Repertoire of the Northern Beaches Concert Band
2025
- Billy Joel in Concert – arr Paul Murtha Listen
- Crooner’s Serenade – arr Justin Williams Listen
- Danzas Cubanas – Robert Sheldon Listen – Robert Sheldon conducting
- Danse Carnivale – Randall Standridge Listen
- Deus Ex Machina – Randall Standridge Listen
- Jericho, Behind the Wall – David Weirich Listen (audio only)
- Me odia tanto – R Tilley Listen (audio only)
- Mischievous Behavior – Rossano Galante Listen
- Pirates Revenge – Adrian Sims Listen
- Selections from Mary Poppins – Richard Sherman (arr Ted Ricketts) Listen
- The Wild One! – Brian Balmages Listen
- The Wizard of Oz – Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg (arr James Barnes) Listen
2024
- Arabian Dances – Brian Balmages Listen
- Atlantis: the Lost Continent – Rob Romeyn Listen
- Choreography – Robert Sheldon Listen
- Fantasy Sketches – Johnnie Vinson Listen
- The Girl I Left Behind Me – arr Leroy Anderson Listen
- Jesus Christ Superstar – Andrew Lloyd-Webber (arr Henry Mancini/John Moss) Listen 1 Listen 2
- Lawrence of Arabia – Maurice Jarre (arr Alfred Reed) Listen
- A Night in Tunisia – John “Dizzy” Gillespie (arr Paul Murtha) Listen
- Rising from the Ashes – Alan Lourens Listen
- Smoke and Mirrors – Robert Buckley Listen
- Tarantella – Carol Brittin Chambers Listen 1 Listen 2
- Thrash – Randall Standridge Listen
- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor – JS Bach (arr Matt Riley) Listen
2023
- Copacabana – Barry Manilow (arr Richard Saucedo) Listen
- Dance of the Imp – Daniel Samuel Listen
- Fantasia on Greensleeves – Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr Douglas Wagner) Listen
- From Glen to Glen – Robert Sheldon Listen to an introduction and the world premiere Listen to another performance
- A Longford Legend – Robert Sheldon Listen
- Iberian Escapades – Robert Sheldon Listen
- Music from Tombstone – Bruce Broughton (arr Ted Ricketts) Listen
- Slavonic March – Antonín Dvořák (arr Robert Longfield) Listen
- Sogno Di Volare – Christopher Tin (arr Matt Conaway) Listen (average performance) Listen (definitive performance) Listen (orchestra and choir)
- Variants on an English Sea Song – arr Zachary Docter Listen
- West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein (arr WJ Duthoit) Listen
- Yesterday – John Lennon/Paul McCartney (arr Michael Brown) Listen
2022
- Carmina Burana – Carl Orff (arr Joe Bocook) Listen
- El Gato Montés – Manuel Penella (arr Shelley Hanson) Listen
- The Hive – Erik Morales Listen
- Italian Holiday – Robert Longfield Listen
- Shepherds Dance (from Amahl and the Night Visitors) – Gian Carlo Menotti (arr Johnnie Vinson) Listen
- Theme from The Godfather – Nino Rota (arr John Mortimer) Listen
- Wild Rose Jamboree – Robert Buckley Listen
2021
- Aladdin – Alan Menken (arr John Moss) Listen
- A Childhood Remembered – Rossano Galante Listen
- Country Gardens – Percy Grainger (arr Brant Karrick) Listen
- Eric Clapton On Stage – arr Paul Murtha Listen
- Extra! Extra! – Daniel Moore Listen (1st mvt)
- Glenn Miller In Concert – arr Paul Murtha Listen
- Street Tango – Astor Piazzolla (arr Robert Longfield) Listen
2020
- El Camino Real – Alfred Reed (arr Robert Longfield) Listen 1 Listen 2
- Celtic Voyage – Melanie Donahue Listen
- Cinema Paradiso – E & A Morricone (arr Robert Longfield) Listen 1 Listen 2
- Fuego del Alma – Carl Strommen Listen Syncopated clapping helper (thanks Warrick)
- Jitterbug – Robert Buckley Listen 1 Listen 2
- Moonlight Sonata – Ludwig von Beethoven (arr Andrew Poor) Listen or possibly the reason for Beethoven’s deafness 1st mvt 3rd mvt
- Scarborough Fair – arr Calvin Custer Listen 1 Listen 2
2019
- Ammerland – Jacob de Haan
- Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma (arr Larry Clark)
- Big Band Tribute – arr John Wasson Listen
- Cartoon Symphony – arr Larry Clark Listen
- Coldplay on Stage – Guy Berryman (arr Michael Brown) Listen
- Folk Songs from the British Isles – arr Douglass Wagner
- Klezmer Fantasy – Marcel Saurer Listen
- Main Street Celebration – Steven Reineke Listen
- Malkauns – Lindsay Boyd Listen
- Moravian Dance – Travis Weller; Listen
- New York 1927 – Warren Barker Listen
- The Ocean of Fire – Jeremy Bell
- Un Petit Café à Paris – Jeremy Bell Listen
- Salute to the Cinema – arr Carl Strommen
- Summertime – George Gershwin (arr Robert Longfield) Listen
- Winds of Morocco – Robert Sheldon Listen
2018
- All the Pretty Little Horses – arr Andrew Boysen Jr
- Amparito Roca – Jaime Texidor (arr Gary Fagan) Listen
- Armenian Rhapsody – Johnnie Vinson
- Baba Yetu (Swahili adaptation of the Lord’s Prayer, theme song for the video game Civilization IV) – Christopher Tin (arr DE Wagner) Listen Wikipedia information Definitive performance conducted by the composer
- The Blues Brothers Review – arr Jay Bocook
- Disco Lives – arr Johnnie Vinson Listen
- Don’t Stop Me Now – Freddie Mercury (arr Paul Murtha)
- Einherjar – Warriors of Valhalla – Jeremy Bell
- Encanto – Robert Smith
- Flower Duet (from Lakmé) – Leo Delibes (arr Jerry Brubaker) Listen
- Georgia on my Mind – Hoagy Carmichael (arr Michael Brown) Listen
- In a Persian Market – Akbert Ketèlbey
- The Irish Baker – arr Robert Longfield Listen
- King Cotton – JP Sousa (arr Bill Holcombe)
- March of the Belgian Paratroopers – Pierre Leemans (arr James Swearingen)
- March of the Trolls – Edvard Grieg (arr Brian Beck)
- Moon River – Henry Mancini (arr Michael Brown) Listen (alto sax solo) Listen (trombone solo) Listen (clarinet solo) Listen (tenor sax solo)
- Nostalgia – Rossano Galante
- Oblivion – Astor Piazzolla (arr Robert Longfield)
- Pavane pour une Infante Défunte – Maurice Ravel (arr Jerry Brubaker)
- The phantom of Dark Hollow – Robert Sheldon
- Santana in Concert – arr Michael Brown Listen
- Sinatra in Concert – arr Jerry Nowak Listen
- Stevie Wonder in Concert – arr Paul Murtha Listen
- Ugandan Festival – Kevin Mixon
- Waltz #2 – Dmitri Shostakovich (arr James Curnow)
2017
- Across the Currituck Sound – James Hosay Listen
- Africa – David Paich & Jeff Porcaro (arr Jerry Davis)
- Concerto for Young Artist(s) and Band – Quincy Hilliard
- Elvis: the Legend Lives On – arr David Marshall
- Exuberance – Adrian Hallam
- Selections From Fiddler on the Roof – Jerry Bock (arr Bob Lowden)
- Golliwogg’s Cakewalk – Claude Debussy (arr Brian Lewis)
- Highland Celebration – Alan Lee Silva
- An Irish Air – arr Robert Sheldon Listen
- Klezmer Dances – Stephen Bulla
- March-Bou-Shu – Satoshi Yagisawa Listen
- Marche Slave – Peter Tchaikovsky (arr Jim Curnow)
- Die Meistersinger – Richard Wagner (arr Mike Story)
- Mt Everest – Rossano Galante
- Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin (arr Jim Curnow)
- Serenata – Franz Schubert (arr Flavio Vicentini)
- South Pacific – Richard Rodgers (arr Philip Lang)
- Sweet Hour of Prayer – William Bradbury (arr Fred Allen)
- Teddy Bears’ Picnic – John Bratton (arr Adrian Hallam )
- Tijuana Brass in Concert – arr Ted Ricketts
Previously …
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson (arr Robert Longfield)
- Appalatian Morning – Robert Sheldon
- Baroque Reflections – Sandy Feldstein & John O’Reilly
- Big Band Superhits – arr Paul Murtha
- By Loch and Mountain – Robert Smith Listen
- Camino del Sol – Steve Hodges
- Caravan – Duke Ellington; Irving Mills & Juan Tizol (arr Richard Saucedo)
- Celtic Air and Dance (no. 2) – arr Michael Sweeny
- Ceremony, Chant and Ritual – David Shaffer
- Chorale and Canon – Thomas Tallis (arr John Kinyon)
- Coventry Carol – arr Richard Saucedo
- An English Sea Song Suite – Philip Sparke
- El Espiritu de Valencia – Robert Smith
- Family Guy – Walter Murphy (arr Paul Murtha)
- Fanfare for the Common Man – Aaron Copland (arr Robert Longfield) Listen
- Game of Thrones – Ramin Djawadi (arr Michael Brown)
- Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen (arr Michael Brown) Listen
- Happy (Despicable Me 2) – Pharrell William (arr Michael Brown)
- Hogan’s Heroes – Jerry Fielding (arr Eric Osterling)
- Kronos – Robert Smith
- Lady Gaga Fugue – Stefani Germanotta & Nadir Khayat (arr Giovanni Dettpri & Johnnie Vinson)
- Llwyn Onn – Brian Hogg
- The Lord of the Rings – arr Ralph Ford Listen
- The Man from Snowy River – Bruce Rowland (arr Jay Bocook) Listen
- The Mask of Zorro – James Horner (arr John Moss)
- Reflections – James Swearingen
- Rhapsody of the Sea – John Moss
- Salute to Louis Armstrong – arr Eric Osterling
- Sands of the Sahara – Larry Neeck
- September – Maurice White; Al McKay & Allee Willis (arr Paul Murtha)
- Stairway to Heaven – Jimmy Page & Robert Plant (arr Roy Phillippe)
- Suite for Winds – Jerry Nowak
- Sway – Pablo Ruiz (arr Michael Brown)
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond (arr Johnnie Vinson)
- Yorkshire Ballad – James Barnes
- Zia, Zia – Claude Smith
Seasonal
- Advance Australia Fair – Peter Dodds McCormick (arr Mike Butcher)
- Australian Medley No 1 – arr Mike Butcher Listen
- Botany Bay – arr Lloyd Conley
- I Still Call Australia Home – Peter Allen (arr Ray Lawn)
- A Merry Mozart Christmas – Wolfgang Mozart (arr Brian Lewis) Listen
- Minka’s Sleigh Ride – Pierre La Plante Listen
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Johnny Marks (arr Luther Henderson) Listen
- Sing we now of Christmas – arr Larry Kerchner Listen
- Twenty Carols in 2 Minutes – arr Mark Williams Listen