Music being worked on in 2024, with links to example performances
Last significant update 27th April 2024
Music for band camp
The following pieces will be rehearsed at band camp. New music should already have come to you via e-mail. Please talk to Denise if there is anything you don't have.
Jesus Christ Superstar - Andrew Lloyd-Webber (arr Henry Mancini/John Moss) - candidate for the Instrumental Festival performance
Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre (arr Alfred Reed) - candidate for the Instrumental Festival performance
A Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon - candidate for the Instrumental Festival performance
Thrash - Randall Standridge - for the August Mass Band Day
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - JS Bach (arr Matt Riley) - for the August Mass Band Day
Atlantis: the Lost Continent - Rob Romeyn
Choreography - Robert Sheldon
The Hive - Erik Morales
Rising from the Ashes - Alan Lourens
Theme from The Godfather - Nino Rota (arr John Mortimer)
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.
2024 pieces
The following pieces are under consideration for our March performance and would benefit from a bit of a look at over the holidays. Then please bring them along to rehearsals.
Jitterbug - Robert Buckley
Yesterday - John Lennon/Paul McCartney (arr Michael Brown)
Summertime - George Gershwin (arr Robert Longfield)
Georgia on my Mind - Hoagy Carmichael (arr Michael Brown)
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (arr Michael Brown) §
Italian Holiday - Robert Longfield
Moravian Dance - Travis Weller
Dance of the Imp - Daniel Samuel
Street Tango - Astor Piazzolla (arr Robert Longfield)
Theme from The Godfather - Nino Rota (arr John Mortimer)
Eric Clapton On Stage - arr Paul Murtha
Copacabana - Barry Manilow (arr Richard Saucedo)
Moon River - Henry Mancini (arr Michael Brown)
Sarah will also be getting started on Longford Legend in February. Please look at it over the holidays and make sure it also comes to rehearsals.
A Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon
Pieces from 2023 that are still current
Please also bring the following pieces to every rehearsal.
A Childhood Remembered - Rossano Galante
Fantasia on Greensleeves - Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr Douglas Wagner)
From Glen to Glen - Robert Sheldon
The Hive - Erik Morales
Iberian Escapades - Robert Sheldon
March-Bou-Shu - Satoshi Yagisawa
Music from Tombstone - Bruce Broughton (arr Ted Ricketts)
The Queen of Soul - arr Paul Murtha
Shepherds Dance (from Amahl and the Night Visitors) - Gian Carlo Menotti (arr Johnnie Vinson)
Slavonic March - Antonín Dvořák (arr Robert Longfield)
Sogno Di Volare - Christopher Tin (arr Matt Conaway)
Take on Me - Pal Waaktaar & Magne Furuholmne (arr Paul Murtha)
Variants on an English Sea Song - arr Zachary Docter
West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein (arr WJ Duthoit)
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 music stands, so keep it on your stand throughout the performance, even if you remove the individual charts to play them.
Please ensure you have the following pieces in your playout folder, in the listed order.
This will be the play order for Sunday's concert. For Moon River and Summertime we will be accompanying the choir.
Italian Holiday - Robert Longfield
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (arr Michael Brown) §
Street Tango - Astor Piazzolla (arr Robert Longfield)
Eric Clapton On Stage - arr Paul Murtha
Copacabana - Barry Manilow (arr Richard Saucedo)
Moon River - Henry Mancini (arr Michael Brown) - with the choir
Summertime - George Gershwin (arr Robert Longfield) - with the choir
Dance of the Imp - Daniel Samuel
Georgia on my Mind - Hoagy Carmichael (arr Michael Brown)
Jitterbug - Robert Buckley
Yesterday - John Lennon/Paul McCartney (arr Michael Brown)
Moravian Dance - Travis Weller
Contact
For more information, contact David Smart (Secretary) by or phone