Opening with a soft rhythmic motive in the percussion the piece builds to a grand thematic statement. A beautiful lyrical section includes several melodic statements that are then intertwined in the powerful concluding material. Experience the musical and emotional intensity you’ve come to expect from Brian Balmages!
This riveting new celebration pulls out all the stops including dynamic brass fanfares woodwind flourishes and an exciting multimetered melody with a dancelike quality. The piece explores an ever-changing palette of colors and eventually has the original melody and multimetered sections collide in a dramatic conclusion. Exactly the kind of music you’ve come to expect from Brian Balmages! (6:0…
You’ll be surprised to know that this great sounding work uses only six notes in all instruments (D-B). The piece has a Renaissance quality to it and includes a lyrical processional theme (at the same tempo) to work on legato playing. An optional tambourine part is included. Brian Balmages’ music has been performed by professional orchestras around the country now you can bring his music int…
A festival-winning contemporary overture in Bb with limited instrumentation Brian Balmages' Blue Ridge Impressions is destined to be a classic. The skillfully written structure around a 4/4 3/4 4/4 framework offers exciting material from the opening themes through a classic maestoso ending.
Full Score and Parts for Brass Band to Brian Balmages' African Journey. The use of 'snares off' and a tom-tom part will take your students on a musical safari with African Journey. Open 4ths and 5ths create a very mysterious setting. The piece also features some excellent contrapuntal writing between the ostinato figures and the melodic line that will keep student interest high during both rehears…
Let the emotion pour off your stage with this powerful new composition by Brian Balmages. Combining the undeniable spirit of youth along with the emotional passing of a spirit this work will carry your audience through an array of emotions. Opening with exciting woodwind flourishes and contrasting fanfares the piece eventually moves into a sensitive passage featuring beautiful chamber writing. S…
This thrilling new fanfare by Brian Balmages will set the stage for your entire concert. The audience is taken back to the time of the Roman Empire with the sounds of the parades that preceded the chariot races.
This well-developed lyrical selection hardly sounds like a grade 1.5 and is very appropriate for upper-level ensembles as well. Brian uses some innovative effects as he portrays the sound of a gentle breeze that almost seems to be whispering. Limited range and technical demands move all focus to musicality. Strongly consider this captivating work.
Not very often are we treated to such a beautiful chorale at the grade 1 level. Brian has scored this to work well with your beginning band instrumentation while providing opportunities to work on musicianship and intonation both at the elementary and middle school levels. Excellent for concert situations and also effective in developing a rich sound. Highly recommended!
Par BALMAGES BRIAN. So many performance options and combinations! Equally suited as an opener or closer, this ?Baroque-meets-contemporary? festival-style work has exceptional performance flexibility as a multi-level OR single-level work! Play it entirely as a grade 2 or play it as a grade 1. Additionally, both may be combined, and directors can add the grade ½ parts, which are based on open string…
Par BALMAGES BRIAN. So many performance options and combinations! Equally suited as an opener or closer, this ?Baroque-meets-contemporary? festival-style work has exceptional performance flexibility as a multi-level OR single-level work! Play it entirely as a grade 2 or play it as a grade 1. Additionally, both may be combined, and directors can add the grade ½ parts, which are based on open string…
With past commissions by groups such as the Baltimore and Miami Symphony Orchestras Brian Balmages now turns to a lighter side with this fun-spirited fiddle tune. Your students and audience will feel like part of a live hoedown as they get into the music and even stomp and clap to add to the authentic experience. Lots of fun!
Arranged by Brian Balmages. Extensive harmonies and soaring melodic lines contribute to this sensitive setting of the ever-popular song Scarborough Fair. The opening lines hint at the melancholy nature of the music which eventually transforms into a rich sonority of sweeping harmonies and countermelodies. Although scored for beginners the work is orchestrated so that advanced groups will enjoy p…
Written in 3/4 this piece is very appropriate for your concert or festival needs. Its medieval quality with enhanced percussion gives the work an intriguing sound reminiscent of a film score.
Solo Horn and Wind Ensemble-Inspired by the Hawaiian Goddess of Fire (or Volcano Goddess) by the same name. She was passionate volatile and capricious. This lyrical work is an emotional rollercoaster in which we experience a glimpse of her personality from her quiet moments to her most violent.
