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£98.50Go Time! - Brian Balmages
Experience the rush of Go Time! This high-energy piece by Brian Balmages blends elements of rock, funk, and jazz. A relentless pulse combines with dynamic meter changes, a cooking percussion section, and a clever saxophone feature before building to an intense, celebratory finale. Get ready for the ultimate feel-good closer that will leave audiences breathless! (4:10)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£73.50Defying the Machine - Brian Balmages
Defying the Machine is a highly rhythmic and energetic work by Brian Balmages that explores a visceral conflict between relentless, mechanized efficiency and the enduring value of handmade craftsmanship. Driving rhythms and metallic textures clash with warm, expressive colours, creating a powerful contemporary soundscape. A tribute to the human spirit's resistance against the digital world. (3:40)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£92.50Critical Impact - Brian Balmages
The dual meaning of this title embodies the aggressive, powerful nature of the music while also recognizing the critical impact that arts programs have on students and local communities. The ultimate in performance flexibility, this work by Brian Balmages is performable with traditional full orchestra instrumentation, concert band alone, or band and strings combined!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£66.95
Of Emperors and Chariots - Brian Balmages
This thrilling new fanfare by Brian Balmages will set the stage for your entire concert. The audience is taken back to the time of the Roman Empire, with the sounds of the parades that preceded the chariot races.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£92.50
Beyond the Summit - Brian Balmages
Opening with a soft rhythmic motive in the percussion, the piece builds to a grand thematic statement. A beautiful lyrical section includes several melodic statements that are then intertwined in the powerful concluding material. Experience the musical and emotional intensity you've come to expect from Brian Balmages!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.95
Loudoun Praises - Brian Balmages
This riveting new celebration pulls out all the stops, including dynamic brass fanfares, woodwind flourishes, and an exciting multimetered melody with a dancelike quality. The piece explores an ever-changing palette of colors and eventually has the original melody and multimetered sections collide in a dramatic conclusion. Exactly the kind of music you've come to expect from Brian Balmages! (6:00)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£79.50
When Spirits Soar - Brian Balmages
Let the emotion pour off your stage with this powerful new composition by Brian Balmages. Combining the undeniable spirit of youth along with the emotional passing of a spirit, this work will carry your audience through an arrayof emotions. Opening with exciting woodwind flourishes and contrasting fanfares, the piece eventually moves into a sensitive passage featuring beautiful chamber writing. Special effects are employed (including tuned wine glassesand singing) in an ethereal presentation of the melody using piano, bells, and vibraphone. As the piece builds one final time, the beautiful sweeping lines of the lyrical section return under soaring woodwind ostinatos. Thisworktruly soars! (6:12)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£73.50Kyiv, 2022 - Brian Balmages
Now in ColorFlex format for groups with limited instrumentation! Kyiv, 2022 was written as a powerful sequel to Moscow, 1941, one of Brian Balmages's most well-known pieces. This work changes the narrative, where the theme from Moscow now becomes the aggressor, and the heroic people of Ukraine are represented by the Ukrainian National Anthem and the powerful "Prayer for Ukraine." Certain to spark discussions about humanity, history, and culture. (4:30)About ColorFlexConductors no longer need to choose between function and texture! Ensembles with instrumentation challenges still have numerous options to cover all parts, yet orchestration is elevated significantly to be faithful to the composer's original intent. Musicians have more opportunities to rest, and timbre once again becomes a central element of each work. So go ahead and have the best of both worlds: flexible and colorful.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£45.95
Whispering Winds - Brian Balmages
This well-developed lyrical selection hardly sounds like a grade 1.5 and is very appropriate for upper-level ensembles as well. Brian uses some innovative effects as he portrays the sound of a gentle breeze that almost seems to be whispering. Limited range and technical demands move all focus to musicality. Strongly consider this captivating work.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£58.50Primeval Dance (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Balmages, Brian
Raw, primitive-sounding harmonies combine with contemporary colours and haunting melodies in this genre-busting work for developing bands by Brian Balmages. While quite playable, Primeval Dance has an undeniably mature sound and will make a powerful impression on your audience. Incredibly unique music for younger ensembles!Duration: 2.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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