Hal Leonard Steps Ahead - Gandolfi - Concert Band - Gr. 2.5

Composer: Michael Gandolfi
Publisher: American Composers Forum
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level: 2.5

Steps Ahead is a new BandQuest work by Michael Gandolfi that takes young players on a journey! Along the way, there are musical elements intended to educate the performers about basic compositional techniques.
Duration: 4:00

"Steps Ahead is a delightful piece with something interesting for every instrument in the ensemble. Each of its three sections addresses a kind of compositional technique - transposition, tutti (a 2-part homophonic section) and developing tutti (parts of the band enter to build to a 2-part homophonic tutti). Less experienced players might enjoy the challenges of easy syncopation and musical lines constructed with larger intervals." - Tom Duffy, series editor.

BandQuest, an exciting series of new music and accompanying curricula for band, is a program published by the American Composers Forum. The series was started as a response to feedback from music educators that there is a pressing need for new, fresh band music. The heart of this program is new works written by a diverse group of leading American composers who have created challenging pieces that are a true departure from standard middle school repertoire.