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Symphonic Band
Here's the list of Grade 5 & 6 literature.
A Summer Breeze
Grade 5--5.5 minutes
Composed for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band and premiered d...
A Winter Flurry
Grade 5--3 minutes
Composed for the United States Army Europe Band, Tompkins Barracks, Heidelberg,...
An Autumn Sunset
Grade 6--10 minutes
Composed for The United States Army Field Band . Premiered by the Maryland...
Aria and Toccata
Solo Grade 6, Band Grade 5+--12 minutes
Premiered by The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own"...
Black Tie Blu-bop
Grade 5--4.5 minutes
Commissioned for the Virginia Tech Golden Hokie Honor Band, Dr. Patrick Casey,...
Festive Overture for Band
Grade 6--11 minutes
Premiered by The George Washington University Wind Ensemble, February 10, 2000.
See...
Groovy Loops
Grade 5(+)--4.5 minutes
Premiered by the Virginia Tech Symphonic Wind Ensemble in Carnegie Hall, New...
Leaps and Rounds
Grade 5 (solo brass quintet--Grade 6)--5.5 minutes
Premiered March 13, 2010 at the Ferguson Center...
Of Song and Dance
Grade 5--14 minutes
Composed for the Virginia Tech Symphony Band. Premiered in April 1993 with the ...
Sound the Trumpets
Grade 5--8 minutes
Premiered February 21, 2010 by The United States Army Band and The U.S. Army H...
Concert Band
Concert Band repertoire is Grade 3 and 4.
Brookpointe Park (FREE!)
Generic Average Grade-III-Level Music Festival Overture for Band
Below are links to pdf files of an...
For the Fun of It (NEW!)
Grade 4--4.5 minutes
Premiered by the Music at the Summit Adult Band Institute, 23 June 2019 in...
Jaguar Dance
Grade 3--4.5 minutes
Composed for the Leonardtown (MD) Middle School Advanced Band. Premiered Spring ...
Keynote Address
Grade 4--6 minutes
Commissioned by the Gammu Mu chapter of Delta Omicron (Virginia Tech); premiered ...
Mozart's Sandbox
Grade 3--5 minutes
Commissioned by the Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association, premiered...
Passacaglia for Band
Grade 4--8.5 minutes
Composed for and premiered by the Blacksburg High School Symphonic Band conducted...
Praeludium
Grade 4--5.5 minutes
Premiered by the Maroon Hokie Honor Band, January 2009 in Blacksburg, VA with...
Spotsylvania Holiday
Grade 3--4.5 minutes
Composed for the Spotsylvania (VA) Middle School Advanced Band, Ruth Kochenour,...
Symphonic Palindrome
Grade 4--7.5 minutes
Premiered by the Virginia Tech Wind Symphony, Spring 1995
See a score sample...
The Roarsville Rag
Grade 4--3 minutes
Composed for and premiered by the Rohrersville (MD) Band
See the score
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Variations on 'Shenandoah'
Grade 4--10 minutes
Composed for the Stonewall Jackson Senior High School (Manassas, Virginia) Symphonic...
Beginning Band
Beginning Band music is Grades 1 and 2.
Starry Night (NEW!)
Grade 2--3 minutes
Commissioned by Cami Van Rossum and the Tabb Middle School Band, Yorktown, Virginia...
The Kings March
Grade 1--2.5 minutes
Premiered by the Kings Glen Elementary School Band, Springfield, Virginia on June...
Marches
Marches vary from Grade 4 to 5.
Iron Majors
Grade 5 (euphoniums and bassoons grade 6)--3.5 minutes
Recorded by The United States Army Band "Pershing's...
Pride and Patriotism
Grade 4--3.5 minutes
Composed for and premiered by the Hagerstown (MD) Municipal Band, July 1995, ...
Sergeants' Time March
Grade 4--3.5 minutes
See a score sample
When I was promoted to sergeant in the Army, I had...
The Candidates' March
Grade 4--3.5 minutes
Premiered by the US Infantry Center Band, Fort Benning, Georgia, June 21, 2001.
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The Quiet Professionals
Grade 5--3.5 minutes
Composed for the 82d Airborne Division Band
See a score sample
This...
This We'll Defend
Grade 5--3.5 minutes
Premiered in Spring 2000 by a tri-service (Army, Navy, and Marine) student band...
Chamber Music
Music for brass quintet, woodwind quintet, saxophone quartet, other small ensembles, and solo piano....
Aria and Toccata
Euphonium & Piano
Grade 6--12 minutes
See the score
See the solo euphonium part
The...
Five Diversions
Saxophone Quartet (SATB)
Grade 5--12 minutes
Premiered Fall 1994 by Synchronicity Saxophone Quartet...
Groovy Loops
Saxophone Quartet (SATB) OR String Orchestra
Grade 5--4 minutes
See the score (sax quartet version) ...
Montpelier Dances
Woodwind Quintet
Grade 6--16 minutes
for the horn
for the oboe
for the flute
for the...
Quantum Variations
Brass Quintet
Grade 5--7 minutes
Premiered by Quantum Brass in Spring 1992, Squires Recital Salon,...
Rhapsody for a Lasting Friendship
Flute, euphonium, and piano
Grade 4--3.5 minutes
Composed for Candi Gallohon, flute, and Danyelle...
Rhapsody for solo piano
Solo piano
Grade 5--6 minutes
Composed for my graduate composition recital, and premiered by Yoonji...
St. Luke's Wedding Recessional
Brass Quintet
Grade 5--4.5 minutes
Premiered by Quantum Brass, May 11, 1996 at St. Luke's Episcopal...
Orchestra
My orchestra music is quite varied in difficulty and instrumentation.
Four Winter Scenes
Grade 5--9 minutes
Commissioned by the Manassas Symphony Orchestra , Jim Villani, conductor. Premiered...
Groovy Loops
String Orchestra OR Saxophone Quartet (SATB)
Grade 5--4 minutes
See a score sample (sax quartet v...
Jack and the Beanstalk
Narrator and Orchestra
Grade 5--10.5 minutes
Premiered December 19, 2010 by the Northern Virginia Manassas ...
Serenades
String Orchestra
Grades 4-6--18 minutes
Premiered by The United States Army Strings of The U.S. A...
Sinfonietta (NEW!)
Orchestra
Grade 6--17 minutes
Commissioned by the Astoria Symphony Orchestra and premiered April...
Brass Choir
Brass choir music is grade 4 and 5.
Fanfare for Enduring Freedom
Brass Choir
Grade 4--3 minutes
Composed for the United States Army Europe Band and premiered October 1...
Galaxy Portals
Brass Choir
Grade 5--3 minutes
See a score sample
MIDI realization of the piece:
http://jscottmckenzie.com/Audio/GalaxyPortals.mp3
In...
A Battery of Army Canons
Various degrees of difficulty--8 minutes
Composed for Army soldiers and singers everywhere
A Sergeant...
Sky Songs
Solo mezzo-soprano and piano
Premiered at my graduate composition recital, December 7, 2009, Harris...
Wherever the Road May Travel
Chorus (SAB)
Grade 3--3 minutes
Composed for the Leonardtown Middle School Advanced Chorus, Stanley...
Arranging
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