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Relevant Music arrangements and compositions are proud to grace the repertoires of such ensembles as:

Fanfare v.d. EersteliefdesNacht (Amsterdam, Holland)
Fanfare NemFaNemFum (Famalicao da Serra, Portugal)
The Peace Artists (Bradford, England)
A Banda Nova (Lisboa, Portugal)
Le Grande Ordinaire (Perigueux, France)
Fanfare Sacabuxa (Castanheira, Portugal)
The Carnival Band (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)
10th Ave. Band (Newcastle, England)
The Royal College of Music (London, England)
The Yellow Hat Band (Seattle, Wash.)
The Sedentary Sousa Band (Seattle, Wash.)
The Garberville Town Band (Garberville, Calif. USA)
Het Nederlands Blazers Orkest (Amsterdam, Holland)
Hubbub Club (Sebastopol, Calif.)
What Cheer? Brigade (Providence, R.I,)

Instrumentation
This collection is arranged for the following instrumentation:

Flute (or piccolo)
Bb Clarinet 1
Bb Clarinet 2
Soprano Sax
Alto Sax
Tenor Sax
Baritone Sax
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
French Horn
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Baritone Horn
Tuba
Percussion


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Arrangements
Originals
World Band Music

Arrangements Click on links to hear an example.

Pop

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Help From My Friends 2 Beatle Hits
Get Back more Beatles

I’ve Just Seen A Face Ska Beatles

Azzurro – the Paulo Conti hit with Italian lyrics
Not Fade Away – the Buddy Holly masterpiece
Old West Medley* – Apache/Ghost Riders/Good, Bad & Ugly

Supremes Medley* – 8 Supremes hits in a disco tour de force

Supremes Medley (short wimpy version)* – 5 Supremes hits in a disco near-tour de force

I Feel Good – the James Brown Warhorse

Hold On, I’m Comin’ – timeless Sam and Dave hit

Godzilla – heavy Blue Öyster Cult rock

School’s Out – the Alice Cooper hit
Without My Closet – two Eminem themes

Dona – Portuguese pop march from the group Ena Pa 2002

Timor – portuguese pop protest music

Do Ya Think I’m Sexy – the Rod Stewart hit
Gasoline Alley – an old Rod Stewart hit, very easy
Paint It Black – Rolling Stones circa 1967
Summertime Blues – ancient rock from Eddie Cochran
I Want You to Want Me – Cheap Trick’s only good tune
Proud Mary – the required Creedence Clearwater Revival tune

Love Me Tender – bringing Elvis back
Heatwave – simple rocking hit for Linda Ronstadt and many others

Para Los Rumberos – energetic Carlos Santana

Swing

Midnight in Moscow
Oh! You Beautiful Doll
We’ll Meet Again
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Caravan
Etc.

Fairground – the name says it. Wonderful ‘happy’ music from English pianist Dave Holland
Auld Lang Syne – traditional Scots theme forever tied to New Years Eve
Blue Delft – easy jazz theme of Dutch saxophonist Vera Vingerhoeds
Pictures at an Exhibition – the Mussorgsky hit

Jane – anti-nuke song of English actor/pianist Jon Beedell w/lyrics
The Wayward Alsatian – fake arab folk music from Ewen Shiels of Sons of the Desert
Bombay Calling – exotic jazz by San Francisco saxophonist Vince Wallace, featured by the group It’s A Beautiful Day (remember them?)
Mi Bella Princesa – classic Spanish pasodoble

Nkosa Sikele – theme song of the African National Congress, outlawed for many years by the apartheid regime.
Sumer is Acumin In – ancient English folk song and first recorded example of written notation . . . (and NOT Finale!)
Moleando Café – Brazilian Samba
Medyatsiner Waltz – beautiful Klezmer waltz
Hang ‘Em High – Dominic Frontiere’s theme from the western of the same name
Grândola, Vila Morena - beautiful theme from portuguese composer José Afonso, signaled the start of the 1974 Revolution
Originals Click on links to hear an example

Senhor Lucky – easy shuffle groove

Thak’s Lunch – tone poem describing a Neanderthal’s afternoon repast
Baud - a painless introduction to the wonderful world of odd meters, in 5/8
Heavy Me’ao – heavy metal for band . . . metal . . get it?

Shithooks – fast folk march

Alentejanos Novos – in the style of Portuguese bands
Redondo Vila de Encantos – the Portuguese style again with a Brazilian bridge
NewHouse – house music for band

DogHouse – more house music for band

Enter Big Ears – beautiful miserably slow processional

Lumberjack – minor shuffle fantasy

Ab-Nahin – in the style of the Brass Bands of India, challanging

Self-Reliance – waltz with a reggae solo section

Pedras Nobres – another beautiful processional
Boo-Ka-Cha - an 'instant arranging' experiment based on West African Mandingo rhythms, easy

7a Geração – easy reggae like groove
Cavalheiros de Alpreada – heroic theme

Rafa Danse – strange half-funk, half-reggae

Ratos de Rio (River Rats) – beautiful reggae march

Plenty Bozo Fish – more Mandingo based music

A Skruncho Fantasie – showtime with a tango middle

Viriato – monster music, mostly percussion with open horn repeats, bombastic

Minhota – schizophrenic but beautiful

Beep-Beep Fingers – fast, energetic
Um Bom Tambor (A Good Drum) – more organinzed bombast

World Band Music
Click on links to hear an example
Ekremov Cocek – Serbian slow 7/8
Berovsko Oro
Elvisov Cocek
Mustafovo Oro
Kocani Orkestar - Macedonia
Deverov Cocek

Fiju, Fijo Kolo - Serbia
Sumanski - Macedonia
Stiglic Kolo
Serbian fast, faster and even faster
El Nino Perdido
México
El Novillo Despuntado
México
Danza de Moros - Mexico
Torito para Castillo –
México
El Ninõ Perdido  -
Mexico
Orgulhosa - Bolivia
Puticum, Puticum
- Bolivia
Gracias - Bolivia
Highlife Hymn
African gospel
Morenada - Peru
Marinera
Peru
TrujillanaPeru
Danza de Moros - Mexico
Torito para Castillo –
México
El Ninõ Perdido  -
Mexico
Disco Bhangra - India
Mere Hathon Mein - India
Hawa-Hawa - India
Shyam - India
Pinzon - Suriname
O Delegado Prenderaon - Brasil
Vassourinha - Brasil
Hino da Troça - Brasil
Anakkon - Indonesia