Winds Along the Whippany

Winter Adventure - Chris Ferguson

Winter Adventure is inspired by the many "made for TV" movies shown during the holiday season. Many of these films are enjoyed while wrapped in warm blankets with hot cocoa in hands. The light energetic motif in this piece captures this cozy winter mood, with chimes reflecting ringing church bells in the distance, sleigh bells portraying horse drawn sleighs in the snow, and even suspended cymbal rolls representing the icy winter winds.

Winter Milky Way

Yukiko Nishimura's lush ballad Winter Milky Way will take students on an interstellar journey. With whimsical lines and jazz-influenced harmonies the piece is both idiomatic and impressive, just right for intermediate bands. Winter Milky Way is sure to delight performers and audiences alike.

Winter On Emerald Bay

Bold music in the Celtic style from composer Alan Lee Silva, Winter on Emerald Bay has a rollicking 12/8 feel with lots of shifting textures and timbres. Emotions go from aggressive fanfare-like figures to flowing woodwind lines, punctuated by unique percussion scoring. This definitely has contest/festival potential.

Winter's Knight

The Winter's Knight guards the Queen of Winter as she sweeps coldness into the world. On his brow is a crown of stars and his sword is made of ice and horn. He rides a horse as black as night, and in his wake cold winds blanket the world with ice and snow. The visual imagery created in this exceptional composition for beginning students is magnificent.

Wiregrass March

Celebrating the southern portion of Georgia and Alabama known as Wiregrass County, this march written in the style of Henry Filmore is a great choice for concert, contest or festival performances. With a catchy first strain melody, punchy low brass countermelodies, memorable trio, and interesting percussion parts, this march ticks all the boxes needed for an outstanding march performance!

With the Greatest of Ease

With Visions of Tomorrow

With Visions of Tomorrow is homage to the human spirit and its desire to learn, achieve more, and work towards improving our societies. It also symbolizes hope for a prosperous and peaceful future. Each day mankind realizes amazing technological breakthroughs and new wonders of science, arts and industry. With this in mind, the piece contains something for everyone; an eclectic barrage of musical ideas and style woven together with the hope for the future, and finishing, as it began, with a lively fanfare.

With Wind and Water

With Wind and Wateris a musical portrayal of an adventure on the high seas during the sailing age. Large sailing vessels dominated global exploration, international trade, and naval warfare during the 16th to the mid-19th century.The piece's compound meter provides the pulse of movement as it pitches and rolls with the rhythm of the waves. The driving main melodies convey the determination and courage of the explorers and their crew. Dissonant harmonies suggest rough seas, turbulent weather, and other constant dangers that sailors must endure. Finally, the ending sweeping melody and climax reflects the joy and triumph at arriving on a new land at the apex of a long and intense voyage.

Wolverine Trail - Matthew Putnam

Matthew Putnam'sWolverine Trailis a concert march for beginning bands and is perfect for introducing beginners to the march form and style. This piece is based in the key of E flat major and uses only the first seven notes taught in most method books. It is also rhythmically accessible to beginners, with eighth-note combinations being the most difficult rhythms. This piece follows standard march form except that is does not modulate at the trio section.