Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1317270 Composed by John Michael Pekowski. 21st Century,Classical,Thriller. 88 pages. John Michael Pekowski #905930. Published by John Michael Pekowski (A0.1317270). In July of 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft skimmed past Pluto revealing a dynamic landscape. Important new data was collected, helping to piece together the history of a world with a patchwork geology featuring towering mountains, flowing glaciers, and plains of ice. I was inspired by the spirit of exploration. With this is mind, I arranged semi-symmetrical sets with varying densities into pitch topologies constrained by numerical relationships. These are juxtaposed next to each other, helping to suggest the patchwork geology of Pluto. As I was composing, I gave preference to fluidic voice-leading and dramatic exposition. I also had to end with a satisfying resolution because NASA’s mission has been such a success. In fact, New Horizons continues to explore objects in the outer solar system.Conductor's note: The (optional) last twelve bars are bit of an unintentional homage to sci-fi, but have their roots in the triplet pattern established in the introduction. In this piece I was using a narrower set list, and interestingly these types of hommages are more common within the simpler numerical permutations of smaller quantites.

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.843783 Composed by Brian S. Wilson. Contemporary. Score and parts. 45 pages. G. Meredith Publications #2026065. Published by G. Meredith Publications (A0.843783). Danse Hellenica was commissioned by Vance Regan and The Analy High School Honor Band in Sebastopol, California. I have enjoyed the music, the people and the seasons of Greece since I first began visiting over twenty years ago. While there are no direct quotes of Greek dance music, Danse Hellenica strives to capture that love of life that is so exemplified by this culture. As Plato said, The dance, of all the arts, is the one that most influences the soul..