Australian Concert Band Music?

scottw · Post by **scottw** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:31 pm

This is possibly off topic, but I can think of nowhere else I might get better suggestions, so here goes!
I have been asked to find concert band works representing Australian music--pieces that would be recogniseable as "Australian". Yes, we have "Waltzing Matilda", but we need several more pieces for a concert coming up.Has anyone any suggestions? As always, many thanks in advance!

bort · Post by **bort** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:53 pm

How about Grainger's Gum-Suckers' March?

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:08 am

Our community band library contains a piece called "Down Under - Australian Medley". It's a Hal Leonard publication arranged by Curnow. Pretty nice and fairly easy play. It's out of print but I'll be glad to loan it to you for a concert.

scottw · Post by **scottw** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:13 pm

Thanks, Tinker! Anyone else have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Adam C. · Post by **Adam C.** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:57 pm

Australian Up-Country Tune, by Grainger

van · Post by **van** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:18 am

Besides Australian Up-Country Tune, our community band has something called "Australian Variant Suite" in our files. I've never played it but it looks rather challenging. The notes say that it is based on an Aboriginal melody "Boat on Batavia River". It is arranged by Jim Curnow and playing time is 12:35. Publisher is Jensen Publications. Let me know if it sounds interesting to you. I'm sure you could borrow it since there's little chance we'll be playing it anytime soon.

tubaspmcc · Post by **tubaspmcc** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:52 pm

I know for a fact that many Australian Army Bands have a medley of Aussie peces aptly named: "Aussie Medley". You may want to try to contact them to see if you can get a hold of a copy. It contains many well known tunes such as 'I still call Australia Home", "Gundagai", Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" and others.

All the Best,

Simon McCauley

scottw · Post by **scottw** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:40 pm

tubaspmcc wrote:I know for a fact that many Australian Army Bands have a medley of Aussie peces aptly named: "Aussie Medley". You may want to try to contact them to see if you can get a hold of a copy. It contains many well known tunes such as 'I still call Australia Home", "Gundagai", Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" and others.
Simon McCauley

Simon,
It makes a lot of sense that they have such a piece.I went to the all the military band sites I could find, and none of them had any kind of e-mail contact information available, so that I might ask abot this medley.
If you have any clue as to how to ask for this information, I'd very much appreciate the help!
Scott