ALBERTA BAND ASSOCIATION - 2008 SYLLABUS

GRADE ONE

Ritual Dance – Story

Majestica – Balmages

Overlords – O’Loughlin

Song for the Winter Moon – Cummings

Court Festival -Pearson

Zuni Legend - Williams

Excelsia - Clark

Three Faces of Kilimanjaro - Smith

Morpheus - Smith

Mount Vernon March – Edmondson

GRADE FOUR

Sun Dance - Ticheli

Gathering of the Yeoman - Smith

Court Festival - Latham

Lux Aurumque - Whitacre

Balkanya - Van der Roost

Second Suite in F - Holst

Masque – McBeth

The Witch and the Saint – Reineke

English Suite – Grundman

March of the Belgian Parachutists – Leemans/Bourgeois

GRADE TWO

Marching Song – Holst/Moss

Newfoundland Folk Song – Duff

Westrdige Overture - Barnes

Jana’s Dance - Gorham

Chant and Tribal Dance - Shaffer

Stars Asleep the Break of Day - Margolis

Romanian Dances - Del Borgo

Kenya Contrasts - Himes

Crystal Moon - Clark

Ramsgate March - Strommen

GRADE FIVE

Irish Tune & Shepherd’s Hey - Grainger

Handel in the Strand – Grainger (choose either/or of the faster pieces, or all three as a set)

Toccata Marziale – Williams/Battisti

Suite of Old American Dances – Bennett (minimum requirement any three movements)

The Fisher Who Died in His Bed - Herberman

Procession of the Nobles – Korsakov/Leidzen

Havendance - Holsinger

First Suite in Eb - Holst

Prelude Siciliano and Rondo – Arnold/Paynter

Florentiner March – Fucik/Fennell

Incantation and Dance – Chance

GRADE THREE

In the Forest of the King - LaPlante

Old Churches - Colgrass

Variation Overture - Williams

Prelude/Fugue Bb Major – Bach/Moehlmann

Simple Gifts – Four Shaker Songs - Ticheli

Da Vinci Sketches - Morales

Northwest Suite - O’Reilly

The Sleeping Place of the Stars - Ford

Gypsy Dance - Compello

Entry of the Gladiators – Fucik/Balent (Thunder and Blazes)

GRADE SIX

Masquerade - Persichetti

Postcard - Ticheli

Heroes Lost and Fallen - Gillingham

Armenian Dances - Reed

Passaglia-Homage on Bach - Nelson

A Movement for Rosa - Camphouse

Symphony #3 for Band - Giannini

New World Dances - Ellerby

Lincolnshire Posy – Grainger

Festive Overture – Shostakovich/Hunsberger

 

ALBERTA BAND ASSOCIATION - 2007 SYLLABUS

 

GRADE ONE

Two Canadian Folksongs - McGinty

Court Festival -Pearson

Zuni Legend - Williams

Excelsia - Clark

Three Faces of Kilimanjaro - Smith

Silver Scepter - Kinyon

Morpheus - Smith

Mount Vernon March - Edmondson

 

GRADE TWO

Chant and Tribal Dance - Shaffer

Stars Asleep the Break of Day - Margolis

Romanian Dances - Del Borgo

Ash Lawn Echoes - Smith

Kenya Contrasts - Himes

Modal Song and Dance - Del Borgo

Crystal Moon - Clark

Ramsgate March - Strommen

 

 

GRADE THREE

Swords Against the Sea - Hosay

Three Folk Miniatures - Jutras

Simple Gifts - Four Shaker Songs - Ticheli

Da Vinci Sketches - Morales

Northwest Suite - O'Reilly

The Sleeping Place of the Stars - Ford

Gypsy Dance - Compello

Entry of the Gladiators - Fucik/Balent (Thunder and Blazes)

 

GRADE FOUR

Balkanya - Van der Roost

Festivo - Nehlybel

Festival Prelude - Reed

Second Suite in F - Holst

Masque - McBeth

The Witch and the Saint - Reineke

English Suite - Grundman

March of the Belgian Parachutists - Leemans/Bourgeois

 

GRADE FIVE

Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons - Reineke

Irish Tune & Shepherd's Hey - Grainger

Procession of the Nobles - Korsakov/Leidzen

Havendance - Holsinger

First Suite in Eb - Holst

Prelude Siciliano and Rondo - Arnold/Paynter

Florentiner March - Fucik/Fennell

Incantation and Dance - Chance

 

GRADE SIX

Armenian Dances - Reed

Passaglia-Homage on Bach - Nelson

A Movement for Rosa - Camphouse

Symphony #3 for Band - Giannini

New World Dances - Ellerby

Overture to Candide - Bernstein

Lincolnshire Posy - Grainger

Festive Overture - Shostakovich/Hunsberger

 

 

 

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