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Repertoire:
"Puff, the Magic Dragon" — Peter Yarrow & Lenny Lipton
"Fifth Symphony: IV. Machine" — William Bolcom
"Somewhere Out There" — James Horner
"Joy Revisited" — Frank Ticheli
"New World Symphony" — Antonin Dvorak

Commissioned by the Rockwood Summit High School Marching Band (Fenton, MO)

Beyond the Sidewalk

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Repertoire:
"Hold Music" — Bobby Mann
"Wild Nights" — John Adams
"The Gravel Road" — James Newton Howard
"Spiral" — Ólafur Arnalds
"Cantus - Song of Aeolus" — Karl Jenkins

Commissioned by the Emerson High School Marching Band (McKinney, TX)

Kinetic Playground

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Repertoire:
"Symphony No. 2" — Gustav Mahler
"Children’s March" — Percy Grainger
"Pan’s Labyrinth Lullaby" — Javier Navarrete
"Winds of Change" — Oliver Davis
"Tree of Life" — Audiomachine

Commissioned by the Terry High School Marching Band (Rosenberg, TX)

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Repertoire:
"Hypnotic Fireflies" — Brian Balmages
"Firefly" — Nathan Daughtrey
"Glow" — Eric Whitacre
"Fireflies" — Owl City
"To Dance in the Secret Garden" — Robert W. Smith

Commissioned by the Dixie Heights High School Marching Band (Edgewood, KY)

Catching Fireflies

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Repertoire:
"Hide and Seek" — John Ottman
"Masque" — Kenneth Hesketh
"Real Rain" — Randy Newman
"Eyes Wider" — Thomas Bergersen
"In Your Eyes" — Peter Gabriel

Commissioned by the Reeths-Puffer High School Marching Band (Muskegon, MI)

SEEN(UN)SEEN

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Repertoire:
"Main Titles from Dante’s Peak" — James Newton Howard
"The Planets: I. Mercury" — Gustav Holst
"Mercury" — Sufjan Stevens
"Fifth Symphony: IV. Machine" — William Bolcom
"Surface Pressure" — Lin-Manuel Miranda

Mercury Rising

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Repertoire:
"Here Comes the Sun" — Jacob Collier feat. dodie
"Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of the Mother Earth" — Satoshi Yagisawa
"Birth of the Sun" — Marina Baranova
"Electric Counterpoint" — Steve Reich
"Color Wheel" — Arch Echo

Commissioned by the Cheney High School Marching Band (Cheney, WA)

Electric Sunrise

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Repertoire:
"Pictures at an Exhibition" — Modest Mussorgsky
"Little Fugue in G Minor" — J.S. Bach
"Short Ride in a Fast Machine" — John Adams
"Hymn to a Blue Hour" — John Mackey
"Blow it Up, Start Again" — Jonathan Newman

Commissioned by the Alvin High School Marching Band (Alvin, TX)

For Art's Sake

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Repertoire:
"Gymnopedie No. 1" — Erik Satie
"The Flower Duet" — Léo Delibes
"Images pour orchestre" — Claude Debussy
"Waltz of the Flowers" — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Kiss from a Rose" — Seal
"Sycamore Tree" — Kali Uchis
"La Vie en Rose" — Édith Piaf

Commissioned by the William G. Enloe High School Marching Band (Raleigh, NC)

Monét's Garden

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Repertoire:
"The Planets: III. Mercury" — Gustav Holst
"La Foule" — Ángel Cabral & Edith Piaf
"Flipping Out!" — Alex Thode, Matt Hahn & Dean Marotta
"Take on Me" — a-ha
"Maniac" — Michael Sembello
"Blow it Up, Start Again" — Jonathan Newman
"The Planets: I. Mars" — Gustav Holst

Commissioned by the Campbell County High School Marching Band (Alexandria, KY)

Flip Out!

Alex Thode (he/him/they) would first and foremost like you to know that not only is the “e” at the end of his last name not silent, but that he is also a composer and arranger most known for his work in the pageantry arts. He resides in Waukesha, Wisconsin with his cat, Buzz. An alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Alex composes and arranges for marching bands across the continental United States. Always aiming to infuse contemporary music with the classics and the mainstream with the obscure, his marching band arrangements are known to stand out for their eclectic musical diversity and creative sonic environments.

Alex's clientele have been Bands of America (BOA) Regional Finalists and Class Champions, BOA Super Regional Class Champions, UIL Area Champions and State Finalists, WGI Winds Class Champions, and also make regular appearances at BOA Grand Nationals. He has also had the privilege of having his arrangements performed in the 2016 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the 2020 Tournament of Roses Bandfest.

Along with his compositions and arrangements for the pageantry arts, Alex also has been commissioned to write middle school and high school concert band works, and enjoys composing chamber percussion music. Alex recently completed his new piece for 8-piece percussion ensemble, “the carving of canyons,” which premiered in January 2022.

In his free time, Alex enjoys watching movies and believing he’s a professional film critic, hiking and pretending that he’s athletic, traveling and acting like he’s Marco Polo, playing piano, guitar and a variety of kalimbas, and being with good company.

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