Music being worked on in 2025, with links to example performances

Last significant update 11th November 2025

The music listed below is required at all rehearsals, plus your black playout folder, plus the double sheet with 10 warmup pieces on it, and “36 Chorales for Band”.  Other music can be left at home, and adequate notice will be given if it is needed.

Current pieces

The list of our current pieces is mainly in the section “Playout pieces” (below), but also includes the following pieces.  Please have them with you at every rehearsal.

  1. The Wizard of Oz – Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg (arr James Barnes)  Listen
  2. Extra! Extra! – Daniel Moore  Listen (1st mvt)
  3. The Wild One! – Brian Balmages  Listen
  4. By Loch and Mountain – Robert Smith  Listen
  5. A Night in Tunisia – John “Dizzy” Gillespie (arr Paul Murtha)  Listen
  6. Danse Carnivale – Randall Standridge  Listen
  7. Tarantella – Carol Brittin Chambers  Listen 1  Listen 2
  8. Jesus Christ Superstar – Andrew Lloyd-Webber (arr Henry Mancini/John Moss)  Listen 1  Listen 2
  9. Crooner’s Serenade – arr Justin Williams  Listen
  10. Billy Joel in Concert – arr Paul Murtha  Listen
  11. Selections from Mary Poppins – Richard Sherman (arr Ted Ricketts)  Listen
  12. Yesterday – John Lennon/Paul McCartney (arr Michael Brown)  Listen
  13. The Girl I Left Behind Me – arr Leroy Anderson  Listen
  14. Eric Clapton On Stage – arr Paul Murtha  Listen
  15. Copacabana – Barry Manilow (arr Richard Saucedo)  Listen
  16. Pirates Revenge – Adrian Sims  Listen
  17. Summertime – George Gershwin (arr Robert Longfield)  Listen
  18. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen (arr Michael Brown)  Listen
  19. Jericho, Behind the Wall – David Weirich  Listen (audio only)

Playout pieces

The pieces listed above should be brought to all rehearsals.

Music on loan

The two pieces in this list were loaned to us by Sarah for sight reading practice.  If you have a paper copy of either, please return it to Sarah.  If you have the piece on an electronic device, please delete it ASAP.

  1. The Queen of Soul – arr Paul Murtha  Listen
  2. Take on Me – Pal Waaktaar & Magne Furuholmne (arr Paul Murtha)  Listen

If you think we should have either of these two arrangements in our repertoire, talk to Sarah.

Not current pieces

This list covers all the pieces which were previously on the “2025 music” page and are no longer current.  There is no need to bring them to all rehearsals.  If they’re needed, you’ll receive notification beforehand.

  1. A Childhood Remembered – Rossano Galante  Listen
  2. Fantasia on Greensleeves – Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr Douglas Wagner)  Listen
  3. From Glen to Glen – Robert Sheldon  Listen to an introduction and the world premiere  Listen to another performance
  4. The Hive – Erik Morales  Listen
  5. Iberian Escapades – Robert Sheldon  Listen
  6. A Longford Legend – Robert Sheldon  Listen
  7. March-Bou-Shu – Satoshi Yagisawa  Listen
  8. Music from Tombstone – Bruce Broughton (arr Ted Ricketts)  Listen
  9. Rising from the Ashes – Alan Lourens  Listen
  10. Shepherds Dance (from Amahl and the Night Visitors) – Gian Carlo Menotti (arr Johnnie Vinson)  Listen
  11. Slavonic March – Antonín Dvořák (arr Robert Longfield)  Listen
  12. Sogno Di Volare – Christopher Tin (arr Matt Conaway)  Listen (average performance)  Listen (definitive performance)  Listen (orchestra and choir)
  13. Variants on an English Sea Song – arr Zachary Docter  Listen
  14. West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein (arr WJ Duthoit)  Listen

Black playout folder

Your playout folder should be a black plastic A4 display folder (one of those folders with the clear pockets, available from most $2 shops).  The intention is to provide a fairly uniform view of the music stands, so keep it on your stand throughout the performance, even if you remove the individual charts to play them.

Please refer to the “Playout pieces” list, above, and update your playout folder accordingly.


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