Dragons at the Drawbridge was written for Beginner Band Blitz, a city-wide workshop for first year concert band students in Brisbane. It is reminis...
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Driven was composed for the Hillbrook Anglican School Wind Symphony and premiered by the ensemble in a joint concert with the Queensland Youth Orch...
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Fanfare and Dance commences with a grand and impressive fanfare led by the brass section, giving way to a light and playful dance. As the music pro...
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Special occasions need a special soundtrack. Something bold. Proud. Even a bit pompous. Whether you are receiving an award for destroying an interg...
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This piece originated as a concert fanfare for brass and percussion.
With an energetic fanfare opening the work, Festal Intrada is effervescent and sparkling with dynamism and strength. The ensuring legato melody, ca...
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Fiesta en la Calle is a high-energy Latin chart that fuses Tito Puente with Arturo Sandoval and the modern L.A writing of Gordon Goodwin. After the...
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Reminiscent of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five,” Five and Three is all about the groove. An opening melody, first heard in the trombones and soon passed ...
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The Four Note Boogaloo is a fun piece for a grooving rhythm section with a melody featuring a small jazz combo horn section of Alto Sax, Tenor Sax ...
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Gently should be just that …. tender, reflective, thoughtful; allowing musicians and listeners to simply breath and let the music speak of gentlene...
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For many years, one of the musical highlights for band and orchestra students at my school was an annual excursion to see “DOCH Gypsy Orchestra” di...
View full detailsHow funky can you get? It’s easy to get excited about the title of this tune and try too hard to be funky. It’s like trying too hard to be cool. It...
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The gentle atmosphere created in Hymn Semplice gives a moment of repose, a moment to reflect, reminisce and respire. With evocative and nostalgic ...
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If Ye Love Me is a paraphrase setting of the Thomas Tallis four-part motet of the same name. Published in 1565 during the reign of Elizabeth the Fi...
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“Into the Sun” is a scrapbook of stories told by many of their passage to Australia; whether it be as free settlers in the 1800s, post World War II...
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Over history, human-kind has sought to explore what lies beyond – we have sailed beyond our shores to unknown lands, taken to the skies to unknown ...
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What is it that lurks in the shadows? Is it a ferocious animal? A lonely stranger? Your worst nightmare? Or maybe just fear itself? It Lurks in the...
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Jump To It is a up tempo swing chart in the style of the great dance bands of 1940’s. It features a catchy melody and riff-based patterns typical o...
View full detailsHop! Hop! Hop! Bouncing through the Australian bush to a swingin’ rhythm you can imagine a herd of kangaroos groovin’ out as they stop to for a che...
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A lake of thick fog sits heavily in the valley of outside John and Penny Judge’s home in Craigie, a locale situated outside of Bombala, in the high...
View full detailsWhat do lizards get up to after a day’s basking in the sun? Having re-energised on that hot rock, they are swinging out with the other reptiles. A ...
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Have you thought about what it means to give of yourself so fully in playing an instrument or do you see it all just as a diversion? Is your intere...
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My late father-in-law, Alan, carved a small wooden item on his lathe and gave it to his daughter, my wife. I noticed it on the mantelpiece as I was...
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Written for the tenth anniversary of the formation of the ensemble and the composer’s involvement with the group, Local Heroes is dedicated to the ...
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This piece of music is a celebration of making music together, of being together, and of looking forward with hope after such a challenging time. T...
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As often happens, Lucky Lockie lept off the piano and demanded to become a tune when the composer was teaching saxophone to another Lockie. The bas...
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The term ‘digger’ is a military slang term used to describe soldiers from Australian and New Zealand. This colloquial term became prominent in Worl...
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Kings and Queens. Dukes and Duchesses. The pomp and circumstance, fanfare and majesty of the entrance to a royal occasion. Imagine a grand ballroom...
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Migaloo (White Whale) is an adult, albino humpback whale who journeys each year from the cold waters of the Antarctic, up the eastern coast of Aust...
View full detailsMove 'n' Groove is a tribute to legendary trumpet player Lee Morgan. The chart is based on the groove of The Sidewinder, with a half-time funk feel...
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Mr Suit and Tie is written in tribute to the late Nick Mulder - a friend, colleague, and a wonderfully gifted trombonist and composer whose presenc...
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My Temptation is a slow swing ballad based on the Neal Hefti style of Lil' Darlin’ originally written for the Count Basie Orchestra's 1958 album ‘T...
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Nil Sine Labore is the motto of Brisbane Girls Grammar School, which commissioned this work for ceremonial occasions for their school community. Th...
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No Bears Allowed has been a long coming! The piece started off as an attempt to write a Latin American style dance piece for young band. Many years...
View full detailsNo Time for Talkers is a fun and energetic hard-driving gospel rock tune. Full recordings of this and other great Australian jazz works can be foun...
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"Nothing But The Best" was commissioned by Mitchelton State School, Brisbane. It was premiered at the school’s centenary celebrations by a band mad...
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