Music being worked on in 2023, with links to example performances

Last significant update 4^th July 2023

Notice: the music listed below is required at all rehearsals, plus your black playout folder and "36 Chorales for Band".  Other music can be left at home, and adequate notice will be given if it is needed.

Current pieces

Please bring the following pieces to every rehearsal.

1. A Childhood Remembered - Rossano Galante  Listen
2. Dance of the Imp - Daniel Samuel  Listen
3. Fantasia on Greensleeves - Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr Douglas Wagner)  Listen
4. The Hive - Erik Morales  Listen
5. Iberian Escapades - Robert Sheldon  Listen
6. March-Bou-Shu - Satoshi Yagisawa  Listen
7. Shepherds Dance (from Amahl and the Night Visitors) - Gian Carlo Menotti (arr Johnnie Vinson)  Listen
8. Sogno Di Volare - Christopher Tin (arr Matt Conaway)  Listen (average performance)  Listen (definitive performance)  Listen (orchestra and choir)
9. Theme from The Godfather - Nino Rota (arr John Mortimer)  Listen
10. Variants on an English Sea Song - arr Zachary Docter  Listen

Newer pieces

1. Copacabana - Barry Manilow (arr Richard Saucedo)  Listen
2. From Glen to Glen - Robert Sheldon  Listen to an introduction and the world premiere  Listen to another performance
3. A Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon  Listen
4. Music from Tombstone - Bruce Broughton (arr Ted Ricketts)  Listen
5. The Queen of Soul - arr Paul Murtha  Listen
6. Slavonic March - Antonín Dvořák (arr Robert Longfield)  Listen
7. Take on Me - Pal Waaktaar & Magne Furuholmne (arr Paul Murtha)  Listen
8. West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein (arr WJ Duthoit)  Listen
9. West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein (arr Jay Bocook) - note that we haven't looked at this one yet  Listen

Black playout folder

Your playout folder should be a black plastic A4 display folder (one of those folders with the clear pockets, available from most $2 shops).  The intention is to provide a fairly uniform view of the members' music stands, so keep it on your stand throughout the performance, even if you remove the individual charts to play them.

Your folder should currently have the following pieces in it.  Order is not important at the moment, but will be finalised before the next performance.

1. Italian Holiday - Robert Longfield  Listen
2. Eric Clapton On Stage - arr Paul Murtha  Listen
3. Street Tango - Astor Piazzolla (arr Robert Longfield)  Listen
4. Summertime - George Gershwin (arr Robert Longfield)  Listen
5. Cartoon Symphony - arr Larry Clark  Listen
6. Georgia on my Mind - Hoagy Carmichael (arr Michael Brown)  Listen
7. Jitterbug - Robert Buckley  Listen 1  Listen 2
8. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (arr Michael Brown) §  Listen
9. Moravian Dance - Travis Weller  Listen 1  Listen 2
10. Santana in Concert - arr Michael Brown  Listen
11. New York 1927 - Warren Barker  Listen
12. March of the Belgian Paratroopers - Pierre Leemans (arr James Swearingen)  Listen
13. The Irish Baker - arr Robert Longfield  Listen
14. El Camino Real - Alfred Reed (arr Robert Longfield)  Listen 1  Listen 2
15. El Gato Montés - Manuel Penella (arr Shelley Hanson)  Listen

Contact

For more information, contact David Smart (Secretary) by or phone