Crooner's Serenade

Justin Williams features three favorite tunes that Michael Bubl resurrected with his velvety voice. Featuring "Moondance," "I've Got You Under My Skin," and closing with "Save the Last Dance for Me," the variety of textures and styles in this medley are astounding. You won't find a pop medley that will capture the imagination of your audience better than this one!

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Crossfade - Patrick Roszell

2020 was an interesting year. With schools shutting down, and going into quarantine, it felt like each day just faded into the next. This playable musical journey through 2020 offers a wide variety of articulations, dynamics, and textures. by Patrick Roszell contains some "movie" dissonances throughout offering the opportunity to teach accidentals, dissonance, and resolution, as well as ensemble balance. (1:30)

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Crossing the Rubicon - Robert Sheldon

Exotic colors and driving rhythms portray a metaphor of taking action from which there is no turning back. Exploring a variety of timbres, a heartfelt, yet deliberate melody takes center stage as it is surrounded by a wealth of rhythmic and harmonic backdrops. Ultimately, all elements unite in a powerful statement.

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Crossroads to the Future - Patrick Roszell

Opening with a bold fanfare, this piece celebrates the 150th anniversary of the composer's home town. Featuring four episodes that represent various aspects of the city's history, this is a daring new work for your concert band. (5:15)

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Crowns of Glory - Jack Wilds

This dynamic concert opener is built on an American shape-note melody. Rich percussion textures and modern harmonies breathe new life into a charming pentatonic tune. The result is a unique composition full of exceptional opportunities for music-making.

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Cruisin' in Five - Thom Sharp

A relaxed five beat groove that just cruises along easily makes this work the perfect teaching piece for the meter. Your students will easily remember the melodious thematic material and the ease with which they perform will be a pleasant surprise. Put the band in fifth gear and let 'em roll!

Crusade - Vince Gassi

Set in the Dorian mode, this ominous work opens with a foreboding theme and develops with vibrant and dramatic energy. It conjures images of strength, majesty, and passion. It continues to build throughout, culminating with a powerful, climactic ending. This FLEX title will add just the right amount of intrigue to your next concert! (2:10) Percussion Accompaniment Track Downloads:

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Cryptic Variants - Frank McKinney

A musical adventure of jaggedly contrasting variants! Flashes of frightening harmonies lead this suspenseful journey through a variety of keys. Some melodic acrobatics along the way evolve into an uplifting finish. With its wide dynamic ranges and interesting musical lines, by Frank McKinney is an intense composition that presents opportunities for expressive playing. (3:45)

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Crystals - Thomas C. Duffy

As a composer with great skills and an avowed desire to artfully combine traditional band forms and formats with contemporary techniques and colors, Tom Duffy has fashioned this one-movement tone poem; each of the four sections of the work evokes Duffy's musical representation of a specific type of crystal and its accompanying characteristics, either real or mythological. Tonal writing alongside aleatoric techniques and clusters; it's all part of Duffy's wonderful gifts opening the ears of bands and audiences in most enjoyable ways.

Cuban Overture - George Gershwin / arr. Mark Rogers

George Gershwin, inspired by local singing and dancing groups while vacationing in Havana, Cuba in 1932, wrote this work which has now become an innovative contribution to his signature style. Mark Rogers' new edition utilizes all the original music and orchestration, with modifications that allow for improved intonation while retaining Gershwin's creativity. An enormous contribution to the literature. (9:50)

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