This festival program will send the competition running for the hills. These diverse, well-laid group of arrangements will absolutely stun your audiences. While it will certainly be a challenge for your band, in the end it will be extremely rewarding and well worth it. The musical journey that you and your band embark on with this music will undoubtedly be met with thunderous applause along the way!
Sierra Music recommends programming your festival performance in the following order:
Just Friends - arr Bill Holman
A masterful arrangement by Bill, combining elaborate, winding unison lines through this popular standard. It is demanding and exciting beyond belief.; extensive in length and packed full of great ensemble writing. There is solo space as you choose. 5-4-4-4
Oblivion - Astor Piazzolla / arr. Curnow
Piazzollo wrote many beautiful melodies, and this one is perhaps the most haunting. This is one of those rare charts that is easy to play but will be an appropriate piece to any big band library. It is a flugelhorn solo throughout, with very reasonable ranges for all. 5-4-4-4
The First Circle - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / arr. Curnow
This is flat-out one of the best big band arrangements ever created! Preparing and performing this chart will be one of the greatest musical experiences you, your band, and your audiences will ever encounter. The piece is rhythmically complex and demands the full attention of the players. It is filled with masterful ensemble writing, epic passages, and there is solo space as you choose. 5-4-4-4 (w/ opt. 5th parts)
Just Friends - Demo CD 104
Oblivion - Demo CD 115
The First Circle - Demo CD 104
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