available for piano or organ solo.
Ante Bellum Rhapsody - Dedicated to our
beloved "Tante Maria, the power, grace and beauty behind "That Amazing Mr.
Leidzen". This is a prequel to Leidzen's great "Post Bellum Rhapsody". It delves into the attitudes of
the period leading to the civil War.
Click here to read the complete score notes.
Play it with a click! (Approx.
7:00 quite demanding
March - The Antiquary - This
happy "continental-circus-polka-march" is dedicated to my good friend and
colleague from my days in Leonard B. Smith's great band, Sousa's biographer, Dr.
Paul E. Bierley. Paul was a mainstay on tuba whilst I held down the
euphonium seat. I tried to capture his happy, good nature in this march.
Read More About It! Play it!
Meditation – Blessed Assurance - Salvation Army Eastern USA scoring, based on a
piano piece by the late Emil Soderstrom, medium difficulty, approx 4:30, medium
difficulty, rich classical beauty.
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Meditative Study -- The Call of Christ
explores two old hymns: "Jesus calls Us; o'er the tumult", and "Come Ye
Disconsolate". It is a tribute to the late Bernard Smith. It
illustrates the plaintive beckoning of Jesus over the chasm human arrogance,
indifference and desolation created when Jesus' call is ignored. Mostly
thin scoring and reflective moods, however the dynamic range is from ppp to ff.
Approx. 5:00, moderately difficult. (see home page for full notes and MP3
reference recording). Click
And Listen
Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals - Cavalcade of Courage - SA New York scoring
(can be played with full or small band), features
Little
David, Swing Low, Nobody Knows, Were You There, Joshua Fit De Battle,
Conceptual difficulties, approx. 5:20, some tender moments and some
razzle-dazzle at the end.
Click for a listen!
March – Chicago Belmont Corps (C.B.C.) - Emil Soderstrom - Triumph Series [small
band with optional extra parts] scoring. This march features the hymn tune Belmont but in 4/4 time!
The march features a clever opening motive figure didactically using the notes
C.B.C. for "Chicago Belmont Corps". It is a moderately
difficult classic Soderstrom march, approx 2:40, I commissioned this for a
concert salute to Emil in 1967. It is good fun as is all of his music.
Read More About Emil
Listen to This Gem of a March!
Available from SP&S -- Triumph Series, November
2006.
Song Setting – Christ Is All -- General Series scoring, based on Salvation Army
song of the same name. I used the playing of this simple tune to reward
the members of the infamous Salvation Army Cambridge Citadel Silver Band for a
job very well done. I used it sparingly. Bandsman Mark R. Keeler
requested this arrangement in remembrance of those day of heroic service long
ago -- it is dedicated to him. Not difficult, 3:40, ends with very touching unison vocal of the
chorus. Click and
Meditate on Our Lord
CHRISTmas Toccata -
"Desert Fleet" This is a rollicking and humor-filled exposition of
I Saw
Three Ships (both tunes in counterpoint!) with a humorous intrusion of The
Navy Hymn. "We Three Kings" are sent to the corner of the sand dune
for impudent behavior! – approx. 1:30, SA Eastern Territory
Scoring, moderately difficult.
Listen to the scamp!
March - Harvard Square – Open Air - Festival Scoring, based on Salvation Army
Song O Boundless Salvation, conceptual difficulties, approx.2:40, modern use of quartal harmony and clusters, a satirical look at the battle for position
between tradition and a new age world. Dedicated to Brigadier Joseph
Kittle.
Click to hear this quirky little march
(will take some time to load)
March – Kids For Christ! - Scored for small band, this fun little march
features Stand Up for Jesus and Count Your Blessings. It is just good fun
and a good witness for young people to play. Not very difficult. approx. 1:20
(See Concert Band Catalog for sound link.)
March – Lewisham – Emil Soderstrom - This is a typical Soderstrom march, with all
of the dynamic challenges and details. It incorporates the tune Come Thou Fount.
It is typically difficult and typically rewards the effort. approx. 2:40.
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Meditation -- Simeon, Man of God
This was written as a tribute to a man of God close to me, my dearest friend and
mentor, Irwin Fischer. Moderately difficult, approx. 5:40.
Click Here to Listen Click Here to Read about the Piece
Read Mr. Fischer's biography
Prelude On
Ellers -- I was walking down Michigan Avenue in Chicago just
before I was to move to Cambridge, Massachusetts to assume the position of
Bandmaster of the renowned Cambridge Citadel Silver Band. I was to
meet my lifelong best friend and mentor, Irwin Fischer, for lunch at our club,
The Cliff Dwellers, atop Chicago's Orchestra Hall. It was a glorious day,
tinged by the bittersweet reminder that these almost-daily lunch meetings would
soon come to an end. Nonetheless, the words "How wonderful it is to walk
with God" and the tune Ellers came to mind. None walked more closely
with God than did Irwin Fischer. Bach's last chorale prelude also washed
over me and Prelude on Ellers had all but written itself. I pulled
out my little musical sketchbook and jotted down some essentials and scurried
off for a fine lunch with my dear friend. I dedicated it to him as a
farewell gift, which touched him deeply. It is available from Salvationist
Publishing and Supplies as well. Available
from SP&S.
Postlude – Randolph - Festival scoring. The Anglican tune for “God
Be With You” is the theme of this 2:00 postlude. It covers the emotions of such
partings and ends in reverential quietude. It is not difficult but does require
sensitivity. Dedicated to Irwin Fischer.
March – Resounding Joy! - Festival Band Scoring, symphonically based on the
phrase “repeat the sounding joy” from Joy to the World, it also incorporates
bits of Good King Wenseslas, not very difficult once the concept is understood,
approx 2:10, just a good Christmas frolic which pokes a little fun at the
ever-present parade marshal and his clipboard and whistle. Dedicated to
B/M Peggy Thomas.
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March – Unshackled! - Festival scoring, based on the Anti-Smoking Song of The Salvation Army and
He Is Able To Deliver, conceptual difficulties (e.g. quintal harmony -
based on fifths rather than the usual tetrian based on thirds, approx.
2:45, a fun look at a kooky old period-song from the Anti-Smoking League of the
late 1800’s. Dedicated to The Cambridge Citadel Silver Band.
(Click here for a sound link)
Warrior Requiem – That we May Remember - Festival scoring with male and
female narrators, contains snippets of many old Salvation Army songs, quite
difficult especially because of unfamiliar sonorities, approx. 9:45, a very
deep, unusual and touching concert salute to departed heroes using traditional
requiem sections but with a more triumphant Salvation Army perspective.
Dedicated to Brigadiers Robert and Nellie Getz.
Chorale Prelude - Wenn wir in
hochsten Noten sein - This was Bach's last composition, written literally
on his death bed just before he died. He dictated it to his son-in-law! The
two sets of words associated with the chorale are When in the hour of utmost
need and Before Thy Throne I Stand. How fitting an end for such a
life! Study of the construction will reap great rewards. Serenity might be a
good name for it. Not overly difficult other than the demands for sustaining
through phrases. Also available for brass quartet, quintet and as a solo with
piano or organ accompaniment. Approx.3:50.
Descriptive March – Wonderland – Irwin Fischer - This is a wonderfully atypical march written for The Salvation Army’s Central Music Institute in the 1950’s. It is based on a tune by Fischer with words by Sallie Chesham “God is Guiding”. It uses the “wonder” interval of the tritone as a motto theme and masterfully weaves all the themes into counterpoint at the end. It is scintillating and majestic at the same time. It may well be the first piece to use the muted alto horn. It relies heavily on a solid solo horn player throughout (Fischer had the redoubtable hornist Howard Chesham to write for in those days.) Check Out Mr. Fischer's Bio
March - Kids For Christ! -- This is a little march wherein the first theme is the kids' expression of Stand Up For Jesus, which is followed by the parents' response . . . Count Your Blessings. It is pure fun, for small band, quite easy, approx.1:30.) (See Concert Band Catalog for a sound link of this.
Scherzo - Two If By Sea -- This is a jocular romp through the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Rule Britannia, The Royal Grenadiers, Yankee Doodle and even a confused bugler playing a mix of Reveille and Pop Goes The Weasel are heard severally and in counterpoint (in more than one key!). This is a bit difficult for band and conductor, but not for the audience. Approx. 3:20 Buckle up . . . "click it" to listen
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