Note: This list is NOT the syllabus.
This list includes suggestions for lyrical pieces from both the
syllabus and the broader repertoire - if you select a piece from
this list that is not on the syllabus,
please ensure you provide two scores for the adjudicators.
Please also note that this list is not exhaustive.
| Piece Name | Composer/Arranger | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| A Mighty Fortress | J. Edmondson | |
| A Shaker Hymn | J. O’Reilly | |
| A Song for Friends | L. Daehn | |
| At Daybreak | Robert W. Smith | CL Barnhouse |
| Atlantic Crossing | Alan Lee Silva | Carl Fischer |
| Amazing Grace | J. Edmondson | |
| Arioso | J. Visconti/Del Borgo | |
| Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms | Trad/D. Marlatt | |
| Brother James’ Air | MacBeth Bain/Wagner | Belwin |
| Canticle | D. Wagner | Alfred/Belwin |
| Cathedral | L. Conley | |
| Chippewa Lullaby | A. McGinty | Queenwood/Kjos |
| Country Wildflowers | L. Daehn | |
| December Sky | E. Morales | |
| Dorian Dreamscape | R. Sheldon | |
| Early One Morning | D. Stubbs | Studio Music |
| Greensleeves | Michael Sweeney | Hal Leonard |
| Hotaru Koi (Japanese Folk Song) | N. Fairchild | |
| In Quiet Times | J. Swearingen | |
| Jeanette, Isabella | W. Ryden | |
| Largo from Symphony No. 9 | C. Sharp | |
| Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence | Anne McGinty | Schirmer Music |
| Maesong | W. Owens | TRN Music |
| Night Star | S. Hodges | |
| Shenandoah | R. Smith & M. Story | |
| Skye Boat Song | J. O’Reilly | Alfred/Belwin |
| St. Anthony Chorale | M. Williams | |
| Song of the Hebrides | L. Daehn | |
| Simple Gifts | J. Bullock | |
| Tales of the River Wye | Philip Sparke | Dehaske |
| Whispering Winds | B. Balmages | |
| Who Can Sail Against the Wind | A. McGinty |
| Piece Name | Composer/Arranger | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| A Child’s Embrace | C. Young | |
| A Childhood Hymn | D. Holsinger | |
| A Scottish Ballade | R. Sheldon | |
| A Song of Hope | J. Swearingen | |
| A Shaker Gift Song | F. Ticheli | |
| A Quiet Rain | W. Cummings | |
| Adagio | Albinoni/de Haan | |
| Adam’s Song | Robert van Beringen | Dehaske |
| Air for Winds | M. Shelton | |
| All the Pretty Little Horses | A. McGinty | |
| Anthem | Edmonson | |
| Aria | Telemann/Daehn | |
| As Torrents in Summer | Elgar/Davis | |
| Balladair | F. Erickson | |
| Ballade | D. Jenkins | |
| Brother James' Air | Bain/Wagner | |
| First Light on the Chesapeake | ||
| Greenwillow Portrait | M. Williams | |
| Horkstow Grange | Micheal Sweeney | Hal Leonard |
| I Saw Two Clouds At Morning | K. Mixon | |
| In the Bleak Midwinter | Holst/Smith | |
| Let Me Weep | G.F. Handel/de Haan | |
| Linden Lea | R. Vaughan Williams/Stout | |
| Old Scottish Melody: Auld Lang Syne | Wiley | |
| Our Kingsland Spring | S. Hazo | Hal Leonard |
| Prospect | P. Le Plante | |
| Rivers | S. Hazo | |
| Romantic Ballad | T. Doss | |
| Shadows in Time | Q. Hilliard | |
| Shenandoah | R. Sheldon | |
| The Red River Valley | P. La Plante | |
| The Spirit Endures | James Hosay | Curnow |
| Too Beautiful For Words | Rob Grice | CL Barnhouse |
| Water is Wide | James Swearingen | CL Barnhouse |
| When the Stars Began to Fall | F. Allen | |
| While I Watch the Yellow Wheat | L. Daehn |
| Piece Name | Composer/Arranger | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| A Quiet Moment | P. Sparke | Dehaske |
| Adagio for Winds | E. Del Borgo | |
| Air for Band | F. Erickson | |
| Ammerland | Jacob de Haan | |
| Appalachian Morning | R. Sheldon | Alfred |
| As Summer was Just Beginning | L. Daehn | |
| At Morning’s First Light | D. Gillingham | |
| Canterbury Chorale | J. Van Der Roost | |
| Crimond | Trad. | |
| Daydream | T. Mahr | |
| Deir' in De | W. Barker | |
| Down a Country Lane | Copland arr. Patterson | |
| Evensong | W. Harbinson | Alfred |
| Fantasy on “The Minstrel Boy” | M. Grauer | |
| Forever Holding Close the Memories | Richard Saucedo | Hal Leonard |
| Gentle Clouds Roll By | D. Coakley | |
| Gently Blows the Summer Wind | R. Standridge | Grand Mesa |
| Harvest Hymn | P. Grainger | |
| Heaven's Light | S. Reineke | |
| If Thou Be Near | Bach/Reed | |
| In Heaven’s Air | Hazo | |
| Intermezzo for Band | J. de Haan | |
| Loch Lomond | F. Ticheli | |
| Misty Rain, Softly Falling | F. Erickson | |
| My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish | J.S. Bach/Reed | |
| Nettleton | J. Vinson | Hal Leonard |
| On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss | D. Holsinger | |
| On a Southern Hymnsong | D. Holsinger | |
| On Angel Wings | E. Huckeby | |
| Orfeo's Song | Gluck/Beringen | |
| Prelude on an Irish Folk Tune | P. Sparke | Dehaske |
| Quiet Music | Douglas Wagner | Alfred/Belwin |
| Rain | Brian Balmages | FJH |
| Reverie for Bonita | Bray | |
| Rhosymedre | Williams/Beeler | |
| Shenandoah | F. Ticheli | |
| Star Ship | Y. Nishimura | |
| Sure on this Shining Light | S. Barber/Saucedo | |
| The Whispering Tree | G. Farmer | Daehn Publishing |
| Then I Saw The Lucent Sky | Todd Stalter | Alfred |
| Walden | C. Sharp | |
| Wind | Darren Jenkins | Alfred |
| Windsong | J. Zdechlik | Kjos |
| With Each Sunset | R. Saucedo | |
| With Quiet Courage | L. Daehn | |
| Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon | P. Grainger | |
| Yorkshire Ballad | Barnes |
| Piece Name | Composer/Arranger | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| A Hymn For The Lost & Living | Eric Ewazen | |
| A Movement for Rosa | Camphouse | |
| Amazing Grace | F. Ticheli | |
| American Elegy | F. Tichelli | |
| Be Thou My Vision | D. Gillingham | |
| Cantus | T. Doss | DeHaske |
| Chorale Prelude: Be Thou My Vision | J. Stamp | |
| Come Sweet Death | Bach/Reed | |
| Contre qui, rose | M. Lauridsen/Reynolds | Peer-Southern Music |
| Down Longford Way | P. Grainger | |
| Dusk | S. Bryant | |
| Elegy | J. B. Chance | |
| Elegy for a Young American | LoPresti | |
| Eternal Father, Strong to Save | C. T. Smith | |
| Hennepin County Dawn | S. Hazo | Hal Leonard |
| I Am | Boysen | |
| In Memoriam: Kristina | B. Yurko | |
| In this hid Clearing | J. Stamp | Kjos |
| Irish Tune from County Derry | P. Grainger | |
| Lux Aurumque | E. Whitacre | |
| Lyric Essay | D. Coakley | |
| Morning Alleluias | R. Nelson | |
| My Heart is Longing | Bach/Reed | |
| Night – Movement II | R. Rumbelow | Kjos |
| None But the Lonely Heart | Tchaikovsky/Curnow | |
| October | E. Whitacre | |
| Of Strength and Peace | G. Farmer | Daehn Publications |
| Perthshire Majesty | S. Hazo | |
| Remembrance of Things to Come | J. Stamp | |
| Salvation is Created | Tschesnekoff/Houseknecht | |
| Sheep May Safely Graze | Bach/Reed | |
| Sleep | E. Whitacre | |
| Suo-Gan | J. Curnow | |
| Trauermusik | R. Wagner/Leidzen | |
| Watchman, Tell Us of the Night | M. Camphouse | |
| Whisper to Their | S. Hazo | Hal Leonard |
| Who Will But Let Himself be Guided | Bach/Reed |
Copyright ©
Designed and Developed by Kristie Hunter
for the Ontario Band Association