InstrumentalCatalog

2008

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At Avalon Press we are dedicated to producing music for winds that meets the most exacting standards. Our catalog is small by design, as we publish only a limited number of new works each year. Our music covers a variety of compositional styles from a list of new and exciting composers, and we are sure you will find something in here that both you and your band will enjoy.

All of our composers have been, or currently are, working band directors. They know the unique needs of a school music program, and how best to score for ensembles from beginner to advanced. Each of our composers have written commissioned works for both young and mature bands, and are available to create music suited for your group.

Grade 1

Ron White

Hymn for Band, A$30.00Commissioned for the Port Arthur, Texas, Centennial Celebration, this work is a beautiful setting of the well-known hymn Nearer My God To Thee. This one is sure to be a band and audience favorite.CO10082

Clancy Weeks

In Sheldon Glen$30.00Composed for the C.E. King Middle School Band in Sheldon, Texas, this is pastoral work with easy melodies and lush harmonies. Perfect for your young band.CO10109

Scott Johnson

Toomsuba$50.00

CO10158

Randy Dunn

Who’s Doing That?$30.00This is a great tune for a beginning band! Every section gets to make their statement.CO10100

Grade 2

Clancy Weeks

Eight Warm-Up Chorales$25.00

These chorales are in the standard band keys and their relative minors. The set is graduated from easy to moder-ate, and the harmonies get progressively more lush. A great teaching and warm-up tool for your young band.CO10090

Preston Hazzard

Eventide$35.00Composed for the 2000–2001 Marcus High School Concert Band, and dedicated to Whitney and Caitlyn Hazzard, this is a beautifully constructed work. The harmonies are complex and lush, and the brass choir in the middle is a heavenly sound.CO10107

Clancy Weeks

On the Southern Trail$40.00Layered melodies and lush harmonies allow even young bands to sound their best. The melodic treatments in this work make this a fun piece to rehearse.CO10089

Listing by series Concert Band Series

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Scott Johnson

Overwood Hill$50.00

CO10159

Ron White

Veni Emanuelle$35.00Perfect for your next Christmas concert. This is a setting of the hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”CO10093

Kenneth Booker

Waiting$30.00While this work is the second movement of Ken’s Suite for Band, it’s melodic and har-monic complexity allow it to stand alone. A truly beautiful and pro-found work for band.CO10116

Grade 3

Reggie Rogers

Aspirations$45.00This piece features an 8 bar melody and a contrasting countermelody that are varied in both melody and timbre. A strong and intense middle section gives way to a recapitula-tion of the main theme. A very nice overture-type work for concert or festival.CO10008

Listing by series Concert Band Series

Clancy Weeks

Bellerophon’s Ride$45.00Bellerophon was a hero of Greek mythology, who, while rid-ing upon Pegasus, slew the Chimera. This overture captures the excitement of that ride, while the beautifully melodic middle section will show off your band’s musicianship. The instrumentation is kept purposely small, and liberal cues and doubling allow even small bands to sound big and full.CO10013

Rob Tucker

Call of Significance, The$45.00This work was written for the Howard Payne University Symphonic Band in memory of Dr. Al Tucker.CO10108

Rob Tucker

Lifeforce Overture$50.00

CO10115

Rick Glascock

Mulanje$50.00Named for a mountain range in Africa whose red peaks explode from a sea of flourescent green tea fields, this overture is a great way to open your next concert. This work is unique in form and structure, and offers several opportunities for soloists.CO10086

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Listing by series Concert Band Series

Clancy Weeks

O Holy Night$50.00

O Holy Night (“Cantique de Noël”) is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem “Minuit, chrétiens” by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877). Cappeau was asked to write a Christmas poem by a parish priest, and over the years it has become a standard modern carol. This setting for band removes some of the obstacles found in most band arrangements of this work, and leaves only the pure warmth of the original. Playable by almost any level of high school ensemble.CO10164

Clancy Weeks

Star Spangled Banner, The$35.00A fresh arrangement of our National Anthem written with class and reverenceCO10165

Clancy Weeks

To Touch the Wind$50.00Dedicated to the memory of Julie Gilstrap, a student who was taken long before her time. The melody for this piece comes from an old Celtic ballad “Down by the Sally Gardens,” but the title comes from the quote by naturalist Hal Borland : “There are no limits to either time or space, only those such as man may make for himself. I have but to touch the wind to know these things.”CO10123

Kenneth Booker

Wayfaring Stranger$45.00This work was commissioned by the Highland Middle School Honors Band, Eagle Mountain Saginaw I.S.D., in memory of Joseph Akeman. This is a lovely work that can be performed by many young bands.CO10122

Clancy Weeks

We Commit These Souls$50.00Band arrangement of the woodwind choir.CO10161

Grade 4

Kenneth Booker

Black Water Scenes$70.00This four-movement programmatic work depicts the sights and sounds in and around the “black water” areas of East Texas. Listen carefully, and you’ll even hear the birds in the trees.CO10104

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Listing by series Concert Band Series

Clancy Weeks

Perpetual Motion$80.00The title of this piece indicates that the opening melody should be thought of as a continuous unbroken line from start to finish. Each section of the ensemble (with the exception of the trombones) take their turns with the melody, with numerous solos sprinkled throughout. A little polymeter and polytonality add to the interest and excitement of this band and audience pleaser.CO10005

Kenneth Booker

Suite for Band$70.00One of Ken’s best works—each move-ment is beautifully self-contained.CO10096

Clancy Weeks

Variation Suite$80.00With just a couple of exceptions, every melody in this suite is based on the sixteen measure opening theme of the first movement. The second movement features soprano saxo-phone (though cued for oboe or clarinet) with a beautifully lyrical melody, while the third movement is a toe-tapper from start to finish! Don’t tell anyone, but even though the third movement is titled Scherzo, it’s really just a 6/8 da capo march--with a twist!CO10002

Grade 5

Clancy Weeks

Areopagus$95.00Areopagus was the supreme tribunal of ancient Athens that would meet on the hill of the same name. The form of the piece is a standard classical rondo, and the melodic mate-rial is primarily modal. The middle section features French horns, while the return of the opening theme is sparked by

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the percussion section. The coda is a rollicking tour-de-force of overlapping themes, keys, and meters. Great fun for the entire band!CO10006

Clancy Weeks

Cripple Creek$90.00In the summer of 1891 Bob Womack discovered gold in the Cripple Creek region of Colorado near Colorado Springs, setting off the Cripple Creek Gold Rush. In his euphoria (otherwise known as a drunken stupor) he sold his claim for $500 in cash. By the fall of 1891 the Cripple Creek Gold Camp had grown up around the area and was teeming with hopeful miners.

The first movement of this work, Poverty Gulch (so named because Bob Womack had search the area for 12 years without ever finding gold), is a depiction of one woman’s accidental discovery in that area (while elk watching, of all things) of a particular-ly rich vein—ending with her sneaking back to town with her hidden samples to stake a claim.

A Chuisla Mo Chroi (the pulse of my heart) is an impression of the prospector’s emotions as they search for their heart’s desire. There is a longing and heartache that all prospectors feel—sometimes for the strike they never make, or for the girl they left behind.

Mining the Mollie Kathleen is more march than jig. It is a simple description of the elation all prospectors must feel when they make that first discovery of gold.CO10162

Clancy Weeks

On Infinity’s Shore$70.00This exciting work begins with a sparkling mass of sound from the upper woodwinds and mallet percussion. The first five notes in the flutes outline the basic motif from which the entire work is derived. The recapitulation is the reverse of the beginning, creating a bow-form ABCBA with an extended coda that sprints all the way to the end!CO10012

Listing by series Concert March Series

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Grade 1

Clancy Weeks

The Joker’s Return$35.00The third (and final) in a series of marches for young band. This is the most approachable of the three.MA10127

Clancy Weeks

Three Kings and A Joker$35.00The first in a series of easy marches. Your young band will enjoy the fun opening strain, easy trio, and even the “dog-fight.” A showpiece for your clarinets.MA10102

Grade 2

Clancy Weeks

Ants On Parade$35.00Commissioned by Jennifer Snyder for the Tarkington High School Band. A fun little concert march that’s not too demanding for the intermediate-level group.MA10128

Grade 3

Robert Geisler

Magnificent Triumph$35.00Co-written with Al Sturchio. A toe-tapping march in the great tradition. The trio is especially nice.MA10101

Clancy Weeks

The Joker’s Revenge$45.00The second in a series of three marches for young band. This is the most difficult of the three, but still completely playable by most groups.MA10121

Rick Glascock

Tres Pasitos$40.00This unique Spanish-style march features a flute solo and clarinet soli. The piece is carefully crafted to be performed by most instru-mental groups. Every band should play at least one paso doble... and this is the one!MA10087

Rob Tucker

Wildcat, The$35.00Concert March.MA10151

Listing by series Solo and Ensemble Series

Grade 3

Clancy Weeks

We Commit These Souls$25.00Woodwind Choir. This is the middle section of a larger work (Where Heroes Are Forged) for full concert band. It is a beautiful work that’s all about tension and release.ME10148

Grade 4

Clancy Weeks

Gaelic Suite, A$30.00(Woodwind Choir) Commis s i oned by M i ke Boninsegna for the North Shore High School Band in Galena Park, Texas, and dedicated to Miss Ellie Cleveland. It is a collection of Irish folk tunes in three movements; or, as the composer likes to say “Two tasty cookies wrapped around a lush velvety center.” Good enough to eat!ME10154

Clancy Weeks

Grigsby’s Bluff$20.00Brass choir in honor of the original settlement later incorpo-rated as the city of Port Neches.ME10152

Grade 5

Clancy Weeks

Washington Fanfare$25.00Brass choir composed for the Dallas Wind Symphony Brass.ME10149

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Grade 5

Kenneth Booker

Sonata for Tuba and Piano$15.00

SO10153

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Concert Band

___Areopagus/Weeks $95.00 5 CO–10006

___Aspirations/Rogers $45.00 3 CO–10008

___Bellerophon’s Ride/Weeks $45.00 3 CO–10013

___Black Water Scenes/Booker $70.00 4 CO–10104

___Call of Significance,The/Tucker $45.00 3 CO–10108

___Cripple Creek/Weeks $90.00 5 CO–10162

___Eight Warm-Up Chorales/Weeks $25.00 2 CO–10090

___Eventide/Hazzard $35.00 2 CO–10107

___Hymn for Band, A/White $30.00 1 CO–10082

___In Sheldon Glen/Weeks $30.00 1 CO–10109

___Lifeforce Overture/Tucker $50.00 3 CO–10115

___Mulanje/Glascock $50.00 3 CO–10086

___O Holy Night/Weeks $50.00 3 CO–10164

___On Infinity’s Shore/Weeks $70.00 5 CO–10012

___On the Southern Trail/Weeks $40.00 2 CO–10089

___Overwood Hill/Johnson $50.00 2 CO–10159

___Perpetual Motion/Weeks $80.00 4 CO–10005

___Star Spangled Banner, The/Weeks $35.00 2 CO–10165

___Suite for Band/Booker $70.00 4 CO–10096

___To Touch the Wind/Weeks $50.00 3 CO–10123

___Toomsuba/Johnson $50.00 1 CO–10158

___Variation Suite/Weeks $80.00 4 CO–10002

___Veni Emanuelle/White $35.00 2 CO–10093

___Waiting/Booker $30.00 2 CO–10116

___Wayfaring Stranger/Booker $45.00 3 CO–10122

___We Commit These Souls/Weeks $50.00 3 CO–10161

___Where Heroes Are Forged/Weeks $75.00 5 CO–10150

___Who’s Doing That?/Dunn $30.00 1 CO–10100

Concert Marches

___Ants On Parade/Weeks $35.00 2 MA–10128

___Magnificent Triumph/Geisler $35.00 3 MA–10101

___The Joker’s Return/Weeks $35.00 1 MA–10127

___The Joker’s Revenge/Weeks $45.00 3 MA–10121

(Concert Marches cont.)

___Three Kings and A Joker/Weeks $35.00 1 MA–10102

___Tres Pasitos/Glascock $40.00 3 MA–10087

___Wildcat, The/Tucker $35.00 3 MA–10151

Medium Ensembles

___Gaelic Suite, A/Weeks $30.00 4 ME–10154

___Grigsby’s Bluff/Weeks $20.00 4 ME–10152

___Washington Fanfare/Weeks $25.00 5 ME–10149

___We Commit These Souls/Weeks $25.00 3 ME–10148

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___Sonata for Tuba and Piano/Booker $15.00 5 SO–10153

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