The Moody Mallard

The Sultry Swan

Cloud Rider

Soprano Cornet Concerto

Mists On The River Wear

An American Tale

Brass Band Concert Music - with choreography

Blue Thunder

Starburst

Fantasy On London Nursery Rhymes

Dreamtime

Realms Of Asgard

Darkwood

Blue Ridge (or The Blue Ridge Mountains) is a mountain range within the larger Appalachian Mountains. The trees growing on the mountainside in this area release hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. The natural haze produced in this process, when the range is viewed from a distance, gives the mountain a distinctive blue-ish colour. Various Indian tribes including Siouan, Manahoacs, Shawnee and Cherokee farmed the mountain-side and fished the Blue Ridge Lake for food, making Blue Ridge their natural homeland. In the early 1600s, western settlers moved into Virginia and Georgia. As their trade and industry increased in size, so did the land they required. This expansion included encroachment into Native American's land which caused frequent hostility between settlers and tribes. Eventually the native inhabitants were pushed further and further into the west and eventually out of the Blue Ridge mountain range. Blue Ridge is now predominantly a tourist area stretching across two national parks, Shenandoah and the Great Smoky Mountains. Sunrise Over Blue Ridge takes its inspiration from the wonderful landscapes which can be seen in this part of the world. This version for Wind Band received its premiere in Carnegie Hall at the New York Wind Band Festival 2010.


Sunrise Over Blue Ridge

Lisa Lân or Fair Lisa is a traditional Welsh folk-song.  It is a lover’s lament about his lost dead love, Lisa. 

Lisa Lân is a hauntingly beautiful melody and has been covered by a number of popular artists including Cerys Matthews and Katherine Jenkins.  It was used extensively within the soundtrack for Paul Haggis’s 2004 film Crash, a tense race relations film set in Los Angeles.

This beautiful melody has been superbly arranged for brass band and percussion by Dan Price.  Percussion plays a key role in this arrangement and includes, unusually, a part for acoustic guitar or synthesizer. 

This arrangement can be heard on CD: Newstead Brass - ‘Goldcrest’


Lisa Lan

New World Sketches is a descriptive journey through the landscapes and images of America in the early part of the twentieth century. The images and caricatures chosen epitomize all that is the ‘New World’, and the musical language draws upon influences of sound and technique that American composers have introduced into the musical vocabulary.
I - Sidewalk, II - The Deep South, III - Rodeo

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