Across the Sands - Cline

Acrostic Song - David Del Tredici

This moving piece is the lullaby-like concluding aria from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici's Final Alice, the fifth of six large works for soprano and orchestra based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books. This arrangement for band is designed to be playable by a wide variety of groups, appropriate for large or small ensembles. The gentle melody, heartrending harmonies, and artful instrumental voicing give this piece a truly timeless feel.

Action Front - Ronald C. Knoener

A great little regimental march filled with good parts for everyone. Titled after the command given to artillery units during the Civil War to have cannons moved into position for battle. Extremely likable!

Actionata - Huckeby

Filled with syncopation and driving percussion, this Ed Huckeby work is both musically exciting and extremely accessible. The contrasting middle section maintains the drive presented at the beginning yet allows for dynamic and style contrast. This selection is ideal for giving the developing band an opportunity to sound mature within appropriate skill levels. If you're looking for a concert or festival piece that your students and audiences will love, look no further!

Activity - Harold Bennett

A tuneful classic from the Fillmore catalog (Harold Bennett was a pseudonym for Henry Fillmore) is given a rousing arrangement for young band by Larry Clark that is a great introduction to this popular march style for today's developing band. Ranges and rhythms are carefully tailored for the level between very beginning band and the more developed grade two ensemble. Duration: 2'30"

Ad Astra - Joseph Horovitz

Ad Augusta - Bob Gay

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Ad Fontis - Harm Evers

The Latin title Ad Fontis means ?to the source?. This lively march in 2/4time follows traditional forms of march composition with a cheerfulopening followed by a somewhat more lyrical trio. This ceremonialgenre of old is often used in the army to keep up the morale of thetroops, however a march can also serve perfectly well to add luster toany concert and bring immense pleasure to the audience.

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Ad Multos Annos - Alain Crépin

Ad Quartum - Luciano Feliciani

The city of Quart derives its name from the Latin "Ad quartum ab Augusta lapidem", or four Roman miles from Augusta Praetoria, present-day Aosta, along the ancient Roman consular road of the Gauls. The fortress of Quart, whose construction began in 1185, is the main source of inspiration for the composition. The work begins, in fact, as if wrapped in a mysterious, suspended atmosphere, when the fog that envelops the manor suddenly thins out and lets one see the majestic building in all its austerity. A rhythmically exciting episode follows this brief introduction, ideally describing the events that have marked the long history of these places. The music highlights the percussion instruments, which evoke ancient medieval atmospheres in a modern language. The second theme, derived from the previous one, describes instead emotions and feelings of grandeur, beauty, and peace associated with the splendid Valle d'Aosta mountains that surround Quart. A developed melodic idea, supported by wide-ranging harmonies, attempts to musically portray the extraordinary natural beauty of these places. The reprise of the first theme, varied and presented in a lively and energetic movement, guides the final part of the piece: a coda where all the melodic and rhythmic ideas previously exposed are condensed.