Music Suggestions

Band Class 2

  • A Childhood Hymn – David Holsinger
  • A Hymn for Band – Hugh Stuart
  • A Little French Suite – Pierre La Plante
  • All the Pretty Little horses – Anne McGinty
  • Along the Caney Fork – John Hosay/James Hosay
  • An Irish Interlude – Warren Baker
  • Ancient Voices – Michael Sweeney
  • As Summer Was Just Beginning – Larry Daehn
  • As Torrents in Summer – Sir Edward Elgar
  • Balladair – Frank Erickson
  • Carpathian Sketches – Robert Jager
  • Chant Rituals – Elliot Del Borgo
  • Creed – William Himes
  • Declaration and Dance – Larry Clark
  • Dinosaurs – Daniel Bukvich
  • Down a Country Lane – Copland/Patterson
  • Early English Suite – William Duncombe and James Hook
  • Ere the World Began to Be – Jack Stamp
  • Fa Una Canzona – Orazio Vecchi/Daehn
  • Fanfare Ode and Festival – Bob Margolis
  • Grant County Celebration – Mark Williams
  • Greenwillow Portrait – Mark Williams
  • Gypsydance – David Holsinger
  • In the Bleak Midwinter – Gustav Holst
  • In the Shining of the Stars – Robert Sheldon
  • Jeanie – Stephen Foster/Kinyon
  • Kentucky 1800 – Clare Grundman
  • Korean Folk Rhapsody – James Curnow
  • Korean Folk Song Medley – James D. Ployhar
  • Legend of Knife River – Stephen Bulla
  • Linden Lea – Vaughn Williams/Stout
  • Little Suite for Band – Clare Grundman
  • Llwyn Onn – Brian Hogg
  • Mini Suite – Morton Gould
  • Old Scottish Melody – Charles A. Wiley
  • Overture on a Shaker Tune – John Higgins
  • Peace Song – Timothy Broege
  • Peregrin: A Traveler’s Tale – Douglas Akey
  • Polly Oliver – Thomas Root
  • Portrait of a Clown – Frank Ticheli
  • Prospect – Pierre La Plante
  • Renaissance Festival & Dances – Arr. Bruce Pearson
  • Rhenish Folk Festival – Albert Oliver Davis
  • Sandy Bay March – Brian West
  • Sinfonia VI – Timothy Broege
  • Snakes! – Thomas Duffy
  • Soldiers Procession and Sword Dance – Susato/Margolis
  • Suite from Bohemia – Vaclav Nelhybel
  • The Battle Pavane – Susato/Margolis
  • The Headless Horseman – Timothy Broege
  • The New ANZACS – Brian Hogg
  • The Red Balloon – Anne McGinty
  • They Led My Lord Away – Adoniram J. Gordon
  • Three Hungarian Songs – Bela Bartok
  • Three on the Isle – Hugh M. Stuart
  • Three Pieces for American Band Set No. 2 – Timothy Broege
  • Two Grieg Songs – Edvard Grieg
  • Westridge Overture – James Barnes
  • When the Stars Began to Fall – Fred Allen
  • With Trumpets Sounding – Ralph Hultgren

Band Class 3

  • A Downland Suite – John Ireland
  • A Little Night and Day Music – Samuel Adler
  • Adagio for Winds – Elliot Del Borgo
  • Air for Band – Frank Erickson
  • American Riversongs – Pierre LaPlante
  • Americana Folk Suite – Barry Kopetz
  • An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
  • Australian Up-Country Tune – Grainger/Bainum
  • Ave Maria – Franz Biebl/Cameron
  • Belle Qui Tien Ma Vie – Arbeau/Margolis
  • Blessed Are They – Brahms/Buelman
  • Brazilian Folk Dance Suite – William E. Rhoads
  • Cajun Folk Songs – Frank Ticheli
  • Canterbury Chorale – Jan Van der Roost
  • Chant and Jubilo – W. Francis McBeth
  • Chorale Prelude: Be Thou My Vision – Jack Stamp
  • Come Sweet Death – Bach/Reed
  • Country Airs and Dances – Ron Nelson
  • Court Festival – William Latham
  • Daydream – Timothy Mahr
  • Deir in De – Warren Barker
  • Down Longford Way/Shenandoah – Percy Aldridge Grainger/Osmon
  • Dreams and Fancies – Timothy Broege
  • Fantasy on “Sakura, Sakura” – Ray E. Cramer
  • Fantasy on “Yankee Doodle” – Mark Williams
  • Flourish for Wind Band – Vaughan Williams
  • Ginger Marmalade – Warren Benson
  • Highbridge Excursions – Mark Williams
  • Homage – Jan Van der Roost
  • I Am – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
  • In Memoriam: Kristina – Bruce Yurko
  • Irish Suite – Stanley Applebaum
  • Kenya Contrasts – William Himes
  • Lied ohne Worte – Rolf Rudin
  • Little English Suite – Clare Grundman
  • Lyric Music – Robert Starer
  • Mazama – Jay Chattaway
  • Mystery on Mena Mountain – Julie Giroux
  • On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss – David Holsinger
  • Overture for Winds – Charles Carter
  • Plymouth Trilogy – Anthony Iannaconne
  • Prelude and Fugue in Bb – Bach/Moehlmann
  • Renaissance Suite – Tielman Susato
  • Resting in the Peace of His Hands – John Gibson
  • Retreat and Pumping Song – David Stanhope
  • Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies – James Curnow
  • Rhosymedre – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Suite Divertimento – Jay Gilbert
  • Sun Dance – Frank Ticheli
  • Symphonie for Band – Jadin/Schaeffer
  • The Renaissance Fair – Bob Margolis
  • Three Airs from Gloucester – Hugh Stuart
  • Three Sketches for Winds – Clare Grundman
  • Toccata for Band – Frank Erickson
  • Two Grainger Melodies – Grainger/Kreines
  • Uganda Lullaby – Heskel Brisman
  • Variations on “Scarborough Fair” – Calvin Custer
  • With Quiet Courage – Larry Daehn
  • Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon – Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • Yorkshire Ballad – James Barnes

Band Class 4

  • A Solemn Music – Virgil Thomson
  • Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual – Robert W Smith
  • Allerseelen – Strauss/Davis
  • Amazing Grace – Frank Ticheli
  • An Original Suite – Gordon Jacob
  • Autumn Walk – Julian Work
  • Ballad for Band – Morton Gould
  • Caccia and Chorale – Clifton Williams
  • Cajun Folk Songs II – Frank Ticheli
  • Chorale and Alleluia – Howard Hanson
  • Chorale and Shaker Dance – John Zdechlik
  • Chorale and Toccata – Jack Stamp
  • Color – Bob Margolis
  • Colors and Contours – Leslie Bassett
  • Dreamcatcher – Walter Mays
  • Elegy – John Barnes Chance
  • Elegy for a Young American – Ronald LoPresti
  • English Folk Song Suite – Vaughan Williams
  • Fantasia in G – Timothy Mahr
  • Fantasia in G Major – Bach/Goldman & Leist
  • Festal Scenes – Yasuhide Ito
  • First Suite in Eb – Gustav Holst
  • First Suite in F – Thom Ritter George
  • Four French Songs – Robert Hanson
  • Fugue in G Minor – J.S. Bach
  • Hymn of St. James – Reber Clark
  • Irish Tune from County Derry – Percy Grainger
  • Japanese Tune – Soichi Konagaya
  • Kaddish – W. Francis McBeth
  • Laude – Howard Hanson
  • Liturgical Music for Band, Op. 33 – Martin Mailman
  • Masque – W. Francis McBeth
  • Medieval Suite – Ron Nelson
  • Molly on the Shore – Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • Night Dances – Bruce Yurko
  • Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings – Roland Barrett
  • Of Sailors and Whales – W. Francis McBeth
  • Old Home Days – Charles Ives/Elkus
  • Pageant – Vincent Persichetti
  • Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo – Malcolm Arnold/Paynter
  • Psalm for Band – Vincent Persichetti
  • Satiric Dances (for a Comedy by Aristophanes) – Norman Dello Joio
  • Scenes from the Louvre – Norman Dello Joio
  • Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Second Suite in F – Gustav Holst
  • Secular Litanies, Op. 90 – Martin Mailman
  • Shadows of Eternity – Thomas Stone
  • Sinfonia V – Timothy Broege
  • Suite on Greek Love Songs – Henk van Lijnschooten
  • Suite Provençale – Jan Van der Roost
  • Symphonic Song for Band – Robert Russell Bennett
  • The Dream of Oenghus, Op. 37 – Rolf Rudin
  • The Gum-Suckers March – Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • Three Chorale Preludes – William P. Latham
  • Three London Miniatures – Mark Camphouse
  • Toccata – Girolamo Frescobaldi et al
  • Trail of Tears – James Barnes
  • Variations on a Back Chorale – Jack Stamp
  • Variations on a Korean Folk Song – John Barnes Chance
  • Watchman, Tell Us of the Night – Mark Camphouse

Band Class 5

  • A Movement for Rosa – Mark Camphouse
  • Al Fresco – Karel Husa
  • American Salute – Morton Gould
  • An Outdoor Overture – Aaron Copland
  • Canzona – Peter Mennin
  • Chester Overture for Band – William Schuman
  • Children’s March – Percy Grainger/Erickson
  • Circuits – Cindy McTee
  • Colonial Song – Percy Grainger
  • Country Band March – Charles Ives/Sinclair
  • Dance of the Jesters – Tchaikovsky/Cramer
  • Danza de los Duendes – Nancy Galbraith
  • Daughter of the Stars – Warren Benson
  • Dialogues and Entertainments – William Kraft
  • Divertimento – Vincent Persichetti
  • Divertimento for Winds and Percussion – Roger Cichy
  • Early Light – Carolyn Bremer
  • Exaltations, Op. 67 – Martin Mailman
  • Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn – Norman Dello Joio
  • Festive Overture – Dmitri Shostakovich/Hunsberger
  • Festivo – Edward Gregson
  • Four Scottish Dances – Malcolm Arnold
  • Galactic Empires – David Gillingham
  • George Washington Bridge – William Schuman
  • Grande Symphony Funèbre – Hector Berlioz
  • Illyrian Dances – Guy Woofenden
  • In Evening’s Stillness – Joseph Schwantner
  • Incantation and Dance – John Barnes Chance
  • La Fiesta Mexicana – H. Owen Reed
  • “Lads of Wamphray” March – Percy Grainger
  • Morning Music – Richard Robert Bennett
  • Orient et Occident Grande March – Camille Saint-Saens
  • Overtue to “Candide” – L. Bernstein/Grundmas
  • Overture in C – C.S. Catel/Goldman & Smith
  • Overture Op. 24 – F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy/Boyd
  • Paris Sketches – Martin Ellerby
  • Ricercare a 6 – J.S. Bach
  • Russian Christmas Music – Alfred Reed
  • Sea Drift – Anthony Iannaccone
  • Short Ride on a Fast Machine – John Adams/Odom
  • Sketches on a Tudor Psalm – Fisher Tull
  • Soundings – Cindy McTee
  • Sounds, Shapes, and Symbols – Leslie Bassett
  • Suite Francaise – Darius Milhaud
  • Suite of Old American Dances – Robert Russell Bennett
  • Symphony in B-flat (Symphonie Pour Musique d’Harmonie) – Paul Fauchet
  • Symphony No. 1, “The Lord of the Rings” (any 3 mvts) – J. de Meij
  • Symphony No. 19 – Nikolai Miaskovsky
  • Symphony No. 3 – Vittoria Giannini
  • Symphony No. 3, “Slavyanskaya” – Boris Kozhevnikov
  • Symphony No. 6 – Vincent Persichetti
  • The Hound of Heaven – James Syler
  • The Solitary Dancer – Warren Benson
  • Toccata and Fugue in d minor – J.S. Bach/Leidzen
  • Toccata Marziale – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Trauermusik – R. Wagner/Votta/Boyd
  • Variants on a Medieval Tune – Norman Dello Joio
  • Variations on America – Charles Ives/Rhoads
  • William Byrd Suite – Gordon Jacob

Band Class 6

  • A Child’s Garden of Dreams – David Maslanka
  • Apotheosis of This Earth – Karl Husa
  • Arctic Dreams – Michael Colgrass
  • Armenian Dances, Part 1 – Alfred Reed
  • Aspen Jubilee – Ron Nelson
  • Awayday – Adam Gorb
  • Blue Shades – Frank Ticheli
  • Caricatures – Jere Hutcheson
  • Carmina Burana – Orff/Krance
  • Dance Movements – Philip Sparke
  • Dance of the New World – D. Wilson
  • Dionysiaquies, Op. 62 – Florent Schmidt/Duker
  • El Salon Mexico – Aaron Copland/Hindsley
  • Emblems – Aaron Copland
  • Fantasy Variations – Donald Grantham
  • Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Paganini – James Barnes
  • Fiesta del Pacifico – Roger Nixon
  • For Precious Friends – Martin Mailman
  • From a Dark Millennium – Joseph Schwantner
  • Hammersmith – Gustav Holst
  • Heroes Lost and Fallen – David Gillingham
  • “In Praise of Winds”, Symphony for Large Wind Orchestra – Gunther Schuller
  • Konzertmusik für Blasorchester, Op. 41 – Paul Hindemith
  • Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger
  • Masquerade – Vincent Perischetti
  • Music for Prague 1968 – Karel Husa
  • Niagara Falls – Michael Daugherty
  • Parable XI, Op. 121 – Vincent Persichetti
  • Passacaglia – Ron Nelson
  • Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor – J.S. Bach/Hunsberger
  • Piece of Mind – D. Wilson
  • Postcard – Frank Ticheli
  • Scenes – Verne Reynolds
  • Sinfonia No. 4 – Walter Hartley
  • Sinfonietta – Ingolf Dahl
  • Skating on the Sheyenne – Ross Lee Finney
  • Spiel für Blasorchester, Op. 39 – Ernst Toch
  • Symphonies of Wind Instruments – Igor Stravinsky
  • Symphony in Bb – Paul Hindemith
  • Terpsichore – Bob Margolis
  • The Leaves are Falling – Warren Benson
  • The Passing Bell – Warren Benson
  • Theme and Variations – Arnold Schoenberg
  • Third Symphony – James Barnes
  • Variations for Wind band – Ralph Vaughn Williams/Hunsberger