7/23/2007 - 7 C. Alan Band Pieces Featured in the BandWorld Top 100 List
Every year, the American Band College, BandWorld Magazine, and the Western International Band Clinic select what they consider the best concert band works for that particular year. This past year marked the largest number of C. Alan pieces with 7 band pieces being featured on the list.

At Morning's First Light (Grade 2) - David R. Gillingham
Crest of Honor (Grade 4) - David R. Gillingham
Foster's America (Grade 4) - David R. Gillingham
Pandemonium (Grade 4) - Roger Cichy
Sunstorm (Grade 3) - Jeff Jordan
Under the Magical Wing (Grade 4) - David R. Gillingham
With Heart & Voice (Grade 4) - David R. Gillingham

7/2/2007 - Three Band Pieces Selected for J.W. Pepper's 2007-2008 Editor's Choice
Every year, J.W. Pepper reviews thousands of publications to choose the pieces they deem to be the best of that particular year. This year, three C. Alan band pieces were selected to be part of this collection, the 2007-2008 Editor's Choice. Full recordings of the pieces will be included on CDs in the Pepper Full Recorded Library. Read Pepper's descriptions of each piece below.

Apollo's Chariot by Nathan Daughtrey
You'll want to grab the reins of the nearest chariot when you experience the action of this wonderfully descriptive work. Thundering percussion provides the fuel throughout, even though the parts are well within the playing abilities of this level. Well written and effectively scored, it will have younger groups sounding much more developed and mature.

A Sacred Suite by Brant Karrick
American songs from shaped-note singing books as well as an English hymn make up the movements of this suite. The first movement begins with a fanfare that leads to O God Our Help in Ages Past. The second movement features a Holst-like setting of the hymn Consolation, while the third movement combines True Happiness with How Firm a Foundation in a rollicking 6/8 finale.

The Sky by Gary Gackstatter
This is one part of a larger work based on landscape art of the vast central plains. The prairie sky is wondrous in its expanse and scope, always changing and inspiring. This work is an expression of the many moods and majesty one finds simply by looking upward.

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7/2/2007 - Elliot Del Borgo Joins the C. Alan Team
Elliot Del Borgo, composer of hundreds of works for concert band orchestra, has just signed on exclusively with C. Alan Publications. We have relea sed 5 new band works and 5 new string orchestra works just this fall.

Concert Band
American Trilogy
Battle Cry of Freedom
Israeli Triptych
Simple Gifts
Variants on a New England Hymn

String Orchestra
Celtic Trilogy
Grand Russian Fantasia
Holiday Bell Carol
La Tempesta di Mare
Premier Concert Folio, Vol. I

Be on the lookout for more great things from Elliot Del Borgo as his relationship with C. Alan Publications begins to flourish.

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7/2/2007 - Full Recordings Now Featured on the C. Alan Website
C. Alan Publications has taken the initiative to make full recordings available online for as many pieces as possible. For ALL of the new 2007-08 products, visitors to our site have the choice to download full mp3 recordings to their computer to enjoy over and over, whether on an mp3 player or on a CD they have compiled. Not to worry, those of you with slower connestions to the internet still have the option to download a shorter excerpt. We plan to continue adding full recordings for all of the older pieces in the catalog, beginning with the most recent and working backward.

Visit our FULL RECORDINGS page now!

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