NOTE TO DIRECTORS:
Only works listed on this year’s syllabus will satisfy the syllabus requirement for the 2021 festival. MusicFest Canada provides adjudication scores for pieces on the syllabus. Canadian works on the syllabus are marked (CA) and will also satisfy the Canadian requirement (see below). Please be sure to review the complete rules and regulations at www.musicfest.ca before selecting your repertoire.
CANADIAN REQUIREMENT:
Since May 2016, every Concert Band participating in “The Nationals” is required to play 1 composition by a Canadian composer. This may be from the Syllabus, or it may be one of the director’s choice. If it is one of the director’s choice, it should be at the same performance level (if the band plays in B300, the director’s Canadian choice should be at the B300 level). See “2020 CANADIAN CONCERT BAND LIST” for additional non-syllabus suggested Canadian concert band compositions.
Canadian Content is noted with a “(CA)”
Class/Classe B600
| Awayday | Gorb, Adam | Maecenas | Listen |
| Banks of Newfoundland (CA) | Cable, Howard | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Children’s March | Grainger, Percy/ Rogers, Mark | HL/Southern | Listen |
| Crossing Parallels | Salfelder, Kathryn | HL/Boosey & Hawkes | Listen |
| Frenergy (CA) | Estacio, John/Linklater, Fraser | HL/Boosey & Hawkes | Listen |
| Give Us This Day | Maslanka, David | Fischer | Listen |
| Lincolnshire Posy (Any 4 Movements) | Grainger, Percy | Ludwig | Listen |
| Overture to Candide | Bernstein, Leonard/Grundman, Clare | HL/Boosey & Hawkes | Listen |
| Polytechnique (CA) | Dagenais, Jonathan | Hafabra | Listen |
| Sonics (CA) | Coakley, Donald | Eighth Note | |
| Symphonic Overture | Barnes, James | HL/Southern | Listen |
| Undercurrents (CA) | Buckley, Robert | HL/Musicworks | Listen |
| Variants on a Medieval Tune | Dello Joio, Norman | HL / EBMarks | Listen |
Class/Classe B500
| Bali (CA) | Colgrass, Michael | Carl Fischer | Listen |
| Blue Lake Overture | Chance, John Barnes | HL/Boosey & Hawkes | Listen |
| Chester | Schuman, William | Theodore Presser | Listen |
| Chorale and Shaker Dance | Zdechlik, John | Kjos | Listen |
| First Suite in Eb | Holst, Gustav | HL/Boosey & Hawkes | Listen |
| Free Running (CA) | Buckley, Robert | HL / Musicworks | Listen |
| Genesis (CA) | Gassi, Vince | Alfred / Belwin | Listen |
| Handel in the Strand | Grainger, Percy/Schissel, Loras | Barnhouse | Listen |
| Original Suite, An | Jacob, Gordon | HL/Boosey & Hawkes | Listen |
| Psalm for Band | Persichetti, Vincent | Carl Fischer | Listen |
| Romantic Variations (CA) | Calvert, Morley | Counterpoint | Listen |
| Skyline (CA) | Hammell, Evan | EKR Hammell | Listen |
| Two Native Legends (CA) | Williams, Max | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Under the Butterfly's Wings (CA) | Stetner, Lindsay | LES | Listen |
Class/Classe B400
| Arkhangelsk (CA) | Smallman, Jeff | Lighthouse | Listen |
| Autumn (CA) | Nishimura, Cait | Cait Nishimura | Listen |
| Chorale and Alleluia | Hanson, Howard | Carl Fischer | Listen |
| Colours and Contrasts of Grief, The (CA) | Suchan, Paul | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Fisher Who Died in His Bed, The (CA) | Herberman, John | Northdale | Listen |
| From Chaos to the Birth of a Dancing Star (CA) | Bell, Allan Gordon | Canadian Music Centre | Listen |
| ISS Flyover (CA) | Meechan, Peter | Peter Meechan | Listen |
| Jubilant Dialogue (CA) | Coakley, Donald | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Land of the Midnight Sun (CA) | Buckley, Robert | HL / Musicworks | Listen |
| Little Concert Suite, A | Reed, Alfred | HL/Marks | Listen |
| Lyric Essay (CA) | Coakley, Donald | Eighth Note | Listen |
| One Life Beautiful | Giroux, Julie | Musica Propria | Listen |
| Puszta | van der Roost, Jan | HL/de Haske | Listen |
| Suite on Canadian Folk Songs (CA) | Calvert, Morley | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Symbiopholie (CA) | Dagenais, Jonathan | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Thin Places (CA) | Thomas, Bill | Eighth Note | Listen |
Class/Classe B300
| At Morning's First Light | Gillingham, David R. | C. Alan | Listen |
| Blue Lake and Rocky Shore (CA) | Thomas, Bill | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Chasing Sunlight (CA) | Nishimura, Cait | Cait Nishimura | Listen |
| Flourish for Wind Band | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Oxford University Press | Listen |
| Matters of Kindness (CA) | Kristofferson, Kenley | Grand Mesa | Listen |
| Old Churches (CA) | Colgrass, Michael | HL/Bandquest | Listen |
| Prairie Wedding (CA) | Kristofferson, Kenley | Barnhouse | Listen |
| Rocky Mountain Lullaby (CA) | Venter, Christiaan | Venter | Listen |
| Sea of Marmora (CA) | Gilliland, Allan | musicdirectltd.com | Listen |
| Sure on this Shining Night | Barber, Samuel/Saucedo, Richard | HL/Schirmer | Listen |
| Tricycle | Boysen, Andrew | Kjos | Listen |
| Variations On A Rollicking Tune (CA) | Sirulnikoff, Jack | Counterpoint | Listen |
| When The Sun Comes After Rain (CA) | Emery, Matthew/Hammell, Evan | EKR Hammell | Listen |
| Wings (CA) | Gassi, Vince | Alfred | Listen |
| Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon | Grainger, Percy | Hal Leonard | Listen |
| Yorkshire Ballad | Barnes, James | HL/Southern | Listen |
Class/Classe B200
| Ancient Flower | Nishimura, Yukiko | Carl Fischer | Listen |
| Donkey Riding (CA) | Coakley, Donald | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Fanfare, Ode and Festival | Margolis, Bob | Manhattan Beach | Listen |
| French-Canadian Suite, A (CA) | MacLaughlin, Arnold | Bourne | |
| Hush (CA) | Thomas, Bill | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Marcha Pacifica (CA) | Fortin, Michel | Machine-a-notes | |
| Newfoundland Folk Song (CA) | Duff, Jim | Alfred | |
| Of Gentle Spirit | Owens, William | FJH | Listen |
| Prelude and Pursuit | Sweeney, Michael | Hal Leonard | Listen |
| Rhythm Stand | Higdon, Jennifer | HL/Bandquest | Listen |
| Scene in Iqaluit (CA) | Cable, Howard | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Scottish Ballade, A | Sheldon, Robert | Alfred | Listen |
| Three Czech Folk Songs | Vinson, Johnnie | Hal Leonard | Listen |
| Where Mountains Touch the Sky (CA) | Buckley, Robert | HL / Musicworks | Listen |
| Zenith (CA) | Meechan, Peter | Peter Meechan | Listen |
Class/Classe B100
| All Ye Young Sailors | La Plante, Pierre | Daehn | Listen |
| Ancient Moon | Del Borgo, Elliot | Alfred | Listen |
| Band in the Square, The | La Plante, Pierre | Daehn | Listen |
| Battle Pavane, The | Susato, Tielman/Margolis, Bob | Manhattan Beach | Listen |
| Big Raven (CA) | Gassi, Vince | Alfred | Listen |
| Chinese Folk Song Medley | Garofalo, Robert J. | Grand Mesa | Listen |
| Colliding Visions | Balmages, Brian | FJH | Listen |
| Court Festival | Pearson, Bruce | Kjos | Listen |
| Crusade (CA) | Gassi, Vince | Alfred | Listen |
| Early One Morning (CA) | Marlatt, David | Eighth Note | Listen |
| In the Wake of Spring | Swearingen, James | Alfred | Listen |
| Land of the Silver Birch (CA) | Coakley, Donald | Comprint or Eighth Note | Listen |
| Last Voyage of the Queen Anne's Revenge (CA) | Meeboer, Ryan | Eighth Note | Listen |
| Nottingham Castle | Daehn, Larry | Daehn | Listen |
| Prelude and Celebration (CA) | Dagenais, Jonathan | Eighth Note Publishing | Listen |
| Royal Gardens | Vertoske, Michael | Grand Mesa | Listen |
| Starlit Night, A | Swearingen, James | Alfred | Listen |
| Water is Wide, The | Griffin, Julie | Hal Leonard | Listen |
