Leaps and Bounds is an unaccompanied trumpet solo.  Written in ABA form, this piece uses a repeated motive throughout to create an energetic melody that moves up and down.  The second section is slower and more reflective.

Leaps And Bounds - Solo for Bb Trumpet

Saddle Up depicts the life of a cowboy driving a herd of cattle across the western plains.  Inspired by the music of Aaron Copland, the piece is written in ABA form. The optimistic beginning features an energetic melody which depicts the rugged terrain and its unevenness.
Transitioning to a peaceful campfire scene, the woodwinds and brass exchange a flowing melodic waltz.  A triumphant restatement of the opening melody brings the piece to a resonating end, completing another successful drive.

Saddle Up

Fire Trail is an upbeat and adventurous piece for young band. The title   comes from an intense hiking path in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains of the same name. 

Written in an ABA form, the piece begins with an energetic melody and a syncopated rhythmic drive that continues throughout the piece. The middle section settles into a more relaxed, lengthened melody, but the ever-present rhythmic drive builds to a modulated recapitulation of the main theme as an exciting conclusion to the piece.

Fire Trail

O Waly Waly is an old Scottish folk song that dates back to the early 1700s.  The song tells of the progression of love from something that is yearned and fought for, into something that grows deep and lasting, until finally fading into memories past.  This lovely arrangement creates the image of moving water through shifting colors, a constant push and pull dynamic effect, and the beautiful folk song melody floating effortlessly throughout the ensemble.

O Waly Waly

This traditional French carol dates from the late 15th century and the early 16th century. It celebrates all of the figures in the crèche, the handmade nativity scenes found throughout France, where they are part of the Christmas celebration in homes and in town squares.  This arrangement features the different families of instruments bringing variety to this haunting ancient melody.

Noël Nouvelet

Falcon 9 is a rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX certified for transporting humans to the International Space Station, and the only commercial rocket to launch humans to orbit. 

This composition was written to portray a Falcon 9 voyage beginning with the predawn quietness, moving into an intense ramped-up rhythmical launch. The rocket soars through the atmosphere with epic music taking on the shape of the rocket’s trajectory into space. As the rocket reaches outer space, the music changes into a slower suspended sound with a floaty and ethereal melody. The rocket returns to earth using previously established themes over the epic rhythmic launch music to complete the mission.

Falcon 9

Our Land (This Land is your Land) was written to explore variations both in meter signature and melody. The composition begins with a traditional trumpet fanfare leading into an energetic opening. After a hint of the melody, the piece moves into a multi-meter development of melodic motifs. The middle section is slower and portrays some of the growing pains our country has gone through. You hear dialogue between different instruments, questions and arguments leading into a quiet statement of the main melody. The bombastic ending will have the audience clapping right along to this famous patriotic melody.

Our Land (This Land is your Land)

Noel Nouvelet is an arrangement of Sing We Now of Christmas, an ancient French Christmas song. Written by Timothy P. Howard, this composition was featured in WNEM Channel 5's Sounds of the Season in December of 2022.  Noel Nouvelet is performed by the Chesaning HS Symphonic band, under the direction of Matthew Ingersoll.

Noel Nouvelet (Sing We Now of Christmas)

“Abide with Me” is a well-known hymn of the church written by Henry Francis Lyte, a Scottish minister and poet in 1847. The melody most often used and the one used in this arrangement, “Eventide”, was written by William Henry Monk. You will also hear a brief mention of Matt Redmond’s
“Abide with Me”. 

This is a straight-forward arrangement presenting the verses along with brief interludes in all the beautiful colors of the brass band. I have written a counter-melody which is introduced at m. 28 and is combined with the original melody at the end to bring the arrangement to a climatic ending. You will hear the mention of the Redmond “Abide with Me” at m. 43.

Abide with Me

Power and Dominion is a dramatic work for concert band that takes inspiration from epic and adventurous video game soundtracks. This composition takes the listener on a musical journey through feelings of excitement, uncertainty, heartbreak, and victory, all while weaving in and out of battle. The brutality and shifting powers found in action adventure video game campaigns are depicted through soaring melodies, driving percussion, and building textures, ultimately resulting in the hero’s everlasting dominion.

Power And Dominion

Composer/Arranger/Conductor/Educator

I live Owosso, MI and have been working in the field of music for over 30 years.  The last three years, I have been writing music and working as an Assistant Band Director. I work with individuals, ensembles, concert/symphonic bands, and brass bands.  Visit my website at www.tphmusic.com. to find more information.

Tim Howard

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