Marches & Openers
Marches and Openers for Brass Band.
Welcome to Music from Kevin Ackford’s Marches and openers. Here you can view scores, listen to sound clips and buy titles by Kevin.
You will find traditional marches as well as other pieces. Such as Theme Tunes for the BBC radio programme “Sounds Of Brass” and Kevin’s own weekly programme “Brass In The Bay.”
You will find a description for each title. There is also a sound file (wherever possible) and a score to view.
Click on quick view for basic details of a title. Alternatively click elsewhere in the image to see the score pages and Listen to sound files.
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Crowning Glory
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Crowning Glory was written for Denton Brass as their march for the annual Whit Friday March Contests. This bright energetic march has all the hallmarks of Kevin’s march writing with obbligatos for the Soprano Cornet and Solo Horn.
A great concert opener for all standards of bands.
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Stargazer
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Again, not a traditional march but a great opener. Stargazer is the third of Kevin’s space trilogy. Again, this piece shows all the hallmarks of Kevin’s writing with a great melody and plenty of energy with a little twist, as in the middle section the title is spelled out in the cornets using Morse code. A must for any band.
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Carnsmerry
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Carnsmerry was written as the set march in the year 2000 for the 1st section at the West of England Bandsmen’s Festival contest held in the village of Bugle in Cornwall. Snippets of both the Floral Dance as well as the May Dance can be heard in this vibrant march, finishing with an obbligato for both the Soprano Cornet and Solo Horn this is a must for your concert programme.
