Appalachian Spring
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Product ID: WJ5 3010161
By James Barnes
Publisher:
Wingert Jones
Series:
Concert Band Series
Line Up:
Concert Band
Duration:
7'00
Level: 4
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About this item
This energetic piece appears on many state required lists and is among the prestigious All-Japan Top 100 band pieces. Based on folk-like melodies and featuring playable solo passages, the work is safely scored and deftly cross-cued so as to enable almost any high school band to perform it effectively.
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Composer
James Barnes (1949-)
James Charles Barnes (born September 9, 1949 (1949-09-09) (age 62) in Hobart, Oklahoma, U.S.) is an American composer.
Barnes studied composition and music theory at the University of Kansas, earning a Bachelor of Music in 1974, and Master of Music in 1975. He studied conducting privately with Zuohuang Chen. Since 1977 he has been a professor of theory and composition at the University of Kansas, where he teaches orchestration and composition.
Barnes is also a tubist and has performed with numerous professional organizations in the United States.
His numerous compositions are frequently played in America, Europe, Japan, Taiwan and Australia. The Japanese concert band Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra has produced 3 CDs to date with works of James Barnes.
He has twice received the American Bandmasters Association Ostwald Award for contemporary wind band music.
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