Note to directors: This is not the syllabus – for the syllabus, click here.
This is a non-exhaustive list of Canadian works that could satisfy the Canadian requirement for the festival. This list was created to suggest a broader range of Canadian repertoire choices and expand the range of suggested, high quality wind band works from B100 to B600. Only works listed on this year’s actual syllabus will satisfy the syllabus requirement (such works are marked on this list with an asterisk, and will satisfy both requirements). MusicFest does not provide adjudication scores for pieces on this list unless they are also on the syllabus. Please be sure to review the complete rules and regulations at www.musicfest.ca before selecting your repertoire. Some of the pieces are listed below without a source; these works are available for perusal and purchase at the composer’s website or by contacting the composer directly.
Canadian works from the Required Repertoire list are marked with an Asterisk (*).
Class/Classe B600
| Arctic Dreams | Colgrass | Canadian Music Centre | |
| *Banks of Newfoundland | Cable | Eighth Note | |
| Bootlegger’s Tarantella | Estacio/Michalak | | |
| *Frenergy | Estacio/Linklater | HL/Boosey & Hawkes | |
| Greatness of the New Found Night, The | Kulesha | Counterpoint Music | |
| One Midsummer Morning (any three movements) | Healey | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Pantomime | Mercure | Counterpoint | |
| *Polytechnique | Dagenais | Hafabra | |
| Prairie Ride and Sunset | Estacio | Composer Website | |
| RCMP Regimental March | O’Neill/Oehlerking | | |
| Some Assembly Required | Kucharzyk | Canadian Music Centre | |
| *Sonics | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| *Undercurrents | Buckley | HL/Musicworks | |
Class/Classe B500
| *Bali | Colgrass | Fischer | |
| Colour Wheel | Forsyth | Counterpoint | |
| Fall Fair | Ridout/Fralick | Canadian Music Centre | |
| *Free Running | Buckley | HL / Musicworks | |
| *Genesis | Gassi | Alfred / Belwin | |
| Ontario Pictures | Cable | Northdale | |
| Our Famous Five (3 of 7 movements) | Hendricks | e-mail | |
| *Romantic Variations | Calvert | Counterpoint | |
| Round Dance | Weinzweig | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Scotch Cap Overture | Fortin | Machine-a-notes | |
| *Skyline | Hammell | EKR Hammell | |
| Sodbuster | Raum | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Stella | Dagenais | GAM | |
| Suite of Miniature Dances | Applebaum | Northdale | |
| *Two Native Legends | Williams | Eighth Note | |
| *Under the Butterfly's Wings | Stetner | LES | |
Class/Classe B400
| Antiphonals | Coakley | BRS | |
| *Arkhangelsk | Smallman | Lighthouse | |
| *Autumn | Nishimura | Cait Nishimura | |
| Barrie North Celebration, A | Jutras | Barnhouse | |
| Canadian Folk Rhapsody, A | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| *Colours and Contrasts of Grief, The | Suchan | Eighth Note | |
| Couchiching Suite | Herberman | Eighth Note | |
| *Fisher Who Died in His Bed, The | Herberman | Northdale | |
| *From Chaos to the Birth of a Dancing Star | Bell | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Hannaford Overture | Irvine | Northdale | |
| Inversia | Jutras | Barnhouse | |
| *ISS Flyover | Meechan | Peter Meechan | |
| *Jubilant Dialogue | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| *Land of the Midnight Sun | Buckley | HL / Musicworks | |
| *Lyric Essay | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| Pacifica | Buckley | HL/Fentone | |
| *Suite on Canadian Folk Songs | Calvert | Eighth Note | |
| Swiftriver Passage | Suchan | Eighth Note | |
| *Symbiopholie | Dagenais | Eighth Note Publishing | |
| Tabula Rasa | MacDonald/Hopkins | | |
| *Thin Places | Thomas | Eighth Note | |
| Toccata Festiva | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
Class/Classe B300
| Beethoven Machine | Colgrass | Carl Fischer | |
| *Blue Lake and Rocky Shore | Thomas | Eighth Note | |
| Bright Blue Water | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| Cascadia | Buckley | HL/Fentone | |
| Celebration Folklorique | Jutras | C.L. Barnhouse | |
| *Chasing Sunlight | C. Nishimura | caitnishimura.com | |
| Feller from Fortune | Thomas | Eighth Note | |
| Festive Occasion | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| Filum Vitae | Kristofferson | Daehn | |
| Kingsmere Overture | Meeboer | Eighth Note | |
| Maple Leaf Forever | Muir/Clarke | | |
| *Matters of Kindness | Kristofferson | Grand Mesa | |
| Moventa | Jutras | Barnhouse | |
| Ned the Neck | Morlock | Canadian Music Centre | |
| *Old Churches | Colgrass | HL/Bandquest | |
| *Prairie Wedding | Kristofferson | Barnhouse | |
| *Rocky Mountain Lullaby | Venter | Venter | |
| *Sea of Marmora | Gilliland | musicdirectltd.com | |
| Song of the Tides | Charke | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Thameside March | Calvert | Eighth Note | |
| They Came Sailing | Jutras | Barnhouse | |
| Three Folk Miniatures | Jutras | Barnhouse | |
| Toledo | Carlson | Canadian Music Centre | |
| *Variations On A Rollicking Tune | Sirulnikoff | Counterpoint | |
| *When The Sun Comes After Rain | Emery/Hammell | EKR Hammell | |
| Windjammer | Buckley | Hal Leonard | |
| *Wings | Gassi | Alfred | |
Class/Classe B200
| Apache Lullaby | Colgrass | Carl Fischer | |
| Ariana’s y la danza | Fortin | Machine-a-notes | |
| Cape Breton Lullaby | Gassi | Alfred | |
| *Donkey Riding | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| *French-Canadian Suite, A | MacLaughlin | Bourne | |
| Headin’ Home | Toews | http://conductorschool.com | |
| *Hush | Thomas | Eighth Note | |
| Jim | Mackay | Ronmac | |
| *Marcha Pacifica | Fortin | Machine-a-notes | |
| New Horizons | Court | HL/Curnow | |
| *Newfoundland Folk Song | Duff | Alfred | |
| Petty Harbour Bait Skiff | Duff | Alfred | |
| *Scene in Iqaluit | Cable | Eighth Note | |
| Suite for a Band of Players | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| *Where Mountains Touch the Sky | Buckley | HL / Musicworks | |
| *Zenith | Meechan | Peter Meechan | |
Class/Classe B100
| A La Claire Fontaine, | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| As We Sleep | Meeboer | Eighth Note | |
| *Big Raven | Gassi | Alfred | |
| By The Clear Fountain | Meeboer | Eighth Note | |
| *Crusade | Gassi | Alfred | |
| *Early One Morning | Marlatt | Eighth Note | |
| Echo Lake | Buckley | Hal Leonard | |
| Expedition | Appleby | Apro | |
| Gabrielle and her pony, Campanilla | Fortin | Machine-a-notes | |
| Hero’s Procession, A | Meeboer | Eighth Note | |
| Home of the Beaver | Marlatt | Eighth Note | |
| Innovation | Meeboer | Eighth Note | |
| *Land of the Silver Birch | Coakley | Comprint or Eighth Note | |
| *Last Voyage of the Queen Anne's Revenge | Meeboer | Eighth Note | |
| *Prelude and Celebration | Dagenais | Eighth Note Publishing | |
| World Away, A | Meeboer & Marlatt | Eighth Note | |
*List created by Dr. Mark Hopkins (Acadia University) and Dr. Jason Caslor (Arizona State University)
