SKU: CL.012-3528-01
This concert work combines a bold and noble opening with a fresh, vibrant multi-metered allegro section which presents a unique challenge to everyone in the ensemble. Commissioned to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the International Music Camp which is held annually at the Peace Gardens on the border of North Dakota and Canada, this work establishes a celebratory tone from the very beginning. A fugue-like interlude midway through the Allegro section brings a unique flavor to this composition. Your students, audiences will love this new composition which is an excellent choice for concert or festival performances. Highly recommended!
About C.L. Barnhouse Spotlight Series
The Barnhouse Spotlight series includes publications for solo instruments with concert band accompaniment. These publications are designed to feature outstanding members of your band as soloist, and to provide unique and entertaining programming options. Solo parts are graded more difficult than the band accompaniments
SKU: CL.012-3129-01
An exciting and distinctive sounding concert piece with a decidedly contemporary sound. Features many very short solos throughout the piece to showcase most of your principal players. Innovating sonorities, interesting harmonies, mixed meter rhythms and tasty percussion writing all combine to make this an exceptional choice for concert or festival performances.
About C.L. Barnhouse Classics Series
Under the editorial supervision of Dr. Alfred Reed, these classics from master composers have been adapted and arranged for concert band. A perfect way to acquaint concert band performers and audiences with some of the greatest classical music of all time!
SKU: CL.012-4484-75
This suite was written and intended as a homage and stepping stone to the great band works of Holst, Grainger & Vaughan Williams. The three movements are based on traditional English folk tunes which include settings of sea songs, a ballad, and variations on an old whimsical children's song. Written somewhat in the style of the above-mentioned masters, this suite is accessible to younger bands yet appropriate for more advanced ensembles. Destined to be a band classic!
SKU: CL.012-4512-75
The delightful and charming overture to the comic opera Fatinitza is finally available in a wonderful transcription by Andrew Glover. An excellent selection for mature bands seeking an enjoyable work that's also an audience-pleaser. Set includes a large spiral-bound conductor score.
SKU: CL.012-3145-01
A brand new and very impressive arrangement of America The Beautiful that gives the patented Warren Barker treatment to this classic patriotic melody. Also includes an optional vocal part to allow it to be used by a vocal soloist or group. Starting softly, it builds to a strong, lush and vigorous ending that is sure to impress. A superb arrangement!
SKU: CL.012-3872-75
Composer Robert W. Smith has enjoyed his sojourns in the great state of Texas each summer since 1985. In a recent visit to the southwest with his family, he was inspired to sketch three impressions of the Lone Star State. Desert Dawn opens the work with Native-American overtones depicting the warmth of the sunrise over a beautiful southwestern vista. Anyone ever visiting San Antonio will delight in the Paseo Del Rio depicting the light and lively Riverwalk of this great city. The energetic and powerful Longhorns concludes the work with a sense of joy while celebrating this uniquely American way of life. Suitable for concert and festival performance, Southwest Summer will be a valued addition to your next program.
SKU: CL.012-2272-75
About Heritage of the March
Full-sized concert band editions of the greatest marches of all time. Each has been faithfully re-scored to accommodate modern instrumentation and incorporate performance practices of classic march style
SKU: CL.012-3901-01
Marking 100 years since the first published music of the great American composer, bandmaster, and classic concert band proponent Karl L. King, C. L. Barnhouse is honored to launch the Karl L. King Centennial Series of new editions of King music. King’s wonderful The Gateway City March inaugurates this new series with a flourish! In addition to full score, carefully edited parts, added stylistic practices, dynamics and articulations, this handsome new edition includes extensive information on the composer, this march, history, and performance practices of the King-style. Long live the KING!
SKU: CL.012-4572-01
In the American Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote, If there's something wrong, those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action... Chandler Wilson’s Conversations is based on the idea of conversations that are needed for society to progressively move forward, most profoundly in the areas of racial issues and equality. The music eloquently expresses the importance of considering and respecting the points of view of other’s. A musical work which is truly thought-provoking.
SKU: CL.012-2503-00
A marvelous medley of Hanukkah tunes skillfully arranged by Lennie Niehaus. Includes Hanukkah, O Hanukkah, Maoz Tzur and Mi Y’Malel. Fun to play and a sure hit at your next holiday concert.
SKU: CL.012-1346-00
SKU: CL.012-1545-01
Powerful, exciting, emtionally charged and moving are just a few words that best describe this work in which, in the composer’s own words is my best and most satisfying. Alleluias musically portrays the life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Chirst. Truely outstanding!
SKU: CL.012-1438-00
A delightful, well conceived work utilizing many of the best know American tunes from the Revolutionary era to the present. Each tune ranging from fife and drum melodies to America the Beatiful are tremendously score. Very Nice!
SKU: CL.012-1644-01
This skillfully conceived composition starts slowly with mounting tension and bursts suddenly into an exciting scherzo. The thematic interlocking motives build, subside, and build again to a brilliant climax.
SKU: CL.012-4502-01
This delightful work by Armas Järnefelt has been a staple of pops orchestra programs for decades, and this transcription makes this composition accessible to concert bands and their audiences! A light, dance-style work which features many sections of the band, audiences will be charmed by this cheerful and delightful selection. It’s an excellent choice for any program, and is appropriate for adult community bands as well. Very enjoyable!
About Gems of the Concert Band
A series of transcriptions and other works in varying styles, representative of the programming of the Great American Classic Concert Band era of a century ago, as exemplified by John Phillip Sousa, Edwin Franko Goldman, Karl L. King, and Leonard B. Smith
SKU: CL.012-4502-75
This delightful work by Armas Jarnefelt has been a staple of pops orchestra programs for decades, and this transcription makes this composition accessible to concert bands and their audiences! A light, dance-style work which features many sections of the band, audiences will be charmed by this cheerful and delightful selection. It's an excellent choice for any program, and is appropriate for adult community bands as well. Very enjoyable!
SKU: CL.012-3573-01
This beautiful song from the turn-of-the-century is Andrew Glover’s latest addition to the Barnhouse Spotlight series for solo instrument or voice with band accompaniment. Most effective as a solo for euphonium, trombone, or cornet/trumpet, it includes solo parts and is also playable by solo flute, violin, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, or horn. It may also be performed as a vocal solo (medium range from low D up to top-line F.) A masterful arrangement of a wonderful classic song!
SKU: CL.012-4488-01
This very clever festive arrangement is the perfect opener or closer for your holiday concert! Familiar carols are very creatively woven together capturing the true joy of the season. A very expressive and beautiful treatment of Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella provides a wonderful contrast to the festive and energetic beginning and ending of the piece. Rejoice The Season is sure to be holiday favorite with school bands and adult community groups. You’ll want to program this every year!
SKU: CL.012-3982-01
This exciting holiday medley is a lively and spirited arrangement of some of the most popular Christmas music ever. Included are themes from Good King Wenceslas, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Deck The Halls, and O, Come All Ye Faithful. Quick to prepare, it’s sure to bring out the best in your ensemble, this holiday feature is destined to become a classic in the holiday band repertoire!
SKU: CL.012-3587-01
An impressive programmatic work by Australian composer Graham Lloyd that depicts a relaxing day on the Gold Coast of Australia. Starting out just before dawn and continuing until the darkness following the sunset, this breathtaking and colorful composition is an outstanding choice for mature band. Very highly recommended.
SKU: CL.012-3934-01
A medley of best loved Hanukkah songs, including Baruch Shel Chanukah (Blessings Over Lights), Ma’oz Tsur (Rock of Ages) and a delightful treatment of Chanukkah, Oy Chanukkah that features a clarinet or trumpet soloist on a written Klezmer-styled solo. A must-have for your holiday program!
SKU: CL.012-2422-75
A major work for winds based on the old chorale melody Lasst Uns Erfreuen (Let Us Be Joyful) which hailed the advent of Christ, and which is also known by its Latin title of In Dulci Jubilo. STUNNING!
About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series
The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.
SKU: CL.012-2422-00
SKU: CL.012-1941-02
A quiet woodwind opening introduces the solo clarinet which enters with a free declamatory cadenza before singing a lyric melody over full band accompaniment.
SKU: CL.012-1941-00