African Journey

Brian Balmages

Brian Balmages

General Info

Year: 2001
Duration: c. 2:40
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company, Inc
Cost: Score and Parts - $45.00   |   Score - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
F Horn
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Cymbals (crash and suspended)
• Glockenspiel
• Snare Drum
• Tom-Toms (Opt.)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The use of "snares off" and a tom-tom part will take your students on a musical safari with African Journey. Open 4ths and 5ths create a very mysterious setting. The piece also features some excellent contrapuntal writing between the ostinato figures and the melodic line that will keep student interest high during both rehearsal and performance time.

Program Note from Publisher Web-site

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Recent Performances

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Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Arith-Metric No. 1 (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• Blue Ridge Reel (Adaptable Band) (2013/2020)
• Colliding Visions (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
• Moscow, 1941 (Adaptable Band) (2006/2020)

All Wind Works

• African Journey (2001)
• Always United, Forever Strong (2013)
• American Big Top (2018)
• Among the Clouds (2004)
• Apollo (2008)
• Arabian Dances (2009)
• Arith-Metric No. 1 (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• The Awakening (2003)
• Backstage Pass (2015)
• Beyond the Summit (2004)
• Blue Ridge Reel (2013)
• Blue Ridge Reel (Adaptable Band) (2013/2020)
• Breaking Point (2019)
• Bright Morning Stars
• Bringer of War (2017)
• Call of the Wild (2013)
• Camptown Variations
• Chant and Savage Dance (2005)
• Chesapeake Serenade
• Colliding Visions (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
• Comet Ride
• Conquest
• Courtly Dance and Procession
• Dragonfly
• Eagles Among Us (2017)
• Elements (2010)
• Enchantment (2014)
• Endless Rainbows (2013)
• Escapades
• Escape from the Deep (2010)
• Etowah
• Evocatio (2014)
• Falcon Fanfare (2012)
• Fanfare Canzonique (2003)
• Fanfare on a Theme of Imagination (2015)
• A Festive Fanfare (2017)
• A Festive Finale (2019)
• Fiesta de los Toros (2017)
• Five Progressive Chorales for Developing Bands
• Flight
• Flight of the Griffin
• Forever... (2014)
• Fusion (2007)
• Gettysburg (A Civil War Portrait)
• Grace (2016)
• Groove Music (2013)
• Haunted Clocks (2014)
• A Hero's Destiny
• Homage to Bharat (2018)
• A House Divided (2013)
• Hypnotic Fireflies (2013)
• Images of Ireland
• Incantation and Ritual
• In Nature's Glory
• Industrial Loops (2017)
• Infinite Hope (2018)
• Instant Christmas Spirit
• Into the Arctic (2015)
• Invictus
• Jingle Bell Tones
• Journey By Night (1998)
• Journey for a Soldier (2010)
• Joy in All Things (2012)
• Joy of Life (2015)
• Jungle Dance (2011)
• Kilauea (The Volcano's Fury)
• Kindred Spirits (2009)
• Legacy (Processional for Band)
• Legend
• Legend of the Drop Bear (2016)
• A Light at the End of Forever (2016)
• Loudoun Praises
• Love and Light (2020)
• Lullaby to the Moon (2017)
• Majestica
• Marche Diabolique (2014)
• Metal (2013)
• Metamorphic Dances (2019)
• Midnight on Main Street (2009)
• Midnight Suite
  • Midnight Mission
  • Midnight Sky (2006)
  • Midnight Madness
• Miramar Fanfare
• Moscow, 1941 (2006)
• Moscow, 1941 (Adaptable Band) (2006/2020)
• Motion (2006)
• Nevermore (2011)
• Not Afraid to Dream (2006)
• O Mio Babbino Caro
• Of Emperors and Chariots
• Olympia
• Open Space (2014)
• Parade of the Jesters
• Pele (2004)
• Phasing Thunder (2014)
• Pikes Peak (2019)
• Primal Dances (2018)
• Proclamation
• Proudly We Hail
• Raging Machines
• Rain (2008)
• Renaissance Reimagined (2017)
• Reverberations (2009)
• Rhythms and Riffs‎
• Rippling Watercolors (2015)
• Rite of Passage (2000)
• Rocky Mountain Romp
• Sapier's Story
• Shadow Waltzes (2016)
• Shadows Unleashed (2013)
• Shenandoah Triptych
• Shrine of the Fallen (2016)
• Silence Overwhelmed (2010)
• Smithsonian Suite
• A Solitary Wish (2017/2018)
• Sound Prisms (2002)
• Sparks (2007)
• Spirit of the Stallion (2016)
• Spontaneous Beings (2017)
• Star Above, Shine Brightly (2001)
• The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2014)
• Starscapes (2007)
• Summer Dances (2000)
• Summer Resounding!
• Summit City
• Sun Cycles (2012)
• Swirling Prisms
• Symphonic Episodes
• Symphony No. 1 for Brass
• Synthesis (2016)
• Temple of the Murals (2011)
• That Which Binds Us (2015)
• Three Celtic Dances (2008)
• Thrill Ride (2019)
• Through Courageous Eyes (2003)
• Trust in Angels (2017)
• Twittering Machine (2017)
• A View of the World (2001)
• Waves
• When Spirits Soar (2006)
• Whispering Winds
• Winged Victory (2007)
• Winter Dances
• Within the Castle Walls (2012)

Resources

• Brian Balmages website