Barnstormers March
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Grade 2

SKU: CL.011-3721-01

Composed by Orcino. Young Concert Band. Command Series. Audio recording available separately (item CL.WFR359). Extra full score. Composed 2008. Duration 1 minute, 50 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #011-3721-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.011-3721-01).

The golden age of daredevil pilots comes to life in Len Orcino’s delightful "Barnstormers March." This rousing march begins with a ratchet as the cranking of the propeller. The engine sputters to life and off the listener goes on his free ride into the air, as the music emulates the biplane and all its loops, dives, tricks and stunts. This open-air cockpit ride creates its thrills with musical devices. Parallel chromatic and diminished seventh chords will add new sounds to your bands vocabulary. You’ll label this one a real "toe-tapper". It’s sure to become a pops concert standard.

About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series

The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.