2019 WA State Band Championships

Test Pieces

A YouTube playlist featuring all works selected for 2019 is available here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqMtjQ5pMyzQ50ElLEUE7SGVWdqpRiH_P

 

BRASS BANDS

Open A Grade   A Brussels Requiem – Bert Appermont

RECORDING:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rwBTddDp2Q

SCORE:                 https://www.bandmusicshop.com/content/files/PDFs/BMP17013663_1.pdf

 

Open B Grade    The Land of the Long White Cloud ‘Aotearoa’ – Philip Sparke

RECORDING:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAE-u2lwSH0

SOLO CORNET PART:

https://www.justmusicuk.com/media/pdf/31000/JM31088%20Land%20of%20the%20Long%20White%20Cloud.pdf?t=1538539648

Open C Grade    Darkwood – Dan Price

RECORDING:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3azlBuVbnY0

SOLO CORNET PART:

https://www.justmusicuk.com/media/pdf/74000/JM74049%20Darkwood%20Solo%20Cornet.pdf?t=1538105456

 Open D Grade   St. Andrew’s Variations – Alan Fernie

RECORDING:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxhdrVH2Ljw

SOLO CORNET PART:

https://www.justmusicuk.com/media/pdf/45000/JM45990%20St%20Andrews%20Variations.pdf?t=1538105541

 

CONCERT BANDS

Open A Grade   The Year of the Dragon – Philip Sparke

RECORDING:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFm1Ikd3O0M

No online score available

Open B Grade    Korean Folk Songs from Jeju Island – Frank Ticheli

SCORE & RECORDING:

https://www.manhattanbeachmusiconline.com/frank_ticheli/korean-folk-songs-virtual-score.html

Open C Grade    Fate of the Gods – Steven Reinecke

SCORE & RECORDING:

https://www.barnhouse.com/product/012-3165-00/

NOTE: The correct version is the Grade 4 “original” version. The Grade 3 Conaway arrangement is NOT the correct version of this work.

Open D Grade   Celebration and Song – Robert Sheldon

SCORE & RECORDING:

https://www.alfred.com/celebration-and-song/p/00-31711/