This is a piece I wrote originally for Brass Band, but I recently did this version for leve 1.5 wind band. The tune is based on the traditional Australia Tune Waltzing Matilda.

Groov'n Matilda By Edward Kennedy

Action Squad is a fun and exciting piece for level 1 concert band. I wrote this for one of my beginner bands and the kids love it!

Action Squad

The Spirit Lives By Edward Kennedy
Programme Notes
The Spirit Lives was commissioned by Wynnum State High School, Queensland for their 80th Anniversary in 2022.
The work was inspired by a plaque that is placed in Memorial Avenue next to the school, which reads: 100 years of Anzac - The Spirit Lives. This plaque is one of many throughout the memorial gardens and is a permanent tribute to those Australian soldiers who died in world one, and all wars since.
Wynnum State High School is the guardian of this memorial, and the school is proud of its Anzac connection throughout the years.
The Music
The Spirit Lives is a programmatic overture in three movements, ‘Call To War’, ‘In Reflection’ and ‘The Spirit Lives’. The second movement features the well-known bugle call The Last Post and the hymn tune Abide With Me.

The Spirit Lives

ULURU 
Programme Notes 
‘Uluru’ also known as Ayers Rock, is a massive sandstone monolith in the arid Red Centre of Northern Territory, Australia. It is the sacred site to the Pitjantjatjara people of the area, also known as the Anangu. The nearest large town is Alice Springs which is 450km away. Uluru is thought to have started forming around 550 million years ago, and today the site is listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site. 
Music 
Uluru was commissioned for the 2021 Central Highlands Festival, Emerald, Queensland. The music is intended to be programmatic, reflecting this ancient site, its sheer physical presence, its cultural significance and the indigenous people of the area.

Uluru

An Australian Fantasy is a Level 3 medley for wind band featuring 4 Australian melodies; The Australian National Anthem, Click Go The Sheers, Moreton Bay and Waltzing Matilda. I wrote this arrangement for a school Band Tour to the USA.

An Australian Fantasy

Groov'n Matilda for Brass Band. This is a swing version of the classic Australian Folk Song Waltzing Matilda and is great for Parades and Festivals.

Groov'n Matilda arranged for Brass Band by Edward kennedy

Waltzing Matilda for Brass Band or Wind Band level 3

Waltzing Matilda Arranged for Band by Edward Kennedy

Five Sombreros is an exciting new piece for beginner band with a Mexican twist. The piece employs only five notes in each part and uses lots of tied long notes with a duration of five beats.  The melody is generously shared around the band, including the bass section. Your beginner band will love this piece,

Five Sombreros

Ozzie Mozzie is arguably Australia's most popular beginner band piece. The piece features the trumpet section who get to stand up and buzz their mouthpieces imitating the pesky Ozzie Mozzie. Mozzie is Australian slang for mosquito. At the end of the piece the Ozzie Mozzie buzzes for the last time before the conductor cues the whole band to clap and finally kill the Ozzie Mozzie once and for all.

Ozzie Mozzie  Grade 1 By Edward Kennedy

This is an original composition I wrote for young wind band. It was published by Alfred Music USA in 2014. Folklore brings us many versions of the legend of the Irish Giant called ‘Finn McCool’, known in Irish as ((Fionn Mac Cumhail)) Finn was apparently 53 feet tall and lived on the Co Antrim coast of Northern Ireland. There he is said to have built a causeway to Scotland using hexagonal rocks, which upset his arch enemy ‘Benandonnar’ the Scottish Giant and a great battle ensued.

Legend Of The Irish Giant

I wrote this original piece for young wind band around 2008. It was later published by Alfred Music USA in 2012. The title of this work (UFO) conjures up images in one’s mind of outer-space and flying saucers. However, although intended to be a programmatic work; the title is also a pun on the affectionate name often given to the Euphonium in the U.K. and Australia, (EUPHO).

I arranged this popular Handel work around 2000 and Alfred music USA published the work around 2010-11.

See The Conquering Hero

A humorous piece with a fun ending and a surprise or two along the way. This piece will have your audience quivering in their seats. The use of accidentals gives the music a “spooky” minor feel. One of Ed’s best and most popular pieces. Only available now from Alfred Music USA

Spookyville

One of Edward Kennedy’s most popular pieces. This piece features either solo trombone, or the trombone section and band. Based on a 12 bar blues. A great audience pleaser!

Koala Music Brisbane Australia

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