Snare drums and bass drums are great, but why not write a whole piece featuring nontradi tional percussionthings like. Full text of a text book of masonic jurisprudence a g. The frozen cathedral 2012 john mackey commissioned by university of north carolina, greensboro, john r. John mackey was born in new philadelphia, ohio and grew up in westerville, ohio, where he attended westerville south high. Full text of a text book of masonic jurisprudence a g mackey see other formats. John mackey, born october 1, 1973, in new philadelphia, ohio, holds a master of music degree from the juilliard school and a bachelor of fine arts degree from the cleveland institute of music, where he studied with john corigliano and donald erb, respectively. That work is a massive expanse, 385 acres, of new mexico desert, claimed and transformed by the artist via an installation of 400 steel rods. Louisiana state university, 2007 digitalisat, pdf 1,6 mb. Spring festival senior band senior chorus junior band junior chorus elementary chorus winter festival jazz ensemble womens chorus elementary band vocal jazz percussion ensemble brass ensemble junior string orchestra. The first piece for band at this grade level by this popular and most creative comp. Performed by joseph alessi and the west point band. Foundry 4 metal piles 4 resonant, rattling piles of metal or other rattling metal objects without definite pitch. John mackey born october 1, 1973 is an american composer of contemporary classical music, with an emphasis on music for wind band, as well as orchestra. Trombone concerto by john mackey, joseph alessi trombone.
Teacher resource guide teaching music through performance in band volume 10 chapter 4 its about time. Instrumentation 2 flutes oboes bassoons 3 clarinets in bb bass clarinet in bb 2 alto saxes tenor sax baritone sax 3 trumpets in bb 2 french horns 3 trombones euphonium tuba pe. Foundry john mackey bornoctober1,1973,newphiladelphia,ohio the idea with foundry was to make a piece that celebrates the fact that percussionists have this ability to make just about any thing into an instrument. Preparing for john mackey s foundry 12142014 1 comment how we made 4 resonant, rattling piles of metal by greg scapillato. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises strange humors john mackey robert j. John thomas, associate band director at utley middle school in rockwall, texas, designed and built this 4 metal piles machine. Thomas via this link click to return to the main page for this work. Alan ghost fleet robert sheldon alfred ginger marmalade warren benson carl fischer girl with the flaxen hair, the debussy philip sparke anglo music. Chorale and alleluia 1954 5 10 howard hanson bryant 18961981 completed in january 1954, howard hansons first work for symphonic band, chorale and alleluia, is a stalwart of the band repertoire. Niu wind ensemble jiaqi li,conductor omar almusfi,darbuka director, ronnie wooten. Campus band dan isbell, conductor corey seapy, graduate. Ambrose georgia state university symphonic wind ensemble american manuscripts.
The band instrumentation is standard, but the percussion section calls for 12 players. Riverwatch band selected repertoire in performance 20082015 above the world rob grice allied honor march karl l. Mackey, as certified organic farmers we value our longstanding relationships with whole foods market. Commissioned by willow wood junior high school james shaw. Very few businesses have done more to help build our organic movement over the last several decades. John mackey the classical composers database musicalics. Mackey provides a subtitle for his work for concert band with found percussion. Oktober 1973 in new philadelphia, ohio ist ein us amerikanischer. Big dreams, tiny bands recommended repertoire list list compiled by jackie townsend, aaron backes, and jochen mcevoy below is a recommended list of quality pieces for concert band suitable for smaller groups.
Though many of his pieces are extremely virtuosic, undertow is the first of mackey s works written specifically for intermediate band. Overview of foundry processes and technologies manufacturing metal castings definition metal casting enables the production of simple to complex parts that meet a variety of needs. It includes arrangements of todd stalters ignition and john mackey s foundry, as well as an original ballad by john fannin. This cruel moon by john mackey performed by the university of texas wind ensemble, conducted by jerry junkin adapted from immortal thread, so weak, from winedark sea.
Music selection guidelines state concert evaluation. Share, download and print free sheet music for piano, guitar, flute and more on the worlds largest community of sheet music creators. It was commissioned by the hill country middle school band and premiered by that ensemble with its conductor, cheryl floyd, in may 2008. Please see the band website for our live concert calendar. Riverwatch band selected repertoire in performance 2008. Song c john mackey as performed by the texas state university symphonic winds, conducted by caroline beatty. Snare drums and bass drums are great, but why not write a whole piece featuring nontraditional percussion things like salad bowls and mixing bowls and piles of wood. John thomas, associate band director at utley middle school in rockwall, texas. John schmidt, veterans memorial hs alfonso esparza, psja memorial hs alto saxophone severiano garcia, roma hs manfredo guerra, roma hs jose medrano, roma hs dante demarci, sharyland hs brett medina, vela hs david flores, juarez lincoln hs matthew torres, edinburg hs eliud vargas, psja echs tenor saxophone. John mackey coceo whole foods market 550 bowie street austin, tx 78703 dear mr. The idea with foundry was to make a piece that celebrates the fact that percussionists have this ability to make just about anything into an. Hertfordshire music service and daniel basford would like to dedicate this recording to john kitchingman. Info tonights concert is being streamed live and will also be archived at the following link.
Bach balent carl fischer gate city snapshot nathan daughtrey c. Band andrew bonner 5a triumphant fanfare richard saucedo iii i ii as summer was just beginning larry daehn third suite robert jager 11 lewisburg high school band kim hallmark 5a americans we fillmore ed. The walls that divide us, the music that brings us together joseph higgins, conductor trish cornett, guest conductor ricardo lorenz, guest composer nicole piunno, guest composer rie suzuki, clarinet andrew rueblinger, concerto competition winner temple jordan. In spring 2014, the nbjh wind ensemble performed john mackey s piece foundry.
Allen 18761919 intermission campus jazz ensemble program will be announced from stage. We welcome requests to borrow our 4 metal piles instrument. Strange humors band version by john mackey youtube. The process consists of pouring molten metal into a mold containing a cavity of the desired shape. Eurydice and, to compliment these two pieces, we have made the uk premiere recording of foundry by american composer john mackey, a unique work for band which the wind sinfonia thoroughly enjoyed performing in 20. The idea with foundry was to make a piece that celebrates the fact that percussionists have this ability to make just about anything into an instrument. P r o g r a m n o t e s burn 2014 2 roland barrett b. Our students had a blast rehearsing and performing this challenging composition. For several years, he focused on music for modern dance and ballet. Program notes flourish for wind band ralph vaughan williams was an influential british composer and folksong collector.
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