This is the 7th example out of 12. This show was written for a Texas band in the 3A classification. The band had 56 members including 40 winds. The show had 37 sets and was completed on June 22. The show is called Ritual and is arranged by Randall Standridge. It uses excerpts from Stravinsky’s…
This is the 6th of 12 examples for 2025. This band is from Colorado. The band has 56 members including 34 winds. The show has 38 sets and was completed on July 18. The show’s title is What Lurks Beneath… and is by Gerritt Davenport. Movements are Lost at Sea, A Beautiful Below and The…
This is the 5th of 12 video examples from 2025. This was a Texas band in the 3A classification. The band had 63 members including 55 winds. The show had 30 sets and was completed on June 24. The music is A Sky Full of Stars and was arranged by Luke McMillan. Movements of this…
This is the 4th of 12 video examples. This band is from Idaho. They have 51 members including 30 winds. This show has 48 sets and was completed on July 18. The show is called It’s Not Always Black or White and is arranged by Manny Maldonado. Music inclued in this show include Someone Like…
This is the 3rd example of 12. This was written for a pretty good size band from South Dakota. The band had 107 members including 82 winds. It had 40 sets and was completed on July 5. The show is Marian, The Lady Hood of Sherwood Forest and it is by Randall Standridge (the music…
This is the 2nd show of 12. This show was written for a Texas band in Class 3A. The band had 76 members with 62 of them winds. This show had 34 sets and was completed on August 2. The show is entitled Heartbreaker and it is arranged by Luke McMillan. The music included in…
I am posting 12 marching shows that I did for schools for 2025. This year, I am not going to mention the schools as some of the things done changed and aren’t quite the same as what was originally written (as happens when numbers change or if different ideas come about with visuals or such).…
For those who saw me at TMEA and wondered what I was working on, this was it. I completed the first two movements in San Antonio and finished the closer at home. This is Time After Time and is arranged by Luke McMillan. The movements in this show are Clocks by Coldplay, Time After Time…
This was a show that I originally did at the TMEA Convention in San Antonio in February, 2024. This is Chess, The Art of Revolution and it is arranged by Luke McMillan. The three movements are the Ballet Suite No. 4 by Dmitri Shostakovich, Everybody Wants to Rule the World sung by Tears for Fears,…
The 2nd Just for Fun show for 2025 is entitled Full Circle. It features two Latin themed pieces that can be interpreted as a circle. The opener is Corona by Jay Bocook which is the round gaseous ring around the sun which you see during a eclipse. The next two movements come from Casals Suite…