Marching Band Arrangements
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Bee Yourself
Grade 3Winds by MJM Works, Percussion by David Hochstetter
Celebrations!
Grade 3Winds, Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works.
Classical Motown
Grade 4Winds, Percussion and Sound Design by MJM Works.
Shoot for the Moon
Grade 4Winds and Percussion by MJM Works
The Heat of Winter
Grade 3Winds, Front Ensemble, and Sound Design by MJM Works.Battery Percussion by Ian Smith.
American Celebrations
Grade 2Manuel J. "Manny" 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!
Anomaly
Grade 4Jair Klarfeld, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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!?
Attic
Grade 4Carol Brittin Chambers, Manny Maldonado
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!?
Back to the Future
Grade 3Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.?
Birds of a Feather
Grade 5Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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!
Carmen II
Grade 3Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.?
Celestial Voyage
Grade 5Winds arranged by Carol Brittin Chambers; Percussion by Todd Sommer and Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
Celestial Voyage II
Grade 5Carol Brittin Chambers, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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. ?
Classic Rach
Grade 3Winds by Evan VanDoren; Battery by Rick Rodriguez, Front Ensemble by MJM Works
Clockwork
Grade 4Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.?
Common Thread
Grade 5Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
Dangerous Waters
Grade 5Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.
Darkness Before Dawn
Grade 3Luke McMillan, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
This production is a "dark to light" show, which can have numerous visual interpretations.?
Dia de los Muertos
Grade 4Stephen Segura, Courtney Kirkwood, and Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.
eARTh
Grade 4Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.
European Vacation
Grade 1Winds by Jair Klarfeld. Percussion by MJM Works.
Field of Dreams
Grade 3Winds by Daniel Montoya Jr.; Percussion by Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
Forever Young
Grade 5Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.
Fragile Earth
Grade 4Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.
From Dusk til Dawn
Grade 3Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
Immortal
Grade 4Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.?
Intergalactic
Grade 5Jordan Stern
(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.
Mad World
Grade 4Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado, Scott Ward
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!?
Masquerade
Grade 4Manuel J. Maldonado
This show is about all things "mask"! ?
Nevermore
Grade 2Winds 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
NuTribe
Grade 4Winds and Percussion by Jordan Stern
ORGANic
Grade 4Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado, Matt Greene
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!?
Outside the Box
Grade 3Jair Klarfeld, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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. ?
Protected
Grade 4Luke McMillan, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.
REpocolype: The Forest of Eyes
Grade 5Jair Klarfeld, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
This intense production takes hold of the world's dark ending through the eyes of a forest…?
Rise
Grade 5Will Pitts, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.?
Something Wicked
Grade 4Winds by MJM Works; Percussion by Steven McCardle (available separately)
Spanish Heart
Grade 3Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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.
Starry Night
Grade 3Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado, Chris Gordon, Eric Rath
Terror in the Trees
Grade 4Winds by Daniel Montoya, Percussion by MJM Works
The Aviary
Grade 3Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
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!
The Daily Grind
Grade 4Winds by Steve Vento, Battery Percussion by Kris Hartman, Front Ensemble and Samples by MJM Works
The Fugitive
Grade 3Gustav Mahler
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.
To the Promised Land
Grade 3Winds 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.Train of Thought
Grade 4Carol Brittin Chambers, Manuel J. "Manny" Maldonado
This production's visual hook was a play on the word "train" inside the title "Train of Thought".
Twilight in the Garden
Grade 3Winds by Shane Kelbley, Percussion by MJM Works
Unity
Grade 4
Unity celebrates man and mankind. There is enough darkness, reflection, and triumph in this work to have multiple visual interpretations.