Timber City Trilogy: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

$50.00 USD

Timber City Trilogy: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

Name: Timber City Trilogy: Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 00-24662
Price: 50.00 USD
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By Mark Williams

Grade: 2.5 (Medium Easy)

Item: 00-24662

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This three-movement work contains a variety of styles and teaching opportunities. A fanfare opens the work, followed by a lyrical, floating section. The final section of the work is a ragtime strut with lots of comedy and style!

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Series: Young Symphonic

Publisher: Alfred Music

Page Count: 286

UPC: 038081268224

SKU: 00-24662

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About the Composer: Mark Williams

Mark Williams built a career crafting accessible, engaging music for young ensembles across North America and beyond. With a background in elementary band instruction and performance on bassoon, he understood precisely what students at developing levels needed to hear and play. His catalog of over 200 published compositions for band, orchestra, and choir reflects decades of classroom experience and clinical work across 34 states, five Canadian provinces, and Australia.

Williams earned degrees from Eastern Washington University and served as woodwind performer and arranger for the 560th Air Force Band. His contributions to music education were recognized through major awards including the Western International Band Clinic's Gralia Competition and multiple ASCAP Special Awards. Beyond composing, he remained an active performer on bassoon and served as Conductor and Artistic Director for the Spokane British Brass Band, bringing the same clarity and musicality to his conducting that defined his writing.

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Why we love this

Williams packs genuine musical substance into a medium-easy package without sacrificing character or fun. The three-movement arc gives your band a complete musical journey in one rehearsal-friendly piece, and the stylistic variety (fanfare, lyrical floating section, ragtime strut) keeps players engaged while building fundamentals across different idioms.

What to expect

The work opens with ceremonial brightness, inviting your audience in with a strong statement. Then it shifts into something intimate and buoyant, letting the ensemble breathe together before landing in a playful, rhythmically sophisticated final movement that brings smiles without sacrificing musicianship.

Who it's for

Directors leading Grade 2-3 concert bands who want to program a single work that demonstrates multiple conducting opportunities and musical styles. Ensembles with solid fundamentals but still building independence will thrive with this piece's clear structure and moderate technical demands.

How to get the most out of it

Shape the opening fanfare with clear articulation and a sense of proclamation; let the brass lead with confidence while the woodwinds provide crisp harmonic support.
In the lyrical section, encourage sustained singing through the phrase from your winds and brass. This floating quality requires consistent tone and breath control across the ensemble.
Nail the rhythmic clarity in the ragtime strut by locking the syncopations in rehearsal before polishing dynamics and style. Humor comes from precision, not approximation.

How to use it

This works beautifully as a concert opener or closer depending on your program's tone. The three-movement design makes it substantial enough to anchor a concert section on its own, or program it alongside shorter character pieces to showcase your band's range and flexibility.

Skills your students will build

Fanfare articulation and brass-led ensemble balance
Sustained legato phrasing across full ensemble
Syncopated rhythm reading and ragtime style interpretation
Responding to varied conducting gestures across contrasting tempos and characters