Music being worked on in 2024, with links to example performances

Last significant update 5th December 2024


The music listed below is required at all rehearsals, plus your black playout folder, the double sheet with 10 warmup pieces on it, and "36 Chorales for Band".  Other music can be left at home, and adequate notice will be given if it is needed.


Playout pieces

Please update your black playout folder with these pieces and make sure you bring the folder to all rehearsals, plus the pieces listed below in the "Other current pieces" section.

The list is in performance order for December 15th.

Set 1

  1. Aladdin - Alan Menken (arr John Moss)  
  2. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (arr Michael Brown)  
  3. Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre (arr Alfred Reed)  
  4. Theme from The Godfather - Nino Rota (arr John Mortimer)  
  5. Dance of the Imp - Daniel Samuel  
  6. Atlantis: the Lost Continent - Rob Romeyn  
  7. Jesus Christ Superstar - Andrew Lloyd-Webber (arr Henry Mancini/John Moss)   

Set 2

  1. Jitterbug - Robert Buckley    
  2. Georgia on my Mind - Hoagy Carmichael (arr Michael Brown)  
  3. A Night in Tunisia - John "Dizzy" Gillespie (arr Paul Murtha)  
  4. Stevie Wonder in Concert - arr Paul Murtha  
  5. Summertime - George Gershwin (arr Robert Longfield)  
  6. Yesterday - John Lennon/Paul McCartney (arr Michael Brown)  
  7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Johnny Marks (arr Luther Henderson)  
  8. Twenty Carols in 2 Minutes - arr Mark Williams  

Other current pieces

The list of our current pieces is mainly in the section "Playout pieces" (above), but also includes the following pieces.  Please have them with you at every rehearsal.

  1. Choreography - Robert Sheldon  
  2. Fantasy Sketches - Johnnie Vinson  
  3. The Girl I Left Behind Me - arr Leroy Anderson  
  4. Smoke and Mirrors - Robert Buckley  
  5. Tarantella - Carol Brittin Chambers    

Music on loan

The two pieces in this list were loaned to us by Sarah for sight reading practice.  If you have a paper copy of either, please return it to Sarah.  If you have the piece on an electronic device, please delete it ASAP.

  1. The Queen of Soul - arr Paul Murtha  
  2. Take on Me - Pal Waaktaar & Magne Furuholmne (arr Paul Murtha)  

If you think we should have either of these two arrangements in our repertoire, talk to Sarah.


Not current pieces

This list covers all the pieces which were previously on the "2024 music" page and are no longer current.  There is no need to bring them to all rehearsals.  If they're needed, you'll receive notification beforehand.

  1. A Childhood Remembered - Rossano Galante  
  2. Fantasia on Greensleeves - Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr Douglas Wagner)  
  3. From Glen to Glen - Robert Sheldon    
  4. The Hive - Erik Morales  
  5. Iberian Escapades - Robert Sheldon  
  6. A Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon  
  7. March-Bou-Shu - Satoshi Yagisawa  
  8. Music from Tombstone - Bruce Broughton (arr Ted Ricketts)  
  9. Rising from the Ashes - Alan Lourens  
  10. Shepherds Dance (from Amahl and the Night Visitors) - Gian Carlo Menotti (arr Johnnie Vinson)  
  11. Slavonic March - Antonín Dvořák (arr Robert Longfield)  
  12. Sogno Di Volare - Christopher Tin (arr Matt Conaway)      
  13. Variants on an English Sea Song - arr Zachary Docter  
  14. 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 refer to the "Playout pieces" list, above, and update your playout folder accordingly.

Contact

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