Marching Band Music

Marching Band compositions and arrangements fall into one of several categories:

1. Commissions for original marching band compositions for your ensemble.
2. Purchasing a pre-existing original marching band composition.
3. Commissioning an arrangement of repertoire that is already composed and copy written.
4. Purchasing a pre-existing marching band arrangement.

Please contact info@drewshanefield.com to inquire about commissions
and arrangement details.

Regarding marching band arrangements, you can choose any music selection you wish and I will work with you to arrange it to fit your show concepts. Feel free to mix and match! If not commissioning or purchasing an original marching band composition, you must obtain copyright permission for all music (that is not Public Domain) you wish to have arranged. To expedite this process I recommend going through Jeni Paulson at copycatlicensing.com.

Drew collaborates with the very talented Bret Kuhn in crafting many of his show design and arrangements (unless otherwise noted). Bret provides full scoring for the entire percussion ensemble at the highest level and to fit the technical needs of your ensemble. You can learn more about Bret here.

Music for Marching Band

• VOX (grade IV), all original
  (a 2009 Marching Show Concepts/Center X publication, Percussion by Mike McIntosh)
  • I - Kaval Sviri
  • II - Svatba
  • III - Polegnala e Todora
  • IV - Erghan Diado
• Games (grade IV/V), all original
  (a 2008 Marching Show Concepts/Center X publication)
  • I - TAG
  • II - SUDOKU
  • III - CAPTURE THE FLAG
• Con-zen-tric Circles (grade V), copyright permission needed.
  • I - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Philip Glass)
  • II - Psalm XXIII(Leonard Bernstein)
    III - Equus (Eric Whitacre)
  Shall We Dance? (grade V), partial copyright permission needed.
  • I - Dance of the New World (Dana Wilson)
  • II - Waltz/Afro Blue (Jack Stamp/Mongo Santamaria)
    III - Dancer in the Dark (Bjork)
  • IV - Lezghinka (Aram Kachaturian)
• Marching Metamorphosis (grade V), partial copyright permission needed.
  • I - Marching Medley - Stars and Stripes Forever, Symphonic Metamorphosis, Washington Post March, Crown Imperial.
  • II - The Nutcracker March
    III - Fantasy on Stars and Stripes Forever
  • IV - March from the Symphonic Metamorphosis
    
• Stardust (grade V), copyright permission needed.
  • I - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Philip Glass)
  • II - Yvaine (Andy Brown, Ilan Eshkeri)
  • III - Septimus/Coronation (Andy Brown, Ilan Eshkeri)
• Water Dances (grade V), copyright permission needed.
  • I - Equus (Eric Whitacre)
  • II - Gabriel's Oboe (Ennio Morricone)
  • III - Green (Michael Torke)
• Carnivale (grade V), Percussion by John Parsons and Lamar Burkhalter
  • I - Colas Breugnon (Kabalevsky)
  • II - The Engulfed Cathedral (Debussy)
  • III - The Dance of the Jesters (Tchaikovsky)
• Ballet Sacra by Holsinger (grade V), partial copyright permission needed. Percussion by Mike McIntosh.
  • I - Prelude (original
  • II - Ballet Sacra
  • III - Ballade (original)
  • IV - Ballet Sacra
• Music of the Modern World (grade V), copyright permission needed.
  • I - Dance of the New World (Wilson)
  • II - Largo from Symphony No. 2 (Barber)
  • III - Pampeana No. 3 (Ginastera)
• Colors (grade V), copyright permission needed.
  Percussion by Dainel Vaaldie and Chris Perna
  • I - Green (Torke)
  • II - Blue (Gershhwin)
  • III - Silver (Boerma)
    
• Windows (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed.
  Percussion by Daniel Valadie
  • I - Opening Window (original)
  • II - City Window (Harbison)
  • III - Funhouse Window (Flim and the BB's)
  • IV - Church Window (Gillingham)
  • V - Closing Window (original)
    
  The Odyssey by Robert W. Smith (grade IV), copyright permission needed.
  • I - The Iliad
  • II - The Isle of Calypso
  • III - Ithaca
• Games (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed.
  Percussion by Daniel Valadie.
  • I - Tag (original)
  • II - Chess (Leonard Bernstein)
  • III - Cards (Jeff Beal)
  • IV - Video
    
• Scenes of Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev (grade IV), copyright permission needed.
  • I - Morning Serenade
  • II - The Fight
  • III - Balcony Scene
  • IV - Dance Wuth Mandolins
  • V - Finale
    
• Renaissance 2K (grade IV), partial copyright permission needed.
  • I - Terpsichore (Bob Margolis/Michael Praetorus)
  • II - Ballade (original)
  • III - "Gigue" from St. Paul's Suite (Gustav Holst)
    
• Metheny - The Music of Pat Metheny(grade IV), copyright permission needed.
  • I - Minuano
  • II - The Gathering Sky
  • III - Letter From Home
  • IV - Third Wind
• On the Waterfront by Leonard Bernstein (grade IV), copyright permission needed.
  
• Profanation by Leonard Bernstein (grade V), copyright permission needed.
• Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten by Arvo Part(grade V), copyright permission needed.
• Gloria - The Music of John Rutter (grade IV), copyright permission needed.
  
• Roman Images - The Music of Ottorino Respighi (grade IV), copyright permission needed.

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