Hannibal in the Alps

Happy Birthday Theme and Variations - Mildred Hill

Use this piece to celebrate someone's birthday or just for fun in a concert setting. Happy Birthday Theme and Variations is a novelty arrangement that incorporates traditional melodic variation techniques along with familiar classical-music themes to entertain your audience. Challenge your students and audience to identify these melodic fragments.

Hard Drive

Hard Rock Fanfare

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Anonymous

This refreshing Americana rendering of the traditional Christmas carol features contemporary harmony, exciting tutti phrases, and expressive dynamics. It is a welcome change to the reportoire for hoiliday concerts.

Haunted Revelry

Haunted Revelry is a playful and eerie composition for developing bands, designed to evoke the fun atmosphere of mischievous ghosts in a haunted house. The piece features clapping from different sections of the band, expanding percussion instrumentation, and playful, spooky melodies. Performers are encouraged to use exaggerated dynamics and articulation, especially with staccatos and accented notes, to create an engaging and interactive performance. The piece is a delightful addition to any concert, combining spooky atmosphere with lively energy for both performers and the audience.

Haydn Seek Surprise - Franz Joseph Haydn

Heartbreak Trail

A musical depiction of the forced relocation of over 100,000 Native Americans in the 1830s, this composition is a remembrance of the great human rights atrocity and of this shameful period in American history. Capturing the sadness of those forced from their homelands while also representing their determination to survive, this musical representation of the ability of the human race to rise above injustice offers many cross-curricular educational opportunities.

Heartfelt

Written to portray the purest expression of the feelings inspired by the title, this piece starts with a short trumpet solo followed by upper wind melodic echoes. Written for more advanced bands with limited instrumentation, the sparse scoring offers listening, dynamic, and phrasing challenges that are both technically and emotionally rewarding. A great selection for developing these essential musical skills, this different and unique musical composition will interest performers and listeners alike.

Herald!

Scored for younger bands, Carl Strommen's Herald is a rousing march/fanfare. For maximum effect and richness of sound, the piece was written for full ensemble (except for meas. 27-26). Students will enjoy the regal nature of this piece and will feel as though they are playing above their experience level.