Concert Band
Marche des Bouchers
By Greg Butcher
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$100.00
Especially written to be performed at the European tempo of 96 bpm, and played in the context and influential style relating to a French or British ‘pomp and ceremonial’ march. Composed 2013
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ISMN 9790720140520
Melody in C
By Carmelo Galea
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$75.00

A contemplative piece. Composed 2013
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ISMN 9790720140025
Mozart Requiem Mass
By Greg Butcher
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$70.00
Woodwind Band, c.2'00
For Day of Mourning (Lacrimosa). Composed 2013
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ISMN 9790720140377
Musings on a Bach Sarabande
By Karlin G Love
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$95.00
Concert Band - woodwind, brass and percussion.
The mused-upon Sarabande is from J.S. Bach’s B minor Partitafor unaccompanied violin (BMV 1002). Musings uses the opening phrase from the Sarabande and fragments from the following Double, and is based on chord progressions from both (with digressions). Composed 2003
Audio recording by the University of Tasmania Wind Orchestra, conducted by Monte Mumford, in 2011, used with permission.
(Hard copy price is indicated by A3 conductor's score and full set of parts.)
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ISMN 9790720209050
$50.00 for instant PDF download score and parts
My Country Australia Concert Band
By Gavin Lockley
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$125.00
Concert band with voice and choir, c.3'00
Words by Dorethea Mackellar. Audio sample used with permission: The NSW Police Band under the Command of Snr. Sgt. Murray Mayday, conducted by Director of Music John Saunders. Composed 2008 arr. 2014
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Open the Door Ian
By Yvonne Barton-leach
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$35.00
Optional piano accompaniment. Composed 2015
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ISMN 9790720166605
Pavane and Browning
By Clive Lane
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$70.00
Concert band, c.5'55
Two Elizabethean Pieces
A Pavane is a slow processional dance, usually in duple metre, with three repeated sections (AABBCC). This Pavane is based on a piece for Daniel Bacheler for two bass viols.
A Browning is an Elizabethan musical form based on the melody of a popular song (‘The Leaves Be Green’). The melody is repeated in a contrapuntal texture. In this case the 8 bar melody is first stated by Alto Saxophone 1 and then repeated by various instruments nine times. The arrangement is based on several Brownings of the period, principally one by William Byrd.
Composed 2018
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ISMN 9790720226149
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Pedestal
By Carmelo Galea
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$60.00

Composed 2019
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ISMN 9790720214986
Phrygian Rock
By Yvonne Barton-leach
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$35.00
The Church modes have long influenced the writing of music. PHRYGIAN ROCK is a fun and delightful way to introduce your young concert band players to the Phrygian mode. PHRYGIAN ROCK is a laid-back rock tune that practically plays itself. Encourage your percussionists to keep a firm tempo as you would find in a rock song. Work to keep the band balanced so the tune does not get over powered by the harmony. Composed 2016.
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ISMN 979072171234
$30.00 for instant PDF download score and parts
Play with Ease
By Michael Hugh Dixon
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$80.00
BAND TRAINING PROGRAM
This training band program has been developed to allow beginners to start together whilst playing some of their easiest notes. This requires the use of harmony from the outset. Concert B-flat is easy to produce on a clarinet and a saxophone but not at all easy on a flute or an oboe. The same note is easy for many a player of the trumpet, baritone and trombone yet some find a concert F easier, so there are options for those players. Horn players often find a concert F easier to play than a concert B-flat at, also a concert F is easily playable on both a single B-flat at horn and a single F horn. Concert A is an easy note on the flute and oboe, although a B would be easier, the A is not much more complicated and provides a nice note in the dominant chord of B-flat at major. The whole process begins with alternating B-flat at and F chords. Often, training band leaders direct from a keyboard, so the chords are shown above the flute part to make it simple to play along.
Each student has a page advising the numbers to practice each week and the program is divided into sections to give the feeling of completion from time to time. It is important that each band be directed at the most appropriate pace, therefore the music director should feel at liberty to overlap the designated weekly projects, hold them back, or skip some altogether. Much effort has been made to progress the players of an instrument at a decent pace. It is anticipated that many players will be ready to play other published material by the time they can play the numbers at the end of the book.
All instrument program training books are available on request - $20.00 each, please contact keats@wirripang.com.au
Composed 2018
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ISMN 9790720214429
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Prelude to a Concert
By Carmelo Galea
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$60.00

Composed 2014
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ISMN 9790720151090
Remembrances
By Houston Dunleavy
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$60.00