Horn & piano - Grade 4 - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.IMS1512

Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Score and Parts. 18 pages. Duration 10 minutes, 20 seconds. Imagine Music - Digital #IMS1512. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.IMS1512).

9 x 12 in inches.

For Horn & Piano.
By Daniel Baldwin


In the Silence for Euphonium and Band was commissioned by the Holcomb, KS, High School band (Paul White, director) in the winter of 2010. It was commissioned after the death of a recent graduate, Tanner Born, a euphonium player who participated in the band for all four years of high school. Tanner's parents funded the commission in his memory and asked that I not just make it a memorial piece, but a celebration of his life. Tanner was an avid bowler (illustrated in the rhythmic and celebratory middle section), golfer, and band member.

In the Silence is by turns beautiful and contemplative, as well as dark and dramatic, framing an enjoyable and rhythmic affirmation of life. The piece was premiered on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 by the Holcomb High School band, Jim Krohn conducting, with Travis Keller as the euphonium soloist. I had the distinct honor of sitting in Tanner's chair and playing euphonium with the band at the premiere.

It was just around a year earlier that Tanner had started attending the church in Garden City where I was choir director in 2009. I was introduced to him and remember a kind face. It was a surreal experience when I was reminded of that introduction after the premiere.You never know where life will take you and how our lives can be intertwined with the lives of others without even being aware of it. It was a wonderful reminder to me that with just a simple twist of fate, the smallest of moments can lead to some of the most powerful moments in our lives.

Piano and Double Reeds - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CMW211

Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Score and Parts. 86 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CMW211. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CMW211).

9 x 12 inches.

My wife and I love to travel together. We are always looking for places to go together, as well as excuses to include each other in our own individual travels. One of my personal favorite travel opportunities is the International Double Reed Society conference. It is an opportunity to catch up with friends, make new friends and contacts, and make beautiful music. A number of years ago, I started the All Star Double Reed Band that has now premiered over a dozen new pieces for large double reed ensemble, and has recorded an album of those works. As a combined labor of love, I wrote Impressions of Yellowstone for my wife, a concert pianist, to perform with this group.

The first movement, “Little Grand Canyon opens with a chorale in the piano illustrating the simple majesty of the great and wondrous park that my wife and I visit annually with her parents. From there, the music exemplifies my impression of this wondrous landscape; beautiful, powerful. A deep valley with a waterfall on one end, it is one of the more beautiful sites to see in Yellowstone.

The second movement, Grand Prismatic, is a musical impression of the different perspectives of this very famous Yellowstone landmark. From the overlook, you see a stunning pond with steam emanating from it and surrounded by color. However, if you are to go down and stand next to the hotspot, your perspective changes greatly. Sulfur smells, danger from the soft crust (with boiling sulfuric liquid just below the surface), and a hot, steamy fog of mist permeate the area.

In the finale, Old Faithful, tone painting is brought out in full force as the opening piano solo material brings about the image of the geyser bubbling and building below the surface. Then, at the point of explosion, you hear the water falling and the delight of all of the dozens of onlookers who visit this most famous site at Yellowstone every day.

The original version, for double reeds, is dedicated the All Star Double Reed Band and my wife, Tammy Miller, who recorded it on the Co-Op Press label.


The version for piano and string orchestra is dedicated to Tammy and the National Composers Orchestra who recorded it on the Baldwin Records label.

By Daniel Baldwin. For concert band. Pathways Series. Level 2. Score only. Published by Imagine Music - Digital

By Daniel Baldwin. For concert band. Pathways Series. Level 2. Score and parts. Published by Imagine Music - Digital

Flute, clarinet & piano - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CMS1814

Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Score and Parts. 15 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CMS1814. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CMS1814).

9 x 12 in inches.

Western Serenade for Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano was a project that percolated for a few years. I began this piece when I was a student with the intention of sending it to a composition competition. I composed the first 29 measures and then left it to do another project. The sketch sat in a pile for a few years until I came in contact with KarlWentzel. Karl requested a piece for the same instrumentation; a piece perform himself and to have for his students to perform. On getting this request, I dug out that sketch and completed the piece. I think it is a fine example of my progression
from a student to a more honed composer.

Western Serenade begins with a nice pastoral melody tossed back and forth between the two soloists. The piece then alternates between pastoral and dramatic moods and closes with an exciting and surprising presto coda.

This version of Western Serenade was written for flute, clarinet, and piano.

By Daniel Baldwin. For bassoon & piano. Level 4. Piano score and solo part. Published by Imagine Music - Digital

Concert band - Grade 3 - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW141

Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Score and Parts. 89 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW141. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW141).

9 x 12 in inches.

Escape Velocity was commissioned in honor of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Kansas Bandmasters Association. This was a special honor to be sure, but what made this commission so much more special to me was that the President of the Kansas Bandmasters was my former high school band director. I can safely say that my experience with him is the reason I chose music as a career.To write a piece for this prestigious organization was the thrill of a lifetime for me.


In writing Escape Velocity, I envisioned the journey of a rocket ship entering space. It begins with the launch and all of the dangers and excitement of the ascent. Resistance is met while trying to escape Earth's gravity before finally reaching orbit. Space is beautiful and its majesty and wonder is reflected in the music. The conclusion depicts the reentering of Earth's orbit and the final descent to splashdown. I envisioned this piece to be more of a tone painting than a programmatic work, though I'm sure it would work just fine to have a video of a space launch projected in the background of your performance!


Escape Velocity was commission by the Kansas Bandmasters Association, Dennis Kerr, President, and was premiered on July 19th, 2013 by theKBAMiddle Level Honor Band with Richard Saucedo conducting.

String orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: IG.OMS1510 Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Pathways. Score and Parts. Imagine Music Publishing #OMS1510. Published by Imagine Music Publishing (IG.OMS1510). 9 x 12 in inches.

By Daniel Baldwin. For contrabassoon & piano. Level 5. Piano score and solo part. Duration 5 minutes. Published by Imagine Music - Digital

By Daniel Baldwin. For oboe, bassoon & piano. Level 5. Score and parts. Published by Imagine Music - Digital

Trumpet choir - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.IMW182

Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Score and Parts. 37 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #IMW182. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.IMW182).

9 x 12 in inches.

This, my first composition for trumpet choir, with its powerful and shimmering energy, was a color palette I have long been interested in trying out. That opportunity came in 2015 when I was completing my DMA. There was an opportunity to write a short piece for my final DMA recital, which is where it was premiered by a community trumpet choir. The piece begins with a chorale alluding to shifting colors in space. The piece then shifts into an energetic homage to a few of my favorite trumpet choir pieces that I came across in my research.

By Daniel Baldwin. For contrabassoon solo with 8 part bassoon ensemble. Level 5-7. Score and parts. Published by Imagine Music - Digital

Two Horns & String Orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CMS206

Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Score and Parts. 50 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CMS206. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CMS206).

9 x 12 inches.

I have long been inspired by mythology, nature, and space as a primary influence in my writing. I keep updated on all things astronomical. Though I likely won't live to see it, I greatly look forward to mankind's inevitable exploration of deep space and other galaxies.

An aphelion is defined as the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun. This phenomenon was the inspiration for this concert piece for two horns and string orchestra (or piano). The work begins starkly, with just the horns playing by themselves before a single string drone enters. This is the light of the sun a long ways away. The piece then takes us on a few adventures as it begins its revolution around the sun. The piece ends warmly as we arrive at perihelion (the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun).

Aphelion for two horns and string orchestra was commissioned by and is gratefully dedicated to the Chech American Horn Duo (Steven Gross and Jiri Havlik) and the Symphony of the Vines, Greg Magie, conductor, who premiered the piece in January of 2018.

By Daniel Baldwin. For bassoon quartet. Level 5. Score and parts. Published by Imagine Music - Digital

Solo contrabassoon, piano, and orchestral winds - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW208-S

Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Score. 45 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW208-S. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW208-S).

9 x 12 in inches.

Many years ago I was on a flight to another premiere and had the pleasure of sitting next to a sonic engineer. It was a fascinating conversation talking about the different aspects of his career and hearing him expound on the similarities between our chosen professions.

Ever since that flight, I wanted to write a Sonic Rhapsody. I had originally thought of having it be a more esoteric piece, exploring different sonic colors and effects. Instead, for this Sonic Rhapsody, I decided to fill a hole in the contrabassoon repertoire. This wonderful and deserving instrument has so little concerto repertoire and most of the pieces that do exist are quite difficult (and none for orchestral winds accompaniment). This Sonic Rhapsody features a lyrical and approachable contrabassoon duo feature (with piano) to include a brief cadenza for each soloist.

Sonic Rhapsody for Contrabassoon, Piano, and Orchestral Winds is dedicated to the wonderful artists who commissioned, recorded, and made this piece possible.