Four Short Bartok Pieces

Four Short Bartok Pieces

(2018) for Grade 2 Concert Band [wolf_button text=”Purchase NOW! from JW Pepper” url=”https://www.jwpepper.com/Four-Short-Bartok-Pieces/10978200.item#/submit” color=”accent-color” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_blank” icon=”fa-adjust” icon_position=”after”] Bring Your Grade 2 Ensemble Something Fresh Four Short Bartók Pieces is a four-piece set arranged for Grade 2 Concert Band by Garrett Hope. Béla Bartók composed the pieces in 1908–1909 and first published them 1908–1911. …

Well for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Well for Alto Saxophone and Piano

(2018) for Alto Saxophone and Piano. Commissioned by Vanessa Woolsey for her senior recital at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The piece will be premiered in April of 2018. [wolf_button text=”Download Preview Score” url=”https://www.dropbox.com/s/8coau0d3k33f4mu/Well%20-%20Full%20Score%20Watermark.pdf?dl=0″ color=”accent-color” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_blank” icon=”fa-adjust” icon_position=”after”] Description and Program Note: Well is a serene, yet challenging, composition for alto saxophone and piano. It …

Ataraxia for Concert Band

Ataraxia

(2018) for Concert Band. Commissioned by Chase the Music for the Standley Lake High School Band in Westminster, CO under the direction of Carissa Duran. The piece was premiered in February of 2018. [wolf_button text=”PURCHASE ON JWPEPPER.COM” url=”https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=garrett+hope+ataraxia” color=”accent-color” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_blank” icon=”fa-adjust” icon_position=”after”] Description and Program Note: Ataraxia is a somber, yet heroic, Grade …

Boreas

Boreas

(2017) for Concert Band. Commissioned by Composers and Schools in Concert for Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, TN, DoraThea Kastanas, director; Lincoln East High School, Lincoln, NE, Tom Thorpe, director; Fullerton Union High School, Fullerton, CA, Troy Trimble, director; and Culver City High School, Culver City, CA, Tony Spano, Jr., director. [wolf_button text=”Available for Purchase on …

Polaris

Polaris

(2017) for String Ensemble. Commissioned by Dr. Eliza Jeffords for the Texas Lutheran University String Ensemble. [wolf_button text=”Available for Purchase on MusicSpoke” url=”https://musicspoke.com/downloads/polaris/” color=”accent-color” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_blank” icon=”fa-adjust” icon_position=”after”] [wolf_button text=”Available for Purchase on J.W. Pepper” url=”https://www.jwpepper.com/Polaris/10978194.item#/submit” color=”accent-color” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_blank” icon=”fa-adjust” icon_position=”after”] Scrolling score video. Make it full screen! Description and Program Note Polaris …

The Wolf's Robe Movie

The Wolf’s Robe

Synopsis of Film Magician and con-artist Victor Hunt (Will Griffey) flees the authorities after a botched bank robbery. Finding a minister stuck on the road, Victor steals his robe and credentials, leaving the minister tied in the woods. Victor’s trajectory goes awry when the Engel family believes him to be the minister coming to officiate …

Sisters

(2015) for SSA chorus with piano. Text by Joel E. Jacobson. Commissioned by Composers and Schools in Concert for Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah, GA, under the direction of Russell P. Watkins and East High School, Lincoln, NE under the direction of Brett D. Epperson. [wolf_button text=”Order Copies Here!” url=”http://musicspoke.com/downloads/sisters/” color=”accent-color” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_blank” icon=”fa-adjust” icon_position=”after”] …

The Past is But a Fragment

This piece was written for choreographer Jeanine McCain (Assistant Professor of Dance, Ursinus College). When Jeanine approached me about the piece her vision was to create a work that explored our relationship with the past, where we are in the present, and where we are going. I loved the idea and challenge of creating a …