Randall Standridge · …music speaks (Grade 3, Concert Band) – Randall Standridge Sample Score (CLICK HERE!) About …music speaks While I can’t speak for all composers, I know that, for myself, I often find musical ideas that I wish to explore more than once. Such is the case with …music speaks. A couple of years…
Randall Standridge · On an Olde English Carol (Grade 3, Concert Band) – Randall Standridge Sample Score (CLICK HERE!) About On an Olde English Carol The Coventry Carol is one of those rare Christmas carols that is not full of light and hope. It is a dark lullabye, mourning the loss of the children who…
Randall Standridge · Gallowglass (Grade 3, Concert Band) – Randall Standridge Sample Score (CLICK HERE!) About Gallowglass Gallowglass is a musical representation of the “Gallowglass” of 13th-16th century Ireland. They were an elite class of mercenary warriors. Originally, this term applied to settlers who descended from Norse-Gaelic clans, but eventually came to be a designation…
Randall Standridge · Affirmation (Peace Love And Music), Grade 3, Concert Band Sample Score (CLICK HERE!) About Affirmation This one is for all the outcasts, the geeks, the marginalized, the wallflowers, and the people who are “different.” Every once in a while, I believe you get to “say something” with a piece of music. When…
About the inspiration for the work Music can serve many purposes. It can inspire, it can illustrate, it can cause waves of emotion…and it can comfort. I’m sure many of us have had moments in our lives when our greatest comfort was a favorite song, melody, or great work. 2020 has been a stressful year.…