Fortune and Glory: Concert Band Conductor Score

$10.00 USD

Fortune and Glory: Concert Band Conductor Score

Name: Fortune and Glory: Concert Band Conductor Score
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 00-51025S
Price: 10.00 USD
Availability: InStock

By Jack Wilds

Grade: 1

Item: 00-51025S

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Fortune and Glory is an evocative, exciting piece that will transport your audience into a swashbuckling action movie. Jack Wilds fills the piece with twists, turns, and jump cuts, making the music feel like a soundtrack that will ignite your students' imaginations. Positively energetic and highly approachable! (2:00)

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Series: MakeMusic Developing Band

Publisher: MakeMusic Publications

ISBN10: 1-4706-6899-8

ISBN13: 978-1-4706-6899-0

UPC: 038081587813

SKU: 00-51025S

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About the Composer: Jack Wilds

Jack Wilds composes across an expansive range of musical contexts, from children's ensembles to professional orchestras. His catalog draws deliberately from visual media, literature, and philosophy, channeling these influences into works that respect where musicians are while pushing them toward genuine artistry. He spent years in the public school classroom before joining Texas State University as a lecturer in composition and theory, and his prolific catalog for developing wind and choral groups appears on festival required lists across multiple continents.

Wilds remains deeply engaged in both education and performance. He serves as Co-Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in San Marcos, adjudicates and clinics regularly across the country, and has studied composition with leading figures including Donald Grantham at the University of Texas. His chamber works have been championed by ensembles ranging from the Attacca Quartet to members of the New York Philharmonic and Atlanta Symphony, and he has been a featured composer at the International Trombone Festival, the Wyoming Festival, and numerous workshops worldwide.

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Why we love this

Grade 1 repertoire rarely achieves this balance of cinematic energy and genuine musicality. Wilds structures the piece with clear sectional movements and memorable thematic material that your band will want to dig into, while the movie-soundtrack idiom keeps even younger students engaged and excited about what they're playing. It's the kind of programming choice that makes a young ensemble feel like they're doing something sophisticated without the technical overwhelm.

What to expect

Fortune and Glory pulls directly from action cinema: propulsive, with sudden shifts in texture and direction that keep listeners off balance and intrigued. The writing maintains forward momentum while building genuine excitement, never feeling static or overly simple despite its accessibility.

Who it's for

Developing concert bands that want a showpiece with immediate appeal and replay value. This works equally well as a contest selection or a concert opener that sets an exciting tone for your audience.

How to get the most out of it

Shape the melodic lines with intention. Even at this grade level, the themes have character; resist the temptation to play it uniformly loud.
Lean into the rhythmic drive that creates momentum through the 'jump cuts' Wilds mentions. Clean articulation in the lower voices makes those transitions land.
Balance transparency in the fuller sections. With the piece at just two minutes, every orchestration choice is deliberate; make sure accompaniment figures don't bury the action.

How to use it

Open a concert or festival performance with this to establish energy and capture attention immediately. It also pairs well on a program with more lyrical or substantive works, functioning as a palette cleanser that reminds audiences why bands are fun to watch. At just two minutes, it fits naturally into contests and festival rotations without dominating your rehearsal time.