Marching Band Arrangements

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As Time Goes By
Grade 3

Winds, and Percussion by MJM Works and David Hochstetter. Featuring the music of As Time Goes by Herman Hupfeld, Time by Pink Floyd, Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper, and original content by Manny Maldonado
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Between Heaven and Earth
Grade 3

Winds, Percussion, and Sound Design by MJM Works.

Featuring the Angels in the Architecture by Frank Ticheli
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Beyond the Sidewalk
Grade 4

Winds by MJM Works. Percussion available upon request.

Featuring Symphony No. 6 by Tchaikovsky, Pure Imagination by Bricusse and Newley, and Heart of Stone from the musical Six by Marlow and Moss.
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BLUE
Grade 3

Winds, Percussion, and Sound Design by MJM Works. Featuring Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, Blue Moon by Richard Rodgers, Blue Skies by Irving Berlin, Hymn to a Blue Hour by John Mackey, Blue Da ba Dee by Maruizio Lobina and Gianfranco Randone, and Blue Shades by Frank Ticheli
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Butterfly Effect
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works. Featuring Butterfly Effect by Fox Capture Plan, Polovtsian Dances by Alexander Borodin, The Chain by Ingrid Michaelson, and Ripple Effect by Sarah Quartel
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Celebrations!
Grade 3

Winds, Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works.

Featuring melodies associated with many American holidays, including Auld Lang Syne, We Shall Overcome, 2nd Line, Surfin’ USA by the Beach Boys, Little Peter Cottontail, Doxology, the Armed Forces’ Songs, America the Beautiful, the Star-Spangled Banner, the NFL Theme Song, Monster Mash by Pickett, Over the River and Through the Woods, I Have a Little Dreidel, Jingle Bells, and capping the show off with Auld Lang Syne.
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City of Gold
Grade 3

Winds by Ryan Williams, Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works. Featuring The Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone, Incantation and Dance by John Barnes Chance, Golden Hour by JVKE (Zach and Jake Lawson,) and El Camino Real by Alfred Reed
New for 2023
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City of Lights (Music of Paris)
Grade 5

Winds by Thomas Kober and Manny Maldonado. Percussion by Jeff Ausdemore.

Featuring La Vie En Rose by Piaf, David, and Guglielmi, L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 "Farandole" by Bizet
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Classical Motown
Grade 4

Winds, Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works.

Featuring If You Don't Know Me by Now by Tendergrass, Romeo and Juliet Overture by Tchaikovsky, Stop in the Name of Love by Diana Ross and the Supremes, Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven, My Girl by the Tempations, I’ll Be There by the Jackson 5, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Symphony No. 6 by Tchaikovsky, and Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross
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Coast to Coast
Grade 4

Winds by MJM Works. Percussion available upon request. Featuring Los Angeles by The Midnight (Jamison Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan,) Urban Dances by Richard Danielpour, A Long December by The Counting Crows, Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, Metroplex by Robert Sheldon, and Theme from New York, New York by Fred Ebb and John Kander, popularized by Frank Sinatra.
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Daredevil
Grade 3

Winds by MJM Works. Percussion available upon request. Featuring The Distance by Cake (Gregory Brown), Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven, Fearless by Pink Floyd (Roger Waters, David Gilmour,) Dance of the Jesters by Tchaikovsky, and Don't Stop Me Now by Queen (Freddie Mercury)
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Dark Side of the Moon
Grade 5

Winds by Will Wells. Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works. Featuring Breathe, Us and Them, Brain Damage, Dark Side of the Moon, and Eclipse by Pink Floyd (Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nicholas Mason), FXMLDR by Thank You Scientist, and Space Oddity by David Bowie
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disCONNECT
Grade 4

Winds by Ben Hylton, Percussion by MJM Works. Featuring The Great Gate at Kiev by Modest Mussorgsky, Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap, Otherside by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Allegro Barbaro by Bartok, and Chain Link by Ben Hylton.
New for 2023
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Frida
Grade 3

Winds by MJM Works. Percussion available upon request.

Featuring Jungle Tango by the Jazz Mandolin Project, Alla en el Rancho Grande, Calma by Capo and Gonzalez-Perez, Capriccio Espagnol by Rimsky-Korsakov, Vivir mi Vida by Anthony, and Remember Me by Lopez and Anderson-Lopez
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HEIST
Grade 3

Winds, Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works. Featuring James Bond Theme by Monty Norman, Mission Impossible Theme by Lalo Schifrin, Skyfall by Adele Adkins, Peter Gunn Theme by Henry Mancini, and The Glory Days by Michael Giacchino
New for 2023
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Home
Grade 2

Winds, Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works.

Featuring Life in Technicolor II by Coldplay, Symphony No. 9 by Dvorak, Miserable Man by Kushner, Streets of New York by Keys, Home Sweet Home by Motely Crue, and Home by Daughtry
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In the Garden
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works. Featuring Morning Mood/Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg, Country Gardens by Percy Grainger, The Palace Garden from Beauty and the Beast by Tchaikovsky, Grow Til Tall by Jonsi (Jon Thor Birgisson,) Salvation is Created by Pavel Chesnokov, and Change is Everything by Son Lux (Ryan Lott)
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Keys to the Northeast
Grade 4

Winds by MJM Works. Percussion available upon request. Featuring Lauds by Ron Nelson, Niagara Falls by Michael Daugherty, Shenandoah, and Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
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La Llorona
Grade 3

Winds by MJM Works. Percussion available upon request.

Featuring My Immortal by Evanescence, Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens, La Llorona, Bring Me to Life by Evanescence, and 1000 Years by Christina Perri
New for 2023
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Mezmerize
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works.

This show features traditional music from the Armenian region along with music from the Armenian-American rock band System of a Down. Featuring Armenian Dances by Reed, Soldier Side, Radio/Video, and Polovtsian Dances by Borodin.
New for 2023
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My Mind is a Cage
Grade 5

Winds by MJM Works and Thomas Kober, Percussion by Jeff Ausdemore

Featuring the music of Peter Gabriel's My Body is a Cage, Bartok's String Quartet No. 4, mvt. 5, and Eric Whitacre's Fly to Paradise
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Postcards from Japan
Grade 4

Winds by MJM Works. Percussion by Mark Hunter.

Featuring Bookmarks from Japan by Giroux and Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song by Hazo.
New for 2024
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Reflected
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works. Featuring Kaleidoscope of Mathematics by James Horner, Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky, Mirror by Lil' Wayne (Philip Martin Lawrence,) and Man in the Mirror by Ballard/Garrett, popularized by Michael Jackson
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REIGN: Glory of the Crown
Grade 3

Winds by MJM Works. Percussion available upon request. Featuring Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears (Stanley, Hughes, Orzabal,) Crown by Camila Cabello, Symphony No. 4 by Tchaikovsky, and Can't Help Falling in Love by Creatore, popularized by Elvis Presley
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Siren's Night Out
Grade 4

Winds by Ryan Williams. Percussion by MJM Works.

New for 2023
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Stairway to Success
Grade 4

Winds by Evan VanDoren. Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works.

Featuring Persistence by Saucedo, Flight from Leonardo Dreams by Whitacre, Ballet Suite No. 4 and Finale from Symphony No. 5 by Shostakovich.
New for 2023
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Sunny Days
Grade 2

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works.

Featuring You Are My Sunshine, Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles, Noisy Wheels of Joy by Whitacre, Main Titles from Out of Africa by Barry, and Sunflower by Post Malone.
New for 2023
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The Heat of Winter
Grade 3

Winds, Front Ensemble, and Sound Design by MJM Works.Battery Percussion by Ian Smith.

Featuring The Wolf Song (A Nordic Lullaby,) Suite from Polar Express by Silvestri, Ice Dance by Danny Elfman, Battle on the Ice from Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev, and Firebird Suite by Stravinksy
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The Process of Invention
Grade 4

Winds by Carol Brittin Chambers. Percussion by MJM Works.

Featuring Inferno by Robert W. Smith, Firebird Suite by Stravinksy, Noisy Wheels of Joy and Fly to Paradise by Eric Whitacre, and Sun by Thomas Bergersen.
New for 2024
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This is Us (A Show About a Marching Band Season)
Grade 3

Winds, Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works. Featuring My Favorite Things by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Don't Stop Me Now by Queen (Freddie Mercury,) Don't Let Me Down by the Chain Smokers (Scott Harris, Emily Warren, and Andrew Taggart,) How Far We've Come by Matchbox 20 (Brian Yale, Kyle Cook, Paul Doucette, and Rob Thomas,) and Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven
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Thunderbolt and Lightning!
Grade 4

Winds by MJM Works. Percussion by MJM Works and Ian Smith. Featuring Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (Freddy Mercury,) Barber of Seville by Rossini, Electricity by Elton John, Thunderstruck by AC/DC, and Lightning Field by John Mackey
New for 2023
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Under Construction
Grade 2

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works.

Featuring Foundry by Mackey, New World by Bjork, and original music by Matthew Valentine and Manny Maldonado.
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A Decade to Remember
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring Main Titles from The Pacific, Mark Camphouse's A Movement for Rosa, The Beatles' Let it Be, the Sesame Street theme song, and Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams
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A Villain's Night Out
Grade 4

Christopher Drake, Evanescence, and David Holsinger

A Villain's Night Out

Featuring the Music of Christopher Drake, Evanescence, and David Holsinger Winds by Manuel J. Maldonado Percussion by John Garza and Manuel J. Maldonado
Used by Permission

What if the "bad guy" hijacked your marching show and you had to spend the entire time trying to get him? This is exactly what happens during "Villain's Night Out." While the band is warming up, a pre-recorded track starts and a female soloist is held hostage! The track goes on to explain that "not even this band can stop me!"

The track blends into an effortless transition into Part 1: The music from Christopher Drake's Superman Batman: Public Enemies soundtrack. The chase begins to catch the villain!

In Part 2, the soloist laments of her capture through the use of Evanescence's My Immortal.

In Part 3, The band has closed in and captured their bad guy while playing Liturgical Dances by David Holsinger.

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Aftermath
Grade 4

Winds, Percussion and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Robert W. Smith's Inferno, Imagine Dragons' Aftermath, Julie Giroux's The Speed of Heat, and Muse's Aftermath
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American Celebrations
Grade 2

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the music Down by the River, Simple Gifts, Symphony No. 9 (Dvorak), America the Beautiful, Shenandoah, and original work by Maldonado.

This production is patriotism meeting the modern marching band! The work is a good blend of many traditional melodies associated with in our country. Give it a listen!
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American in Paris
Grade 5

J.D. Shaw, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the music of George Gershwin's American in Paris

Two great arrangers team up to provide a terrific marching band arrangement of American in Paris!
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Angels and Demons
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Tool's Reflection and Schism, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and Handel's Messiah
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Anomaly
Grade 4

Jair Klarfeld, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 and 6, Boelman's Toccata from Gothic Suite for Organ, Marinelli's Evey Reborn, and Klarfeld's Anomaly.

This show's visual concept was based off of a freak show carnival. The dark nature of the music lends itself to being a very intriguing show!?
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Asphalt Jungle
Grade 4

Winds by Shane Kelbley, Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of John Mackey's Asphalt Cocktail, Alicia Keys New York, Guns 'n' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle, Libertango by Astor Piazzolla, and New York, New York by Frank Sinatra
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Attic
Grade 4

Carol Brittin Chambers, Manny Maldonado

Featuring music from Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy and original works from Carol Chambers.

The show is based around a young girl who gets lured into a haunted attic. While there, she begins to come across relics of years past. As more and more ghosts are summoned, a fight for her escape ensues to a dramatic ending!?
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Autumn Sonata
Grade 4

Winds arranged by Evan VanDoren; Percussion arranged by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Magnificat by Rudder, Falling Slowly from Once by Hansard & Irglova, Captured from the King Kong soundtrack by Howard, and The Polar Express by Silvestri.
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Bach and Beyond
Grade 2

Bach

Bach and Beyond is based from Bach's Toccata and Fugue. As one listens throughout the show, the music becomes more and more progressive, ultimately ending up with a dub-step version of the Bach in the closer and a solid, marching band style ending!
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Back to the Future
Grade 3

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Extensive drum solo at the top of closer (not represented correctly here)

Featuring Alan Silvestri's Back to the Future soundtrack, Johnnie B. Good, Bruno Mars' Just the Way You Are, and Huey Lewis' The Power of Love

This fun tune was commissioned to commemorate the date that Marty McFly in the movie travels to in the future: October 21, 2015. The show starts out with the theme, but then they quickly travel back to the 50's. The ballad takes place in the present. The closer start out with a three drum set trio, as they travel back to the 80's to Power of Love. The ending is a reprise of the Silvestri to bring the time traveler back home.?
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Bee Yourself
Grade 3

Winds by MJM Works, Percussion by David Hochstetter

Featuring Assault on Honey Farms by Rupert Gregson-Williams (the BEE Movie,) Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov, Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven, I Want to Break Free by Queen, Imma Be by the Black-Eyed Peas, Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, and Let it Be by the Beatles.
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Beethoven: Into the Light
Grade 1

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5, Moonlight Sonata, Symphony no. 7, Symphony no. 9, and Manny Maldonado's Into the Light
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Before the Yellow Brick Road
Grade 4

Winds by Eric Rath; Percussion and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Anton Dvorak's New World Symphony, Mackey's Foundry, Larry Daehn's With Quiet Courage, Samuel Barber's Symphony No. 2, and Harold Arlen's Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
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Believe
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Don't Stop Believin' by Journey, Kingfishers Catch Fire by John Mackey, You Say by Lauren Daigle, and Believe by Cher
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Beyond Human
Grade 3

Jair Klarfeld and Manny Maldonado

Beyond Human is an original composition based in a futuristic setting where the band is not quite man, not quite machine, but is a combination of the two.

The opener starts out with a factory making these man-machines. Drills, machine presses, and factory sounds frame the aggressive, angular music.

The ballad has a moment where humanity reflects on where it has arrived. Is this life of people being half-human, half-machine the new beauty?

The closer tells the listener that in fact, there is no beauty in what mankind has become…
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Birds of a Feather
Grade 5

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Jazz movement
Extensive percussion moment

Featuring Music from Weather Report's Birdland, Nelly Furtado's I'm Like a Bird, Mussursky's Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, Charlie Parker's Yard Bird Suite, Jamie Foxx's Fly Love (from the Rio Soundtrack), and Eric Whitacre's Fly to Paradise.

This great work is set in six scenes, with each musical moment representing a different bird. Originally commissioned by Fredericksburg High School in 2016, the work was in finals at the Texas UIL State Marching Band Championships. Featuring everything from classical, to jazz, to new music, this work has it all!
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Birds of a Feather II
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Silvestri's Forrest Gump Main Theme, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Bob Marley's Three Little Birds, the Beatles Blackbird, Weather Report's Birdland, and Stravinsky's Firebird.
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Bloom: The Beginning of Always
Grade 5

David Gillingham, Bjork, and Aaron Copland

Bloom: The Beginning of Always

Featuring the music of David Gillingham, Bjork, and Aaron Copland
Winds by Carol Chambers
Percussion by Manuel J. Maldonado and Kris Hartman

As the Inaugural show for Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, the show exemplifies fresh starts and new beginnings through its use of old melodies creatively interwoven with modern elements of electronics and rhythm.

In Part 1, a pre-show sets up the drill for Gillingham's brilliant song, Council Oak.

In Part 2, Bjork's "Selmasongs" from New World gives the band a nice backbeat to march double-time to, while still providing freshness of the melodies and counter lines.

In Part 3, Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3 gives a sense of space and openness vindictive of starting something fresh and new is on the horizon. A recapitulation of the opener finalizes the work.

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Bluebird
Grade 4

Winds by Evan VanDoren, Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring Arrival of the Birds by The Cinematic Orchestra, Philip Glass' The Canyon, Radiohead's Creep, and Rocky Point Holiday by Ron Nelson
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Boundless
Grade 4

Winds and Pit Percussion by MJM Works ; Battery available upon request

Featuring the music of Prokofiev's Chout, the Fray's How to Save a Life, Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, and This Little Light of Mine
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Carmen Fantasy
Grade 1

Winds by Jair Klarfeld. Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Bizet's Carmen
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Carmen II
Grade 3

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the music of Bizet's Carmen and Rivel's Bolero.

This production was recently re-worked to be a more attainable version of the original MJM Works Carmen. It is intended for 2A-4A bands and is all public domain. The Spanish flare of the work can be coupled with many different visual ideas.?
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Carmen: A Spy Story
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring Bizet's Carmen, the Carmen San Diego theme song, Mission Impossible theme song, The Glory Days from The Incredibles soundtrack, Adele's Skyfall, and the James Bond theme song
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Celestial Voyage
Grade 5

Winds arranged by Carol Brittin Chambers; Percussion by Todd Sommer and Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the music of the Apollo 13 soundtrack, Launch: Mission Control and Liftoff by Bhatia, Finale from Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Hand of Fate from the Signs soundtrack, and Moon and Earth by Carol Brittin Chambers.
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Celestial Voyage II
Grade 5

Carol Brittin Chambers, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Coldplay's Sky Full of Stars, Hoslt's The Planets, Giacchino's There's No Place Like Home,

This production celebrates the heavens and celestial bodies above. A pre-recorded track of Coldplay fades into the front ensemble percussion as we build to the first big hit. Part 2 is primarily a driving rendition of Mars, part 3 is a ballad based off of Giacchino's There's No Place Like Home, and part 4 focuses on Jupiter from The Planets. ?
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Chasing the Dream
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Adam Bergersen's American Dream, Mark Markowski's Instinctive Travels, Dvorak's String Quartet No. 12, Andra Day's Stand Up, and the Star-Spangled Banner.
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Cirque du Solei
Grade 2

Aaron Guidry

Cirque du Solei

Featuring the music of Aaron Guidry
Winds by Bob Chreste
Percussion by Manuel J. Maldonado

The powerful, compelling music from Cirque du Solei is captured here in this three- movement work for marching band. Part 1 is based off of the main melody to Alegria, part two is based off of O, part 3 is taken from the music of Ninkou.

The music, originally written by Aaron Guidry, is made to visually enhance what the audience sees, so the visual possibilities are endless.

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City of Verona
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works (percussion writing in progress)

Featuring Sergi Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet, Pytor Tchaikovsky's Overture to Romeo and Juliet, 1000 Years by Christina Perri, and Sweet Dreams by the Eurhythmics .
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Classic Rach
Grade 3

Winds by Evan VanDoren; Battery by Rick Rodriguez, Front Ensemble by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Freddy Mercury's Bohemian Rhapsody, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Freddy Mercury's We Are the Champions, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, Led Zepplin's Kashmir, and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances
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Classified
Grade 5

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works LLC

Featuring the theme songs from Johnny Quest, James Bond, Mission Impossible, Kingsman, The Incredibles, and Adele's Skyfall
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Clockwork
Grade 4

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Extensive percussion moment

Featuring Coldplay's Clocks, Haydn's Clock Symphony, Enya's Only Time, Cyndi Lauper's Time after Time, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and Braham's Symphony No. 1

Winds, Percussion, and Samples by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Clocks by Coldplay, Hadyn's Clock Symphony, Cyndi Lauper's Time after Time, Enya's Only Time, and Brahm's Symphony No. 1.

This production is all things clock! It starts out with a Coldplay pre-show that moves into the first opening hit. Samples are available for this production.?
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Common Thread
Grade 5

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Copland's Promise of Living, Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Do Re Mi, Bobby McFerrin's A Common Thread, Dave Brubeck's Unsquare Dance, and Pat Metheny's First Circle. The common thread, which is Copland's Promise of Living, is intertwined throughout the work, and the visual draw are elements of sewing. There is a "common thread" with numbers, angles, and patterns being in the show titles.
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Curse of Aurora
Grade 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Lana Del Rey; Winds and Percussion written by Jordan Stern

The Curse of Aurora is a show based on the tale of Sleeping Beauty. The pre-show starts with Lana Del Rey's track of Once Upon a Dream from the movie Maleficent. The band enters with Tchaikovsky's introduction to his ballet Sleeping Beauty.

The first movement starts with the royal family and the birth of Aurora. The show can be done with or without narration.

The second movement takes place during Aurora's christening. The curse is placed on her during this movement. Aurora grows up, and at the end of the movement, pricks her finger on the spindle, placing her into a deep, dark sleep.

The third movement is about Aurora's beauty. As she lies sleeping, the prince discovers her and begins to fall in love.

The beginning of the fourth movement begins with the prince fighting to find out the truth of Aurora's sleep. Once he discovers it, he rushes back to her, kisses her, and the two live happily ever after.
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Dangerous Waters
Grade 5

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Extensive Percussion Break

Featuring Mackey's Wine Dark Sea, Daughtery's Niagara Falls, Hillsong United's Oceans, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7

This production revolves around water and the beauty, but danger, that exist within it. The show opens with Wine Dark Sea, then goes into Niagara Falls. During Part 3, triangles are played around the field, as part of the visual construct is based on the Bermuda Triangle. During Part 4, the ship begins to creak under the stress of the water as the drumline plays a feature that builds into a reprise of Wine Dark Sea.
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Dark Horse
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Nelhybel's Trittico, Katy Perry's Dark Horse and selections from the Sea Biscuit soundtrack, composed by Newman
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Dark Skies
Grade 4

Winds, Percussion, and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 100, Andante con Moto, and Dvorak's Water Goblin
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Darkness Before Dawn
Grade 3

Luke McMillan, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Verdi's Requiem, Wagner's Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, Holsinger's Salvation is Created, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

This production is a "dark to light" show, which can have numerous visual interpretations.?
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deCOMPOSITION
Grade 3

Winds by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado; Percussion by Scott Ward

Featuring the Night before Christmas soundtrack, Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky, Symphony No. 5 and 7 by Beethoven, and Poor Unfortunate Souls from the Little Mermaid soundtrack
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Dia de los Muertos
Grade 4

Stephen Segura, Courtney Kirkwood, and Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Albeniz' Asturias Leyenda, Williams' Symphonic Dance No. 3, Verdi's Requiem, Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess, and Marquez' Danzon No. 2

This unique show celebrates the Dia de los Muertos heritage. The beginning movement is more on the dark side of the holiday, but by the end, a true celebration of life occurs.
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Dia de los Muertos II
Grade 4

Winds by Shane Kelbley; Percussion and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the music of H. Owen Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana
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Dichotomy:Duality
Grade 5

John Adams, Eric Whitacre, and John Powell

Dichotomy:Duality

Featuring the Music of John Adams, Eric Whitacre, and John Powell
Winds by Carol Chambers
Percussion by Manuel J. Maldonado and Kris Hartman

The concept of Dichotomy/Duality explores the differences and similarities we see in life. This music and visual catalyst allows the band many opportunities to exploit this concept throughout the show.

Part 1 begins with a pre-show that builds into a major band entrance. The band then transitions into Harmonium by John Adams.

Part 2 is a beautiful marching band arrangement of Eric Whitacre's October.

Part 3 is a powerful percussion feature based off of the dance sequence from the movie Happy Feet, originally written by John Powell.

Part 4 is a continuation of the feature through a major marching band entrance that then turns into a driving front ensemble moment. The band comes in one more time to finish out the show. There is also "exit music" if the director chooses to use it.

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Division
Grade 2

Antonin Dvorak

Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Winds Arranged by Shane Kelbley
Front Ensemble Arranged by Manny Maldonado

Division is a show based off the visual element of dividing up the band and then regrouping. It is set to Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 (New World). Listen to the different divisional influences between brass, woodwind, and percussion throughout the work.
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Doctor Atomic
Grade 5

composer: John Adams and Sting
Winds arranged by Shane Kebley
Percussion arranged by Manny Maldonado and Katie Leander

Doctor Atomic is an exciting show based from John Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony. The pre-show introduces the notion of atomic energy, study, and that there are plans for making the atomic bomb.

Part 1 and 2 build energy, excitement, and worry over the bomb's existence.

In Part 3, Sting's Russians Love Their Children Too is played as a contrast to the angular and aggressive beginning. The audience is left to contemplate that whoever the bomb is directed to, their loved ones will suffer just as our loved ones would if we were presented with such a tragedy.

Part 4 builds up energy again, as the moment to launch and detonate has arrived. Chaos and destruction ensues at the end of the movement.

Part 5 opens as a contemplation of thought with the trumpet playing the Russians melody. The show closes with hope for mankind, so that we would never have to do such a tragic act again in all of humanity.
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Duality
Grade 3

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Dvorak: New World
Grade 1

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works.

Featuring the music of Dvorak's New World Symphony no. 9 and Manny Maldonado's New World
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eARTh
Grade 4

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the music of Smith's Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual, Viet Cuong's Diamond Tide, and Timothy Mahr's Fantasia in G.

This production focuses on the three parts of Earth, and how within the Earth, art exists (hence the title). Part 1 is Land and is represented by Africa, Part 2 is Water which depicts Diamond Tide, and Part 3 is Air, shown through Mahr's Fantasia. Visual concepts revolve around these parts of our planet. Earth is art, and Art is the Earth.
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East Meets West
Grade 5

Sergi Prokofiev, Eric Whitacre

East Meets West
based on Sergi Prokofiev's Scythian Suite and Eric Whitacre's Lux Aurumque.
Wind arrangement by Jair Klarfeld
Percussion arrangement by Manuel J. Maldonado

As our ancient European traveler sets across to the Far East for the first time, he begins to cross the land of the Scythians. Part One portrays the excitement that the adventurer must have experienced with interjections of Far East musical and percussive concepts intermingled.

Part Two changes moods as the traveler begins to stumble across the beauty and pagentry of the Orient. He meets a lovely woman whom he trusts to lead her along his way.

As Part Three begins, our adventurer is in great peril and must find a way to escape his captors and return home. He reflects on his travels and the beautiful woman, but soon realizes the severity of the situation. A chase pursues during the last 30 seconds. Will our traveler make it home?!

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El Mariachi
Grade 3

H. Owen Reed, Los Lobos, Nana Mouskouri, Ernesto Lecuona

El Mariachi

Featuring the music of La Fiesta Mexicana by H. Owen Reed, Cancion del Mariachi by Los Lobos, Malaguena Salerosa by Nana Mouskouri,, and Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona.
Winds and percussion by Manuel J. Maldonado.
Used by permission.

Part One begins with our main character, a member of the local mariachi band, going to Sunday church, framed by the music of H. Owen Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana. After a call from the priest, mass is let out, and our man heads off to an afternoon fiesta, depicted in the music, Cancion del Mariachi.

At the party he meets a beautiful woman and the scene is played out through the music of Malaguena Salerosa,

Our musician doesn't realize, however, that the woman has a very jealous boyfriend watching from afar. He confronts our musician while a mariachi band starts up in the front ensemble. The mariachi segue into the band performing the ever-popular Malaguena. as our mariachi fights for the new love of a woman. Who will win in the end?

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Elevate
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Eden Ahbez' Nature Boy, Michael Giacchinno's There's No Place Like Home, and Ojos de Brujo's Todo Tiende.
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Emotions of the Heart
Grade 5

Winds by Eric Rath, Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of John Mackey's Lightning Field, Aram Khachaturian's Adagio from Sparticus, Samuel Barber's School for Scandal, Joyride by Mark Markowski, and Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
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Emotions of the Heart (2)
Grade 5

Winds by Carol Brittin Chambers; Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Shostakovich's Ballet Suite No. 4 Old Hundredth, and Symphony No. 10, Khachaturian's Adagio, Mackey's Kingfishers Catch Fire and Chamber's Inversion.
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Espionage
Grade 4

Jair Klarfeld, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring music from the Bourne Ultimatum soundtrack, Adele's Skyfall, and original works by Jair Klarfeld.

This exciting show's visual production was set to a spy theme! The music is obscure enough, however, to fit multiple concepts.
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European Vacation
Grade 1

Winds by Jair Klarfeld. Percussion by MJM Works.

Featuring music from Claude Rouget's La Marseillasise, Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, Bizet's Habanera, Frederic Weatherly's Danny Boy, the traditional tune Rule Britannia, Lesley Nelson-Burns' The Lost Lady Found, and Luigi Denza-Funiculi's Finicula.
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Eve
Grade 5

Alexander Borodin, Carol Chambers, Coldplay, Evanesence

Design by Jarrett Lipman, Darryl Pemberton, and Jodie Rhodes
Winds by Carol Chambers
Percussion by Manny Maldonado, Kris Hartman and Alan Sharps
(copyright permission is required for all previously arranged MJM Works shows)

The Show "Eve" is based on the visual concept of a woman who has is all, but is tempted to turn from what she knows is true, and thus falls from grace.

Part 1 opens with a lavish pre-show set to Cold Play's "Paradise." As our character, Eve, takes the field, the band is enchanted with her beauty and presence. The front ensemble arrangement seamlessly picks up the pre-recorded music, and the show is under way.

Part 2 is a flirtatious dance as Eve strolls around the band, laughing and relishing in all the attention as the band performs and pays tribute to her beauty.

In Part 3, Eve becomes "Lost in Paradise", and is tempted from her beliefs that have kept her poise and beauty in tact. Part 4 starts with 45 seconds of "bonus" music, affectionately entitled "The Serpent." An unsettling ostinato layers into the front ensemble while an oboe soloist tempts Eve away from what she holds as truth. An aggressive band impact occurs (School for Scandal) at the moment Eve realizes her terrible mistake. Fear strikes as she scatters about, but it is too late. She has fallen.
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Ever After
Grade 4

Shane Kelbley, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

This fascinating show tells a tale of the after-life. Portrayed through Camille Saint-Saens Danse Macabre, the work takes the spectator through different scenes one might find on "the other side", including a marriage of a couple re-united in eternity.
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Everything Will Be Alright
Grade 3

Jordan Stern

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Falls
Grade 4

Winds arranged by Carol Brittin Chambers, Percussion Arranged by Manny Maldonado, Kris Hartman and Jordan Stern

Fall(s) is a delightfully arranged show that takes the listener through elements of the fall season. Many visual elements that depict fall can take place here…whether it be falling leaves, golden browns and yellows that saturate the field, or tree props with the colors of fall.

Carol Chambers* does a magnificent job tying the musical elements together to create and through-composed field production.

*(Carol Chambers is published through Aspenwood Music. If interested in this show, MJM Works LLC will contact this publisher for pricing and rights)
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Field of Dreams
Grade 3

Winds by Daniel Montoya Jr.; Percussion by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring music from The Natural, Baby Elephant Walk, The Place Where Dreams Come True from the Field of Dreams soundtrack, God Bless America, the Major League Baseball Theme from Fox Television, and Take Me Out to the Ball Game
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Fiesta
Grade 3

Clifton Williams and H. Owen Reed

Winds and Percussion Arranged by Manny Maldonado
(All MJM Works are based from copyrighted material. Licensing is required for purchase and performance of this show.)

"Fiesta" is a symphonic work for marching band. It layers in melodies and moments from Clifton Williams' Symphonic Dance No. 3 and H. Owen Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana, two tremendous band works that express the tonal colors of Mexican folk music. The pieces are paired with Malaguena Salerosa, a traditional folk tune which features mariachi players in the front ensemble.
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Fiesta Espana
Grade 4

Winds and Front Ensemble by MJM Works. Battery Percussion Available

Featuring the music of Alfred Reed's El Camino Real, Tchaikovsky's Spanish Dance from Swan Lake, and Arturo Sandoval's A Mis Abuelos
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Flourish
Grade 4

Featuring Polovtsian Dances by Borodin, Symphonic Dances and Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini by Rachmoninov
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Forever Young
Grade 5

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Extended percussion feature
Difficult trombone trio in the closer

Featuring music from the 90's grunge era, Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G minor, Gershwin's Summertime, 2Pac's California Lovin', and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3

Forever Young celebrates musical artists that the world lost before their time is up. Each movement represents a new artist and a new visual palette.
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Fragile Earth
Grade 4

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Sting's Fragile, Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Adele's Million Years Ago, and inspirations based off the Inception Soundtrack

This show concept is about the destruction of our planet, but how we can still turn the result around. Music is written around a guitar soloist that is weaved throughout the work, but can be rescored for any strong performer. The "bad to good" nature of the music progression can be used for a multitude of visual ideas.
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Frames
Grade 4

Winds by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado; Percussion by Jack Baker

Featuring music from Adam Shoenberg's Picture Studies, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and Manny Maldonado's Framed
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From Dusk til Dawn
Grade 3

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Nicki Minaj's The Night is Still Young, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nahctmusik, Andrew Lloyd Weber's Music of the Night, and Going Home (based on the Largo on Dvorak's 9th Symphony). This fun, yet thoughtfully orchestrated, work depicts the course of an evening through morning.
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From the Ground Up
Grade 5

Winds by MJM Works, Percussion by Luis Ramos

Featuring George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, John Mackey's Saxophone Concerto and Wind Ensemble, Steve Reich's New York Counterpoint, and Summertime by George Gershwin.
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Ghost Town
Grade 3

Winds, Percussion and Samples by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Morricone's Once Upon a Time in the West, Nehybel's Trittico, and the Rolling Stone's Paint it Black
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Give
Grade 5

Lorde, Samuel Barber, Secret Garden and Aaron Copland; Winds arranged by Michael Klesch; Percussion arranged by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado Bobby Hoyt

Give tells the story of a destroyed forest that is rebuilt by the spirit of nature.

The pre-show and opener music is angular and aggressive to depict the desolate landscape.

The ballad's contemplative lament paints the scene as futile, but toward the end, a new green sprout emerges, and there is now a sign of hope.

Now, the color guard begins to rebuild what was once lost. The closer is played as moments from Appalachian Spring are heard.

The forest is now, once again, full of life.
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Gladiator B
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring music from the Gladiator soundtrack by Hans Zimmer
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Going Places
Grade 4

Winds, Percussion, and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring Kallinikov's Symphony No. 1, Rimsky-Korsakov's Song of India, Wagner's The Damnation of Faust, Alan Silvestri's Feather Theme from Forrest Gump, and Pasek/Paul's A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman Soundtrack
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Green
Grade 4

Aaron Copland

This show is exactly what the title says: Green. With that, the energy and vibrance of the work embodies the essence of nature and springtime. Music includes It's Not Easy Being Green, Lincolnshire Posy: A Brisk Young Sailor, Greensleeves, and the music of Aaron Copland.
>br /> This fast-paced show will keep the audience and judges on the edge of their seat with excitement!
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Hacked!
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Contains America the Beautiful, Chester, My Country tis of Thee, Schuman's New England Triptych, and Shostakovich's 5th Symphony
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Heartless
Grade 4

Winds, Percussion and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Kanye West's Heartless, Tchaikovsky's Overture to Romeo and Juliet, Bonnie Taylor's Total Eclipse of the Heart, and David Gillingham's With Heart and Voice.
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Heaven's Stairway
Grade 4

Winds, Percussion and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Led Zepplin's Stairway to Heaven, Ticheli's Angels in the Architecture, Ravel's String Quartet in F Major, and the Doxology
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Human
Grade 4

Winds, Percussion and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht, Prokofiev's Sarcasms, Op. 17, Christina Perri's Human, and The Killer's Human.
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Imagination
Grade 4

Winds, Percussion and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Bricusse and Newley's Pure Imagination, Smetana's The Moldau, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, and Manny Maldonado's Beethoven's Dream.
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Imagination II
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring original wind and percussion music by Jordan Stern
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Immortal
Grade 4

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the music of 3 Doors Down's Kryptonite, David Guida's Titanium, Audioamchine's Blood and Stone, Bruckner's Symphony No. 8, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4

This strong production depicts the essence of "the man of steel" without being too cheesy or over-the-top. An optional title to this piece could be called Bulletproof and can be matched visually with color palettes from the more recent superhero movies.?
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In Full Bloom
Grade 3

Winds by Luke McMillan; Percussion by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Symphony No. 9 by Dvorak, In Bloom by Nirvana, Thais Meditation by Massenet, Symphony No. 4 by Tchaikovsky, and Flute Concerto by Rouse.
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Infinity
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring State of Independence by John Anderson, the Shakespeare in Love soundtrack and Ave Maria
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InFRINGEment
Grade 3

Winds by Chad Taylor. Percussion available upon request

Percussion parts are currently being written for this show

Featuring the music of Liszt's Tasso: Lamento e Trionfo and Brahm's Tragic Overture (including Orpheus in the Underworld)
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Intergalactic
Grade 5

Jordan Stern

Extensive knowledge of electronics
(sampling/vocoder required) Difficult closer

Featuring music from Giacchino's Star Trek soundtrack, Holst's The Planets, and Beastie Boy's Intergalactic

The show opens up with pre-recorded audio depicting the birth of the space program. The band is count in to the arrival and the show begins to a driving rendition of Giacchino's work with The Planets mixed in. Right when you think the ballad is going to a stock rendition of Venus, things turn! The drum feature "Intergalactic" gives way to a well-scored closer that brings back all compositional elements of the work.
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Into The Darkness
Grade 4

Stephen Vaughan and Manny Maldonado; Winds and Percussion arranged by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Into the Darkness is a show based on the music of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

The work starts out with a big, block "organ" sound that is dissonant like the original Broadway musical. Elements of the musical along with the main theme from the recent movie permeate throughout the first movement.

In the second movement, Fantasia helps to paint a dark, foreboding picture. The melodies lend itself to many visual ideas for guard designers.

The third movement, an original compilation by Manny Maldonado, ties all the musical elements together as the main motives turn to a major key, depicting a glimmer of light for the future.
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Into the Darkness II
Grade 5

Michael Klesch, Manny Maldonado

Grade 5

Featuring the music of Aaron Copland's Grog Ballet, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and Medea's Dance of Vengence. Winds by Michael Klesch. Percussion by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado.
This show is a dark and powerful arrangement that propelled the Cedar Park High School Band to a 4th place finish at the 2008 U.I.L State Marching Band Championships. The arrangement is expertly done by two of the finest in the marching band arrangement activity. Give it a listen
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It Ain't Over til It's Overture
Grade 3

Music from Beethoven's 5th and 7th and 9th Symphonies, Rossini's Barber of Seville, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Mahler's 5th Symphony, Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
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It's In the Stars
Grade 4

Winds by Eric Rath; Percussion and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring Yagisawa's To Be Vivid Stars, Markowski's Dreamland, Harline's When You Wish Upon a Star, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, and Coldplay's Sky Full of Stars Revisited
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It's Not Always Black and White
Grade 3

Featuring the music of Adele and Anton Dvorak's Symphony No. 9

This show's visual concept revolves around two goddesses, one of light and one of darkness. Their characters are introduced in the pre-show and the story of the light goddess being persecuted by the dark goddess prevails throughout.

The first movement embodies the dark goddess while part 2 depicts the light goddess. At the beginning of part 3, a chase ensues and the light goddess is trapped. As the title says, however, it's not always "black and white" as the dark goddess finds out!
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Journey Home
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Muse's Follow Me, Braham's Piano Sonata No. 1, Giacchino's Moving On from the Lost soundtrack, Motley Crue's Home Sweet Home, and To the Summit by Robert W. Smith
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Journey Into Africa
Grade 3

Robert W. Smith and Jair Klarfeld; Winds arranged by Jair Klarfeld; Percussion arranged by Manny Maldonado

used by permission

Contact for pricing.

This show was written for a successful 3A program in South Texas.  These arrangements are an excellent example of what can be done for small schools that wish to “spice-up” their marching programs, but still be obtainable for their students.

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Just Press Play
Grade 4

Winds arranged by Douglas Thrower; Percussion and Samples written by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Paranoid Android and Exit Music (for a Film) by Radiohead, and Madness by Muse.
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Kanon Variations
Grade 2

This show is based off of Pachelbel's Canon in D Major. The clever construction of this arrangement is the mastermind of Shane Kelbley. The first movement starts out in typical marching-band style, but is followed by a strong and driving second number. The ballad features a muted trumpet solo with beautiful accompaniment and a strong moment. The fourth movement is a swingin' arrangement of the canon with a nifty front ensemble feature. The fifth movement starts with a rock section but soon turns back into the familiar theme.
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Kinetic Whimsy
Grade 3

Winds by Evan VanDoren.  Percussion my MJM Works

Featuring the music Borodin's Polovtsian Dances and Rachmoninov's Symphonic Dances and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
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Kokoppelli Dances
Grade 5

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern (includes preshow track)

Featuring the music of Erik Morales' Urban Dances, Alberto Ginastera's Danza Final (Malambo) from Estancia, and original music by Jordan Stern.
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La Fiesta
Grade 4

Winds by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring music from H. Owen Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana
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La La Land
Grade 5

Winds by MJM Works

Featuring Justin Hurwitz' music Another Day of Sun, Epilogue, and Someone in the Crowd from the La La Land soundtrack
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Legacy ONE
Grade 5

Percussion available upon request

Featuring Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland, Symphony No. 2 by Barber, Jupiter by Holst, Symphony No. 7 by Shostakovich, and Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky.
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Let it Bee
Grade 4

Winds by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the Bee Movie soundtrack, Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakoff, God Save the Queen fanfare, Let it Be by John Lennon, and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste by Bartok
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Like a River
Grade 4

Winds by Evan Vandoren; Percussion by Rick Rodriguez and MJM Works ; Samples by MJM Works

Featuring musical selections Down by the River, Jay Bocook's Down in the River, Holsinger's On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, and Nelson's Savannah River Holiday
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Like a Rose
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring Cancion del Mariachi by Antonio Banderas and Los Lobos, I Could Fall in Love and Como La Flor by Selena Quintanilla, and La Fiesta Mexicana by H. Owen Reed (opportunity for a mariachi ensemble to join in at ending)
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Lincolnshire Posy
Grade 5

Percy Grainger

Lincolnshire Posy

Featuring the music of Percy Grainger
Winds by Carol Chambers
Percussion by Manuel J. Maldonado and Kris Hartman

This creative show concept takes the music of Percy Grainger to an entirely new visual level. Depicted as episodes of dreams from two sisters, the pre-show begins with an eerie play on the word "Posy", using an old nursery rhyme about the bubonic plague and death to frame the opening work. Part 2 finds the sister in an enchanted, dream-like state. Visually, she encounters a puppet that comes to life and mimics her every mood, but soon more puppets come out and turn on her. While this sister dreams of troubled events, the other sister's dreams are quite different. In Part 3, the "Brisk Young Sailor" is introduced to his bride by the sister. In Part 4, the second sister brings to life all the elements of a marching band, and they happily surround her at the end and lift her up to greatness!

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Lost and Found
Grade 2

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring All is Found and Into the Unknown from the Frozen 2 soundtrack, and Imogen Heap's Lost and Found
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Mad Hatter
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Alice by Avirl Lavigne, Mad World by Orzabal, String Quartet No. 4, movement 5 by Bartok, Symphony No. 4 by Tchaikovsky, Mad Hatter Ballad by Manny Maldonado, and Bacchanale by Saint-Saens
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Mad World
Grade 4

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado, Scott Ward

Featuring Guy Jules Mad World, Schumann's Manfred Overture and Symphony No. 3, Patsy Cline's Crazy, Elfman's Breakfast Machine (from Pee-Wee Herman's Big Adventure), and Herman's Psycho Suite

Get ready for a MAD adventure! The production is set into four scenes: Mad Hatter, Mad Man, Mad House, and Mad World. After the Schumann pre-show that lays out a dark mood, the music starts driving and the craziness begins! The madness builds to a climatic ending!?
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Mandela Effect
Grade 5

Winds, Percussion and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the Music of…., Giacchino's Enterprising Young Men, Lauper's Time After Time, and Elgar's Enigma Variations.
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Marionette
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Stravinky's Petrouchka, Giacchino's Pin-Ultimate Experience, Thais' Massanet Meditation
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Masquerade
Grade 4

Manuel J. Maldonado

Featuring a pre-show recording of Michael Jackson's Behind the Mask, Thousand Foot Krutch's Welcome to the Masquerade, Carl Nielson's Overture Prelude to Act II from Maskarade, Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite, and Weber's Masquerade from Phantom of the Opera.
This show is about all things "mask"! ?
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Metamorphosis in Blue
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Symphonic Metamorphosis by Hindemith and Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin
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Mood Swings!
Grade 4

Joe Garland, Louis Armstrong

based off the music In the Mood and What a Wonderful World

Winds and Percussion arranged by Manny Maldonado
(Copyright required for this arrangement)

Mood Swings! is a fun jazz show that features jazz "licks" from across the board. These fun and exciting arrangements not only get the crowd going, but judges and others in the band community will appreciate the attention to details such as phrasing, pacing, and other elements that great modern marching shows do.
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Muzik Box
Grade 3

Peter Tchaikovsky , Modeste Mussorgsky, and Jair Klarfeld; Winds arranged by Jair Klarfeld; Percussion arranged by Manny Maldonado

Featuring the music of Peter Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet.

This field production's visual concept is based around a girl and her music box. As she plays it, her toys come to life!

This show is a great crowd pleaser and is attainable by most groups.
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My Immortal Beloved
Grade 2

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, Moonlight Sonata, and Symphony No. 5, along with Evanescence's Going Under, My Immortal, and Bring Me to Life.
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Neo-Renaissance
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Muse's Algorithm, Bjork's New World, and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances
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Nevermore
Grade 2

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Ambient moments in the orchestration allow for a reading of excerpts of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe


Featuring the music of Bernard Herman's Twisted Nerve, Dvorak's Cello Suite in B Minor, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Billie Eilish's Bad Guy, Verdi's Dies Irae, and Manny Maldonado's Nevermore
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NuTribe
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Survive's Opening Theme from the Stranger Things soundtrack, Philip Glass' opening to Mishima, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, John Adams' Wild Nights, Eden Ahbez' Nature Boy, and Samuel Barber's Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance.
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Nyx- Goddess of the Night
Grade 5

Winds by Carol Brittin Chambers, Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Prokofiev's Scythian Suite, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Goldenthal's Adagio and Transfiguration, Saint-Saens' Dance Macabre, and Chamber's Nocturnal Creatures.
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Old World
Grade 3

Winds arranged by Shane Kelbley; Percussion by MJM Works LLC

Featuring music from Dvorak's Symphony No. 8
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On Top of the World
Grade 5

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Yagisawa's Machu Picchu and Balmages' On Top of the World
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ORGANic
Grade 4

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado, Matt Greene

Extended percussion break

Featuring music from Isham's Life as a House soundtrack, Saint-Saens Organ Symphony Cocks and Hens from Carnival of the Animals, and Zimmer's The Organ of Davy Jones

This production revolved around the play "organ" in the word "organic". Organ music was played and represented visually on the field, while plants and animals filled the visual palette!?
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Orient & Occident: East Meets West
Grade 5

Shane Kelbley, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Rimsky-Korsokov's Scheherazade and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances

This is great music that represents two cultures colliding. Worth the listen!
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Out of the Dark
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring Canon in D Major by Pachelbel, Symphony No. 12 by Shostakovich, and Heroes by Peter Gabriel
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Out of the Darkness
Grade 4

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the music of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 and Christina Perri's Tragedy

This "dark to light" show depicts the rebirth of someone overcoming tragedy. The music can have multiple visual interpretations to suit the program's needs. ?
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Outside the Box
Grade 3

Jair Klarfeld, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Kilar's Orawa, Bjork's Dancer in the Dark, and original works by Jair Klarfeld

This intriguing show revolves around the Orawa melody's unforgettable ostinato. The visual construct of the show involved large pvc cubes around the field, but this exciting music can have many different visual representations. ?
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Parkour
Grade 4

Winds by Christopher Andersen; Percussion by MJM Works

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Perpetual Motion
Grade 4

Richard Saucedo and Jair Klarfeld; Winds arranged by Jair Klarfeld; Percussion arranged by Manny Maldonado

Perpetual Motion Based on the music of Richard Saucedo's Wind Sprints . Winds arranged by Jair Klarfeld Percussion arranged by Manuel J. Maldonado. Used by permission. Perpetual Motion is a show based off the exciting and constantly driving music of Richard Saucedo. Many different visual ideas come to mind with this music and the director is not limited to any one design or conceptual idea. The show helped the Port Isabel High School Band place fourth in the Texas 3A State U.I.L. Marching Band Championships. Give it a listen and enjoy!
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Protected
Grade 4

Luke McMillan, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Extended Percussion Break

Featuring America the Beautiful, and original works by Luke McMillan

This patriotic show pays tribute to all who serve, not only in our military, but in our public servant roles of fire fighting, police, and emergency services.
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Puppetmaster
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Stravinsky's Petrouchka, Bobby Purify's I'm Your Puppet, and Metallica's Master of Puppets.
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Pyramids of Giza
Grade 3

Jordan Stern

Featuring Cirque du Solei's Quidam and original works by Jordan Stern

This unique Egyptian-style show will make definitely make any audience excited! Give it a listen!
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Redemption
Grade 4

Smith, Ticheli, Samuel Barber and Imagine Dragons; Winds arranged by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado; Percussion book available by Carlos Botello

Redemption tells the story of a fallen angel trying to regain his grace. The opening number is from Dante's Inferno, the ballad is Sanctuary by Frank Ticheli, and the closer is Barber's Adagio and Imagine Dragon's Demons.

(Please note: Copyright permission is required by all parties before this marching band show may be resold. Additional fees will be required for licensing)
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REpocolype: The Forest of Eyes
Grade 5

Jair Klarfeld, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Guy Jules' Mad World, Iz Gomera's In Pursuit of Infernal Devices, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, and Jair Klarfeld's The Forest of Eyes

This intense production takes hold of the world's dark ending through the eyes of a forest…?
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Revolution/Evolution
Grade 5

Winds, Percussion and Samples by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring music from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 10 by Shostakovich, and Violin Concerto Op. 14 by Barber
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Rhapsody in Blues
Grade 2

Winds by Jair Klarfeld. Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring an original composition by Jair Klarfeld based on George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Irving Berlin's St. Louis Blues, Rising Sun Blues (unknown composer,) and Mussourgsky's Night on Bald Mountain
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Rise
Grade 5

Will Pitts, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Extended percussion feature

Featuring Holsinger's Liturgical Dances, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, Zimmer's Macrotus (from the Batman Begins), and Metheny's Dismantling Utopia.

This "cyborg" show depicts the rise and fall of a cyborg army, portrayed by the colorguard.?
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Road to Make Believe
Grade 5

Winds by Evan VanDoren, Percussion and Samples by MJM works

Featuring the Jazz Mandolin Project's Jungle Tango, Maria Schneider's The Pretty Road, and John Adams Chairman Dances.
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Scenes from Arabia
Grade 3

Winds, Percussions and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring music from Balmages' Arabian Dances and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
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Shoot for the Moon
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring All Systems Go-the Launch from James Horner's Apollo 13 soundtrack, Enterprising Young Men by Michael Giacchino, Clair de Lune by Debussy, Main Titles from James Newton Howard's Signs soundtrack, and Philip Sparke's Music of the Spheres
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Sinfonica
Grade 4

Winds by Shane Kelbley
Percussion by Manny Maldonado and Brad Arnold

Sinfonica is a symphonic marching show that takes the listeners through various Mexican and Cuban songs and influences. Part 1 opens with H. Owen Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana. Part 2 is Sensemaya, a Cuban-influenced work made famous by Leonard Bernstein. Part 3 is the Mass from Reed's work, and Part 4 ties the show together with components from the rest of La Fiesta.
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Sleeping Beauty
Grade 4

Winds by Shane Kelbley; Percussion by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the music of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, and Ariana Grande's Young and Beautiful
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Something Wicked
Grade 4

Winds by MJM Works; Percussion by Steven McCardle (available separately)

Featuring Cage the Elephant's Ain't No Rest for the Wicked, Prokofiev's Scythian Suite, Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Stephen Schwartz' For Good from the Wicked soundtrack, and Arlen's Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
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Spanish Heart
Grade 3

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana, Williams' Symphonic Dance No. 2, Giacchino's La Luna, soundtrack, and Cancion del Mariachi from the Desperado soundtrack

This production features an exciting combination of legitimate and contemporary repertoire that comes together for a great show about the Spanish-Mexican people and its heritage.
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Stained Glass
Grade 4

Winds by Will Pitts; Percussion by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Sanctuary by Frank Ticheli, McCormick Fanfare by Butz, Hope from Prayer Cycle by Jonathan Elias, and Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler
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Star-Crossed
Grade 3

Winds by Daniel Montoya and Chad Taylor, Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Craig Armstrong's Introduction to Romeo from the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack, Imagine Dragons' Demons, and One Republic's March On.
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Starry Night
Grade 3

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado, Chris Gordon, Eric Rath

Featuring Donald Grantham's Spangled Heavens, Shabazz' Toward the North Star, the Pinnochio Soundtrack's When You Wish Upon a Star, and Markowski's Dreamland This show's visual element revolved around stars and Van Gogh's painting Starry Night. It opens up with a pre-recorded track of Star in the East that leads into Grantham's Spangled Heavens. This exciting show based off of contemporary wind literature and an old Disney classic will be sure to excite! ?
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State of Mind
Grade 4

Winds by Daniel Montoya Jr., Percussion by Courtney Kirkwood

Featuring music by Beethoven, Mackey, Copland, Whitacre, and traditional melodies.
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Suite Dreams
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Tumblers, Bricusse and Newley's Pure Imagination, Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights, and Kalinnikov's Symphony No. 2.
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Sweet Smiles with Dark Secrets
Grade 4

Featuring Feeling Good by Buble, Play it Up by Maldonado, Groovin' Hard by Menza, Roxanne by Sting, and Zoot Suit Riot by Steve Perry
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Swept Away
Grade 5

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Gustov Holst's Suite in Eb for Military Band, Sherman's Feed the Birds and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, and Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Jesters.
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Tabloid News
Grade 4

Featuring Urban Dances by Danielpour, Paparazzi by Lady Gaga, The Truth Will Always Be by Pat Metheny, The Tabloids by Manny Maldonado, and Symphony No. 6 by Shostakovich
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, A-ha's Take on Me, and Respighi's Belkis, Queen of Sheeba
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Technicolor
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring original music of Jordan Stern.
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Terror in the Trees
Grade 4

Winds by Daniel Montoya, Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Hector Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique, Dvorak's Noon Witch, James Newton Howard's Battle of the Moors, Inkubus Sukkubus' Wythes Chant '98 , Cristopher Tin's Sogno di Volare (The Dream of Flight) , and Voctave's Poor Unfortunate Souls/I Put a Spell on You.
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The ARRIVAL
Grade 5

James Newton Howard

“The ARRIVAL”
Based on the soundtrack Signs by James Newton Howard, the soundtrack  Alien vs. Predator Requiem by Brian Tyler, and the Alien soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith.

Part One: The people of Earth realize that “other beings” have arrived. It is not clear, however, what their intentions are. The colorguard, depicted as the visitors, surround and encompass the band throughout the movement.

In Part Two, Earthlings feel that the beings have come in peace, and one even falls in love with a creature. But while a member of the Earthling band is being seduced by the colorguard being, another one is sneaking up behind him, which is heard in the build-up of the orchestration!

Part 3 begins with the breakout of war between the other life-forms (colorguard) and the people of Earth (the band.) While this goes on, the drum line plays their drum feature.

There are TWO options for a closer…

Part 4A: Based off the movie Alien vs. Predator Requiem, this movement has a dark turn that could go either way as to who wins the final outcome.

Part 4B: Based off of David Gillingham’s “Galactic Empire,” this piece starts with a war-like theme, but then quickly goes back to the Signs soundtrack while the chase begins to rid Earth of the Aliens.

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The Aviary
Grade 3

Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Tchaikovsky's Black Swan Ballet, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Weather Report's Birdland, Adele's Skyfall,

This show is all about the birds! The opening act takes flight and is uplifting. The ballad are about the "dark birds", such as crows and vultures. There is then an interlude with the "bird" part from Peter and the Wolf that interacts with the percussion section, before going into Birdland. Then we return back to the Tchaikovsky to close it out!
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The Awakening
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring Blackbird by the Beatles, Symphony No. 25 by Mozart, Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Firebird by Igor Stravinsky, Symphonic Metamorphosis by Paul Hindemith, and Fly to Paradise by Eric Whitacre
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The Daily Grind
Grade 4

Winds by Steve Vento, Battery Percussion by Kris Hartman, Front Ensemble and Samples by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Peer Gynt's Morning Mood, Mozart's Queen of the Night Aria, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk, George Bizet's Farandole, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Rossini's William Tell Overture, and Mozart's Marriage of Figaro.
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The End Always Presents a New Beginning
Grade 5

Winds by Evan Vandoren; Percussion by Rick Rodriguez and MJM Works

Featuring the music of Christopher Nelson's Wayfaring Stranger, Michael Markowsi's Instinctive Travels, Michael Giacchino's There's No Place Like Home, and David Sampson's Moving Parts
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The Forgotten People
Grade 3

Jair Klarfeld

The Forgotten People

Featuring the music of Jair Klarfeld
Winds by Jair Klarfeld
Percussion by Manuel J. Maldonado

This original three-movement work for marching band embodies the spirit of the Mayan civilization. Part 1 begins with a flute melody that builds into the main band theme. A jungle-like interlude leads into a mysterious percussive drive that makes the listener visual the rain forest. In Part 2, the flute soloist leads the band into a festive dance in 12/8 time. Part 3 finishes the show with dark harmonies that eventually end with the flute soloist, vanishing into the softening percussion textures.

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The Fugitive
Grade 3

Gustav Mahler

based off of Mahler's Symphony No. 1
Winds and Percussion by Manny Maldonado
(No copyright Needed for this work)

The Fugitive is a programmatic work. In the pre-show (pre-recorded track included), and man is framed and a chase ensues during Part 1 of the show. At the end of the movement, he is captured and is placed in jail. While in jail, he contemplates his misfortune and thinks about how he can clear his name. Then, he sees the real criminal through the jail-bar window. He makes an escape and tries to capture the man in Part 3. Toward the end, the true criminal is caught, and the man becomes a hero for his valor.
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The Knight of La Mancha
Grade 3

Winds by Jair Klarfeld. Percussion by MJM Works LLC

Featuring the music of Minkus' Don Quixote (a ballad in three acts)
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The Lost Treasure
Grade 3

The Lost Treasure is a programmatic show about an archaeologist who finds a precious stone in the jungle, but is discovered by a group of criminals who want the gem. The production is set to Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1.

Part 1 is a chase scene with the female archaeologist fleeing from the thieves, but she is ultimately caught and the gem is stripped from her. In Part 2, she finds a way to sway the lead criminal into giving her the gem back, but he soon realizes her scheme. In Part 3, there is another chase scene, as well as a fight scene. Finally, the gem comes to "life" and begins glowing, causing all who are not worthy to flee. The archaeologist is safe and returns home with her prized possession.
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The Music of Maynard Ferguson
Grade 5

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring Birdland, MacArthur Park, and Pagliacci (orchestration requires a lead trumpet soloist)
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The Planets
Grade 4

Gustav Holst

By Gustov Holst
Winds by Jair Klarfeld
Percussion by Manuel J. Maldonado
used by permission

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The Planets is a show design purely symphonic in nature.  It is based of the classic masterpiece by Gustov Holst and has been a favorite show concept in marching band and drum corps for the past 25 years.  Pay especially close attention to the mallet work in  Venus and the recapitulation in the final minutes of Jupiter.

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The River that Binds Us
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring Moldau by Smetana, Council Oak by Gillingham, River by Leon Bridges, and Beautiful River by Robert Lowry
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The Strings that Bind Us
Grade

Featuring Mad Worldby Roland Orzabal, Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod, Aquarium and March of the Lions from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens, Creep by Radiohead, Symphony No. 1 by Pytor Tchaikovsky, and Bird Set Free by Sia
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The Summit
Grade 4

Winds by Carol Brittin Chambers; Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King, James Newton Howard's Hand of Fate from the Signs soundtrack, Armstrong's PM's Love Theme, and Carol Chamber's Rise!, Ascend, and Escape
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The Swan
Grade 4

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens, and Arrival of the Birds by Johann Johannsson (Cinematic Orchestra)
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Through the Night
Grade 4

Winds by Tim Hinton; Percussion by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring the music of Mackey's Hymn to a Blue Hour, Jupiter by Holst, Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, Debussy's Claire de Lune, and The Shadow Chase from the Jupiter Ascending soundtrack by Michael Giacchino
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Thunderstruck: The Music of AC/DC
Grade 5

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring Thunderstruck, TNT, Back in Black, Highway to Hell, and For Those About to Rock
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Tin Man
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring Tin Man by Miranda Lambert, Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, Foundry by John Mackey, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John, Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana, and We're Off to the Wizard by Yip Harburg,
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To the Promised Land
Grade 3

Winds by Chad Taylor. Percussion by MJM Works

Percussion parts are currently being written for this show

Featuring the music of Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, and the traditional melodies of Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen, Go Down Moses, Deep River, Wade in the Water, Amazing Grace, and Lift Every Voice and Sing.
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Train of Thought
Grade 4

Carol Brittin Chambers, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado

Featuring Glass' Primacy of Numbers, Bjork's Dancer in the Dark, Giacchino's Enterprising Young Men, and Chamber's Train of Thought

This production's visual hook was a play on the word "train" inside the title "Train of Thought".
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True Colors
Grade 4

Featuring True Colors by Zed Kesha, Swan Lake Ballet and Symphony No. 6 by Tchaikovsky, Paint it Black by Mick Jagger, and A Colour Symphony by Sir Artur Bliss
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Turning Point
Grade 4

Jordan Stern

Musical Selections:
"Turn, Turn, Turn!" by the Byrds
"Turning Tables" by Adele
"Children's March" by Percy Grainger
"Symphony #10" by Dmitri Shostakovich
"Galop" from "The Limpid Stream" by Dmitri Shostakovich

This exciting production takes us through the life journey of a person: From a young boy at play, who becomes an angst filled teenager who then graduates from high school and falls in love. From there, he gets swept up in the hectic "rat race" of working life. The show ends as he and his wife has a child and the cycle begins again...
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Twilight in the Garden
Grade 3

Winds by Shane Kelbley, Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of Mendelssohn's Overtur to a Mid-summer's Nights Dream, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 (mvts. 1, 4, 5) , Schubert's Die Erlkonig, Anne Hathaway's I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables, and Claude-Michel Shonberg's I Dreamed a Dream.
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UFO!
Grade 1

Featuring original music by Manny Maldonado. Winds and percussion arranged by MJM Works.

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Unity
Grade 4

Featuring Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Appalachian Spring, Hindemith's Symphony in Bb, Coldplay's Fix You, and Holst's Jupiter from The Planets

Unity celebrates man and mankind. There is enough darkness, reflection, and triumph in this work to have multiple visual interpretations.
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Urban Dances
Grade 4

Richard Danielpour and Jair Klarfeld; Winds arranged by Jair Klarfeld; Percussion arranged by Manny Maldonado

Urban Dances

By Richard Danielpour
Winds by Jair Klarfeld
Percussion by Manuel J. Maldonado
used by permission

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This program design illustrates ones excitement, frustration, and release of a Friday workday just before the weekend begins.  Give it a listen!

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Vagabond
Grade 5

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
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Vanishing Act
Grade 4

The "Vanishing Act" is based off the music of "Houdini". It starts with a pre-show soundscape and has a powerful sample effect at the end of the closer.

This show is not for the faint of heart! Although the technical aspect of the show is a grade 3, the tempos make it a challenge for any marching ensemble!
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War of Art
Grade 5

Philip Glass, Peter Tchaikovsky

The "War of Art" is based off the inward struggle any true artist has with his or her work. The pre-show audio track is a testament of the inner voices an artist hears…part insanity, part war within the artist. As the show progresses, beauty begins to shine through until there is triumph with the finished work.

Part 1, 2 and 4 is based off the music of Philip Glass. Part 3 is from Peter Tchaikovsky.
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Waterworks
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern

Featuring the music of Smetana's Moldau, the Beatles' Rain, Singing in the Rain by Brown, Enya's Watermark, and Rain by Hans Zimmer
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What Do You See?
Grade 4

Featuring A Movement for Rosa by Camphouse, Pure Imagination by Bricusse/Newley, and Symphony No. 2 by Tchaikovsky
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Where there is Shadow, There Must Be Light
Grade 5

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring This Little Light of Mine, Metallica's Enter Sandman, Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra mvt. 5, and Evanescence's My Immortal
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Wonderful World
Grade 3

Winds and Percussion by MJM Works

Featuring the music of James Barnes' Symphonic Overture and Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World
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You Are
Grade 5

Imogen Heap, Mark Isham

You Are
Featuring the music of Imogen Heap and Mark Isham's Life as a House soundtrack.
Winds arranged by Carol Chambers.
Percussion by Manuel J. Maldonado and Kris Hartman.

The pre-show and three movements are based off the concept of "who you are…the individual, the poised, and the driven." Many visual representations can be interpreted, and the rich harmonies and driving melodic lines will give the director many visual ideas for their marching band.