NOTE TO DIRECTORS:
Only works listed on this year’s syllabus will satisfy the syllabus requirement for the 2018 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). SCROLL BELOW THIS SYLLABUS FOR ADDITIONAL NON-SYLLABUS SUGGESTED CANADIAN COMPOSITIONS.
Canadian Content is noted with a “(CA)”
Class/Classe B600
| Awayday | Gorb | Maecenas |
| Banks of Newfoundland (CA) | Cable | Eighth Note |
| Children’s March | Grainger/Rogers | HL/Southern |
| Circuits | McTee | Bill Holab |
| Crossing Parallels | Salfelder | HL/Boosey & Hawkes |
| Frenergy (CA) | Estacio/Linklater | HL/Boosey & Hawkes |
| Give Us This Day | Maslanka | Fischer |
| Lincolnshire Posy (Any 4 Movements) | Grainger | Ludwig |
| Overture to Candide | Bernstein/Grundman | B & H |
| Polytechnique (CA) | Dagenais | Hafabra |
| Sonics (CA) | Coakley | Eighth Note |
| Symphonic Overture | Barnes | HL/Southern |
| Variants on a Medieval Tune | Dello Joio | HL / EBMarks |
Class/Classe B500
| Bali (CA) | Colgrass | Fischer |
| Blue Lake Overture | Chance | HL/Boosey & Hawkes |
| Chester | Schuman | Theodore Presser |
| Chorale and Shaker Dance | Zdechlik | Kjos |
| Free Running (CA) | Buckley | HL / Musicworks |
| Genesis (CA) | Gassi | Alfred / Belwin |
| Handel in the Strand | Graineger/Schissel | Barnhouse |
| Medieval Suite (one movement) | Nelson | Ludwig Masters |
| Original Suite, An | Jacob | HL/Boosey & Hawkes |
| Psalm for Band | Persichetti | Carl Fischer |
| Romantic Variations (CA) | Calvert | Counterpoint |
| Scotch Cap Overture (CA) | Fortin | Éditions machine à notes |
| Two Native Legends (CA) | Williams | Eighth Note |
| Under the Butterfly's Wing (CA) | Stetner | LES |
Class/Classe B400
| Amazing Grace | Ticheli | Manhattan Beach |
| Arkhangelsk (CA) | Smallman | Lighthouse |
| Colours and Contrasts of Grief, The (CA) | Suchan | Eighth Note |
| Fisher Who Died in His Bed, The (CA) | Herberman | Northdale |
| From Chaos to the Birth of a Dancing Star (CA) | Bell | Canadian Music Centre |
| I Am | Boysen, Jr. | Kjos |
| Jubilant Dialogue (CA) | Coakley | Eighth Note |
| Land of the Midnight Sun (CA) | Buckley | HL / Musicworks |
| Little Concert Suite, A | Alfred Reed | HL/Marks |
| Lyric Essay (CA) | Coakley | Eighth Note |
| Puszta | van der Roost | HL/de Haske |
| Space Symphony, A | Giroux | HL / Southern |
| Suite on Canadian Folk Songs (CA) | Calvert | Eighth Note |
| Symbiopholie (CA) | Dagenais | Eighth Note Publishing |
| Thin Places (CA) | Thomas | Eighth Note |
Class/Classe B300
| Ammerland | de Haan | HL/de Haske |
| At Morning's First Light | Gillingham | C. Alan |
| Blue Lake and Rocky Shore (CA) | Thomas | Eighth Note |
| Chasing Sunlight (CA) | C. Nishimura | caitnishimura.com |
| Down A Country Lane | Copland/Patterson | HL/Boosey & Hawkes |
| Filum Vitae (CA) | Kristofferson | Daehn |
| Flourish for Wind Band | Vaughan Williams | Oxford University Press |
| Mystery on Mena Mountain | Giroux | HL/Southern |
| Old Churches (CA) | Colgrass | HL/Bandquest |
| Rocky Mountain Lullaby (CA) | Venter | Venter |
| Sea of Marmora (CA) | Gilliland | musicdirectltd.com |
| They Came Sailing (CA) | Jutras | Barnhouse |
| Tricycle | Boysen | Kjos |
| Variations On A Rollicking Tune (CA) | Sirulnikoff | Counterpoint |
| Wings (CA) | Gassi | Alfred |
| Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon | Grainger | Hal Leonard |
| Yorkshire Ballad | Barnes | HL/Southern |
Class/Classe B200
| Ancient Flower | Y. Nishimura | Carl Fischer |
| Donkey Riding (CA) | Coakley | Eighth Note |
| Dorian Haiku | Watson | Alfred |
| Fanfare, Ode and Festival | Margolis | Manhattan Beach |
| French-Canadian Suite, A (CA) | MacLaughlin | Bourne |
| Hush (CA) | Thomas | Eighth Note |
| Marcha Pacifica (CA) | Fortin | Machine-a-notes |
| Newfoundland Folk Song (CA) | Duff | Alfred |
| Of Gentle Spirit | Owens | FJH |
| Prelude and Pursuit | Sweeney | Hal Leonard |
| Rhythm Stand | Higdon | HL/Bandquest |
| Scene in Iqaluit (CA) | Cable | Eighth Note |
| Scottish Ballade, A | Sheldon | Alfred |
| Three Czech Folk Songs | Vinson | Hal Leonard |
| Where Mountains Touch the Sky (CA) | Buckley | HL / Musicworks |
Class/Classe B100
| All Ye Young Sailors | La Plante | Daehn |
| Ancient Moon | Del Borgo | Alfred |
| Band in the Square, The | La Plante | Daehn |
| Battle Pavane, The | Susato/Margolis | Manhattan Beach |
| Big Raven (CA) | Gassi | Alfred |
| Chinese Folk Song Medley | Garofalo | Grand Mesa |
| Colliding Visions | Balmages | FJH |
| Court Festival | Pearson | Kjos |
| Crusade (CA) | Gassi | Alfred |
| Early One Morning (CA) | Marlatt | Eighth Note |
| In the Wake of Spring | Swearingen | Alfred |
| Land of the Silver Birch (CA) | Coakley | Comprint or Eighth Note |
| Last Voyage of Queen Anne's Revenge (CA) | Meeboer | Eighth Note |
| Nottingham Castle | Daehn | Daehn |
| Prelude and Celebration (CA) | Dagenais | Eighth Note Publishing |
| Royal Gardens | Vertoske | Grand Mesa |
| Starlit Night, A | Swearingen | Alfred |
| Water is Wide, The | Griffin | Hal Leonard |
Canadian Repertoire for Concert Band
Note to directors: This is not the syllabus. 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
| *Banks of Newfoundland | Cable | Eighth Note | |
| *Frenergy | Estacio/Linklater | HL/Boosey & Hawkes | |
| *Polytechnique | Dagenais | Hafabra | |
| *Sonics | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| 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 | |
Class/Classe B500
| *Bali | Colgrass | Fischer | |
| *Free Running | Buckley | HL / Musicworks | |
| *Genesis | Gassi | Alfred / Belwin | |
| *Romantic Variations | Calvert | Counterpoint | |
| *Scotch Cap Overture | Fortin | Éditions machine à notes | |
| *Two Native Legends | Williams | Eighth Note | |
| *Under the Butterfly's Wing | Stetner | LES | |
| Bali | Colgrass | Carl Fischer | |
| Colour Wheel | Forsyth | Counterpoint | |
| Fall Fair | Ridout/Fralick | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Free Running | Buckley | Hal Leonard | |
| 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 | |
| Sodbuster | Raum | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Stella | Dagenais | GAM | |
| Suite of Miniature Dances | Applebaum | Northdale | |
| Two Native Legends | Max Williams | Eighth Note | |
| Under the Butterfly’s Wing | Stetner | LES | |
Class/Classe B400
| *Arkhangelsk | Smallman | Lighthouse | |
| *Colours and Contrasts of Grief, The | Suchan | Eighth Note | |
| *Fisher Who Died in His Bed, The | Herberman | Northdale | |
| *From Chaos to the Birth of a Dancing Star | Bell | Canadian Music Centre | |
| *Jubilant Dialogue | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| *Land of the Midnight Sun | Buckley | HL / Musicworks | |
| *Lyric Essay | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| *Suite on Canadian Folk Songs | Calvert | Eighth Note | |
| *Symbiopholie | Dagenais | Eighth Note Publishing | |
| *Thin Places | Thomas | Eighth Note | |
| Antiphonals | Coakley | BRS | |
| Arkhangelsk | Smallman | Lighthouse | |
| 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 | |
| Jubilant Dialogue | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| Land of the Midnight Sun | Buckley | Hal Leonard | |
| 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 | |
| Tabula Rasa | MacDonald/Hopkins | | |
| Thin Places | Thomas | Eighth Note | |
| Toccata Festiva | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
Class/Classe B300
| *Blue Lake and Rocky Shore | Thomas | Eighth Note | |
| *Chasing Sunlight | C. Nishimura | caitnishimura.com | |
| *Filum Vitae | Kristofferson | Daehn | |
| *Old Churches | Colgrass | HL/Bandquest | |
| *Rocky Mountain Lullaby | Venter | Venter | |
| *Sea of Marmora | Gilliland | musicdirectltd.com | |
| *They Came Sailing | Jutras | Barnhouse | |
| *Variations On A Rollicking Tune | Sirulnikoff | Counterpoint | |
| *Wings | Gassi | Alfred | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | | |
| Moventa | Jutras | Barnhouse | |
| Ned the Neck | Morlock | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Old Churches | Colgrass | HL/Bandquest | |
| Prairie Wedding | Kristofferson | Daehn | |
| Rocky Mountain Lullaby | Venter | christiaanventer.com or CMC | |
| 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 | |
| Windjammer | Buckley | Hal Leonard | |
| Wings | Gassi | Alfred | |
Class/Classe B200
| *Donkey Riding | Coakley | Eighth Note | |
| *French-Canadian Suite, A | MacLaughlin | Bourne | |
| *Hush | Thomas | Eighth Note | |
| *Marcha Pacifica | Fortin | Machine-a-notes | |
| *Newfoundland Folk Song | Duff | Alfred | |
| *Scene in Iqaluit | Cable | Eighth Note | |
| *Where Mountains Touch the Sky | Buckley | HL / Musicworks | |
| 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 | Hal Leonard | |
Class/Classe B100
| *Big Raven | Gassi | Alfred | |
| *Crusade | Gassi | Alfred | |
| *Early One Morning | Marlatt | Eighth Note | |
| *Land of the Silver Birch | Coakley | Comprint or Eighth Note | |
| *Last Voyage of Queen Anne's Revenge | Meeboer | Eighth Note | |
| *Prelude and Celebration | Dagenais | Eighth Note Publishing | |
| 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 | Eighth Note | |
| Land of the Silver Birch | Court | HL/Curnow | |
| Last Voyage of the Queen Anne’s Revenge | Meeboer | Eighth Note | |
| Prelude and Celebration | Dagenais | Eighth Note | |
| World Away, A | Meeboer & Marlatt | Eighth Note | |
*List created by Dr. Mark Hopkins (Acadia University) and Dr. Jason Caslor (Arizona State University)
