A list of qual­ity works for band avail­able in Australia

Regard­ing the rep­er­toire available:

Part of my work at the Queens­land Con­ser­vat­orium is to invest­ig­ate new music in respect of its rel­ev­ance to the train­ing of con­duct­ors and as per­form­ance rep­er­toire at all levels.

That inform­a­tion is also util­ised in music selec­tion lists by vari­ous fest­ivals around Aus­tralia. The list­ing of mater­i­als that fol­lows is arranged in the grad­ings com­monly used in Aus­tralia. For your inform­a­tion, the equi­val­ent grad­ing to the USA levels are:

Premier: Grade 4 – 5
A Grade: Grade 3 – 4
B Grade: Grade 2½ – 3
C Grade: Grade 1.5 – 2
D Grade: Grade 1 (Novice)

This is not an exhaust­ive list and is pre­pared to assist you in your invest­ig­a­tion of rep­er­toire avail­able around the world. The list includes works from 2002, plus mater­i­als that have become more read­ily avail­able in Aus­tralia at that time. Some of the works are re-releases by the pub­lish­ers and I have included them as a form of assist­ance to the new gen­er­a­tion of conductors.

I would be pleased to fur­ther dis­cuss rep­er­toire with you. I can be con­tac­ted at:

Ralph Hult­gren B.A. M.A.
Head of Pre-Tertiary Stud­ies
Queens­land Con­ser­vat­orium Grif­fith Uni­ver­sity
114 Grey Street South Bank
P.O. Box 3428 South Bank Qld 4101
Tele­phone: +61 7 3875 6253
Fax: +61 7 3875 6366
Email: R.Hultgren@mailbox.gu.edu.au

NB. The list­ing is in pub­lisher groups for ease of location.

Pub­lisher Codes

Alfred Pub­lish­ing (Alf)
Amstel (A)
Anglo Music Press (AM)
Belwin/Warner (B/W)
Brolga Music (BM)
Carl Fisc­her (Cfis)
Curnow Music Press (CMP)
Daehn Pub­lic­a­tions (Dhn)
De Haske Pub­lic­a­tions (Has)
E.B. Marks (EBM)
G & M Brand (G&M)
Grand Mesa Music (GMM)
Hal Leonard (Hal)
Macaenas Music (Mac)
Neil A. Kjos Music (Kjos)
Queen­wood (Q)
Shawnee (Sh)
Stu­dio Music (SM)
Wing­ert Jones (WJ)

Premier

Ancient Airs and Dances – Respighi/Cesarini (Mitropa)
Brighton March – Wil­liam Latham (B/W)
But­ter­flies and Bees – Thomas Duffy (MM)
Chester Leaps In – Steven Bry­ant (EBM)
Cloud­split­ter Fan­fare – Jack Stamp (Kjos)
Con­certino for Tuba – James Curnow (AM)
Crit­ical Speed – Greg Dan­ner (Dhn)
Dance Sequence (Tbn. solo) – Gareth Wood (G&M)
Dream­s­capes – Mar­tin Ellerby (SM)
Earth, Water, Sun, Wind: Sym­phony #5 – Philip Sparke (AM)
Empire of Light – Johan de Meij (A)
Fan­fare and Allegro – Clifton Wil­li­ams (B/W)
Five Fest­ive Fan­fares – Philip Sparke (AM)
Four Colo­nial Dances – James Curnow (AM)
Han­over Fest­ival – Philip Sparke (AM)
Heart Songs – David Maslanka (Cfis)
Into the Air! – Timothy Mahr (Kjos)
Invictus (The Unconquered) – Philip Sparke (AM)
Jericho – Mor­ton Gould (B/W)
Joan of Arc – Robert Jager (Kjos)
Min­erva – Jan Van der Roost (Has)
Nav­ig­a­tion Inn – Philip Sparke (AM)
Paris Sketches – Mar­tin Ellerby (Mac)
Remem­brance – Piet Swerts (Has)
Scherzo (from Sym­phony for Wind Orches­tra) – Ralph Hult­gren (BM)
Ser­en­ade Romantic – Joseph Tur­rin (AM)
Song (for Band) – Wil­liam Bol­com (EBM)
Sun­rise at Angel’s Gate – Philip Sparke (AM)
Trit­tico – Vaclav Nel­hy­bel (B/W)
Whirr, Whirr, Whirr!!! – Ralph Hult­gren (Kjos)

A Grade

A Simple Cel­eb­ra­tion – Robert Shel­don (Alf)
Anitra’s Dance – Greig/Brand (G&M)
Candle­light Pro­ces­sion – Adam Gorb (G&M)
Carol of the Shep­herds – Philip Sparke (AM)
Cause for Cel­eb­ra­tion – Wil­liam Himes (CMP)
Con­cert Pre­lude – Ralph Hult­gren (BM)
Con­stel­la­tion – Ber­trand Moren (M)
Coro dei Git­ani – Verdi/Cesarini (M)
Del­mar Fest­ival Over­ture – John O’Reilly (Alf)
Finale from the Fire­bird Suite – Stravinsky/Story (B/W)
Firedance – Whelan/Strommen (Sh)
Four Nor­folk Dances – Philip Sparke (AM)
Intrada: Two Baroque Fan­fares – arr. Singleton (GMM)
Land­marks – Sean O’Loughlin (Cfis)
Lord of the Rings – de Meij/Lavendar (A)
Nes­sum Dorma – Puccini/van Berin­gen (Has)
On this Day Earth Shall Ring – Holst/Smith (B/W)
Over­ture for Wood­winds – Philip Sparke (AM)
Panis Angelicus – Franck/Sparke (AM)
Prime Luce – Jan Van der Roost (Has)
Psalm – Brian Hogg (BM)
Royal Cana­dian Sketches – Ralph Ford (B/W)
Sea of Emo­tion – Vic­tor Lopez (B/W)
Sha­lom (Suite of Israeli Folk songs) – Philip Sparke (AM)
Three Stud­ies in Eng­lish Folk Song – Vaughan Williams/Harbinson (Alf)
Time Remembered – Philip Sparke (AM)
Trip­tych – Tommy Fry (Cfis)

B Grade

371 Four part Chor­ales – J.S. Bach (DEH)
A Colo­nial Col­lage – James L Hosay (CMP)
A Little Chinese Suite – Richard Brown (GMM)
A Medi­eval Suite – Andre Waignein (SCH)
Agin­court Vari­ations – Michael Brand (G&M)
Appalachian Folk Song Suite – Wil­liam Har­bin­son (Cfis)
Brit­ish Mas­ters Suite – arr. John Moss (HL)
Can­zone Antica – Stephen Bulla (CMP)
Caprice for Sax­o­phone – Steven Bulla (CMP)
Con Brio – Steve Hodges (Alf)
Dance of the Hours – Ponchielli/Compello (Cfis)
Fest­ive Dances – Robert Thur­ston (Cfis)
Ghost Fleet – Robert Shel­don (Alf)
Granada Over­ture – Car­mine Pastore (CMP)
Immor­tal! Invis­ible! – Ralph Hult­gren (Kjos)
Lament and Tri­bal Dance – Michael Sweeney (HL)
March Creole – Steven Bulla (CMP)
March Jam­balaya – Stephen Bulla (CMP)
Meta­morph­osis – Gary Fagan (Alf)
Orion – Jan Van der Roost (DEH)
Patapan – arr. Com­pello (Cfis)
Pleas­ure for Band – Kess Schoon­en­beck (DEH)
Pro­clam­a­tion – Bruce Pear­son (Kjos)
Remin­is­cence – David Moore (GMM)
Rhaps­ody on a Welsh Folk Song – Douglas Court (CMP)
Ritual Fire Dance – de Falle/Bocook (HL)
Road to Chan­cel­lors­ville – Bryan Kidd (CMP)
Sanc­tus – Schubert/Curnow (CMP)
Sara­bande – Handel/de Haan (DEH)
Song with Vari­ations – Timothy Broege (Dhn)
The Car­ni­val of the Insects – Bruce Fraser (G&M)
The Rising Storm – Douglas Court (CMP)
The Royal Regi­ment – Joseph Com­pello (Cfis)
Three Moon – Ralph Hult­gren (BM)
To The Sum­mit – Robert W Smith (B/W)
Trib­ute – John Edmond­son (Q)
Turk­ish March – Beethoven/Curnow (CMP)
Vic­tory – Jacob de Haan (DEH)
Wait for the Wagon – Mike Han­nickel (CMP)
When Fine Will Be No More – James Curnow (CMP)

C Grade

A Little Praise Suite – Paul Curnow (CMP)
African Folk Tri­logy #2 – Anne McGinty (Q)
Asian Folk Rhaps­ody – Richard Saucedo (HL)
Ave Verum Cor­pus – Mozart/Johnson (CMP)
Bal­lad for Benny – Philip Sparke (AM)
Cana­dian Sketches – James Curnow (CMP)
Can­ti­gas Espania – James Curnow (CMP)
Con­quer­ors – Timothy John­son (CMP)
Cyc­lorama – Anne McGinty (Q)
Dolce and Dance – Gary Fagan (Alf)
El Cam­ino Real – James Curnow (CMP)
Energy – James Curnow (CMP)
Excur­sions – James Curnow (CMP)
Fiesta Sun­rise – Dean Soren­son (Kjos)
Fire Dance – Douglas Akey (HL)
Fri­day Har­bour – Mark Wil­li­ams (Alf)
Garden of the Black Rose – Robert Shel­don (Alf)
Gently Touch the Sky – Robert Shel­don (Alf)
Heart­land Over­ture – Wil­liam Himes (Kjos)
Holton-Arms Fan­fare – Anne McGinty (Q)
Jamaica Jack – Joseph Com­pello (Cfis)
Jour­ney to a New World – Douglas Court (CMP)
Kenya Con­trasts – Wil­liam Himes (CMP)
March and Ecossaise – Beethoven/Kopetz (Kjos)
March Glor­i­ous – John Cacavas (HL)
Mid­night Pro­ces­sion – Steve Hodges (Alf)
Music Machine – Wal­ter Cum­mins (GMM)
Mys­tery of the Maya – John Edmond­son (Q)
New Fron­ti­ers – Douglas Court (CMP)
Noc­turnal Dances – Robert W Smith (B/W)
Old Irish Tune – Larry Daehn (Dhn)
Pegasus (Wings of Majesty) – Michael Sweeney (HL)
Pell’s Point – Anne McGinty (Q)
Pin­nacle – Rob Grice (GMM)
Radi­ance – Sean O’Loughlin (Cfis)
Red Rock Canyon – Anne McGinty (Q)
Renais­sance Dances – Susato/William (Alf)
Rit­mico – Robert Shel­don (Alf)
Ritual and Cel­eb­ra­tion – John Moss (HL)
Shore to Shore – Paul Curnow (CMP)
Suo Gan – arr. John Hig­gins (HL)
Taiko – Wil­liam Wind­ham (B/W)
The Mighty Nile – James Curnow (CMP)
Toys Awaken­ing – David Jones (BM)
Trum­pets of Seville – John O’Reilly (Alf)

D Grade (Novice)

A Kwan­zaa Cel­eb­ra­tion – arr. John O’Reilly (Alf)
Ayrshire Por­trait – Michael Story (B/W)
Bugler’s Dream (Olympic Fan­fare) – Arnaud/Lavendar (HL)
Char­ac­ter – Larry Clark (Cfis)
Costa del Sol – Pearson/Elledge (Kjos)
Eagle Crest March – Bruce Pear­son (Kjos)
Furioso – Robert W Smith (B/W)
Gates of Free­dom – Larry Clark (Cfis)
Her­oes of the Galaxy – Joseph Com­pello (Cfis)
Knights and Ladies – Mike Han­nickel (CMP)
March of the Romans – Michael Sweeney (HL)
Mis­sion Con­trol – Mike Han­nickel (CMP)
North Winds Fest­ival – Bruce Pear­son (Kjos)
Pic­tures at an Exhib­i­tion – Mussorgsky/Clark (Cfis)
Quick Sil­ver Over­ture – Anne McGinty (Q)
Rim­rock Over­ture – Mark Wil­li­ams (Alf)
The Lost City – Paul Lav­endar (HL)
The Royal Tower – Michael Sweeney (HL)
Trum­pet Tune – Clarke/Sweeney (HL)
Van­divere Fan­fare – Wil­liam Wind­ham (B/W)

Coda

Many pub­lish­ers pro­duce advert­ising mater­i­als to pro­mote their pub­lic­a­tions. Ask your music dealer to obtain sample scores and record­ings of pub­lished works.

As noted, this is not an exhaust­ive list, but a com­pil­a­tion of researched mater­i­als, avail­able in Australia.

Your ensemble demands and deserves qual­ity rep­er­toire and it is up to you, the con­ductor, to spend the time in find­ing it. It is my hope that this list­ing of qual­ity band music has been of some assist­ance to you in that search. Please feel free to con­tact me at the Queens­land Con­ser­vat­orium at any time.

Ralph Hult­gren
Head of Pre-Tertiary Stud­ies
Queens­land Con­ser­vat­orium of Music, Grif­fith University