Michael Story

Michael Story

Biography

Michael Story (b. 27 April 1956, Philadelphia, Penn.) is an American composer and arranger of band music.

Mr. Story holds bachelor and master degrees in music education from the University of Houston, where he served as assistant director of the UH Cougar Marching Band under the leadership of Dr. William Moffit. His first piece was published by Studio P/R of Lebanon, Indiana, when he was only 20 years old.

Mr. Story has been an exclusive writer for Columbia Pictures Publications, CPP/Belwin, and Warner Bros. Publications. Currently a full-time writer with Alfred Music Publishing, he has over 1,200 compositions and arrangements published for concert band, marching band, jazz ensemble, and orchestra, as well as numerous solo and ensemble collections. Many of his concert band pieces can be found on numerous required state music lists, and his Big & Easy Marching Band Series has been an industry leader for over 30 years. He has written extensively for college, high school, junior high school, and elementary school bands as well as for professional groups including the Houston Pops Orchestra. Adept at writing for all levels, he is most known for his numerous publications for young or developing concert and marching bands.

Michael has been a contributing arranger and composer for numerous band methods, including the First Division Band Course, the Medalist Band Course, and the 21st Century Band Method. He is also a chief music arranger for the Expressions Music Curriculum, the first-ever comprehensive K-12 music program, as well as a composer/arranger/author for its band component, Band Expressions.

Mr. Story also serves as editor/producer for Marching Band Publications with Alfred, a position he also held at Warner Bros. Publications from 2000 to 2005.

Works for Winds

Adaptable Music

• Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Christmas Holiday March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)

All Wind Works

• 25 or 6 to 4 (as arranger)
• And to All a Good Night (with Robert W. Smith) (2004)
• Annunciation (2020)
• Astronomica (2020)
• Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Ayrshire Portrait (as arranger) (2001)
• Aztec Dance (1997)
• Barnburner (2017)
• The Batman Theme (as arranger) (1966/1989)
• The Batman Theme (as arranger) (1989/1997)
• Best of the West! (as arranger) (2018)
• Bruno Mars Four-Pack (as arranger) (2016/2019)
• Carnaval de Brasil (2000)
• A Cartoon Christmas (as arranger) (2001)
• Chant de Noël (as arranger) (2016)
• The Chase (2013)
• A Christmas Celebration (1985)
• Christmas Holiday March (2020)
• Contempo (2004)
• Creepy Crawlies (1999)
• The Curse of Tutankhamun (2001)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
• Dragon Dance (2010)
• Duel of the Fates (as arranger) (1999)
• Encore! (2013)
• España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/2008)
• Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger) (1918/2014)
• Fum, Fum, Fum (2010)
• Ghost Ship (2012)
• Ghostbusters (as arranger) (1984/2016)
• The Gladiator (as arranger) (1886/2015)
• Good King Nutcracker (as arranger) (2012)
• Graduation Suite (as arranger) (2002)
• Holiday Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 1 (as arranger) (1948/2015)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (as arranger) (1966/1994/2000)
• Highlights from "The Wizard of Oz" (as arranger) (1939/1999)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)
• Irish Air and Dance (2008)
• It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (as arranger) (1963/2001)
• Jingle Bell Rock (as arranger) (1957/2001)
• Land of the Thunder Dragon (as arranger) (2019)
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (as arranger, with Smith) (1945/2008)
• Livin' la Vida Loca (as arranger)
• Macarena (as arranger) (2014)
• The Magic of Harry Potter (as arranger) (2013)
• Mama Paquita (as arranger) (2016)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (as arranger) (1909/2011)
• March of the Dwarfs (as arranger) (1891/2014)
• Medieval Dance (as arranger) (2015)
• Medieval Legend (2001/2012)
• Nautical Bits and Pieces (as arranger) (2014)
• Once Upon a December (as arranger) (1997)
• The Oregon Trail (1999)
• Overture 1812 (as arranger, with Smith) (1882/2012)
• Pavane (as arranger) (1899/2015)
• Pax Americana (2019)
• Pentagram (2016)
• The Pioneer Spirit (2010)
• Plaza de Toros (2011)
• Pyramid of the Sun (2013)
• Rockin' on Top of the World (as arranger) (2004/2005)
• A Saint-sational Trio! (as arranger) (2013)
• Sakura (1995)
• Salute to Glenn Miller (as arranger) (1940/1968)
• Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (as arranger) (1884/2010)
• Selections from the "Star Wars" Saga (as arranger) (1977/2006)
• Shenandoah (as arranger with Smith) (2003)
• Shut Up and Dance (as arranger) (2014/2015)
• Sketches of Canada (as arranger) (2015)
• Sleigh Ride (as arranger)
• Spitfire (2007)
• Spoon River (as arranger) (1922/2014)
• Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as arranger) (1830/2016)
• The Tell-Tale Heart (2011)
• Time Warp (as arranger) (1975/2011)
• To Honor, Thank and Remember (2002)
• Trittico: Movement I (as arranger) (1963/2011)
• Üsküdar (as arranger, with Robert W. Smith) (2005)
• Variations on a Civil War Tune (2016)
• The Wabash Cannonball (as arranger) (1904/1987)
• Wade in the Water (as arranger) (2013)
• The Washington Post (as arranger) (1889/1998)
• You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch (as arranger) (1966/1994)
• Zombie Dance (2017)

Resources

• Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. 2002. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 4. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 124.