2021
In May 2021 over 3,000 DMS members, performers and friends were invited to submit the title and composer of their all-time favorite concert band work. Below are the results. If you would like to be included in next year’s Band Rep Hall of Fame, register here.
1. Stars & Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa
7.32%
2. First Suite in E♭
Gustav Holst
6.50%
3. Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral
Richard Wagner, arr. Lucien Cailliet
5.69%
Runners Up:
Overture to “Candide” – Leonard Bernstein
Second Suite in F Op. 28, No. 2 – Gustav Holst
La Fiesta Mexicana – Alfred Reed
Russian Christmas Music – Alfred Reed
The Music Man – Meredith Willson
Honorable Mentions:
Incantation and Dance – John Barnes Chance
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin
Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger
Rocky Point Holiday – Ron Nelson
Hounds of Spring – Alfred Reed
Finale from Symphony #5 – Dmitri Shostakovich
1812 Overture – Pytor Tchaikovsky
October – Frank Tichelli
Symphony number 2 – Frank Tichelli
America The Beautiful – Samuel Augustus Ward
Symphonic Dance 3 – Clifton Williams
Remaining Entries:
The Star Spangled Banner – Francis Scott Key
Third Symphony – James Barnes
Symphonic Songs for Band – Robert Russell Bennett
West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein
A Christmas Celebration – Kenny Biershenk
As All the Heavens Were a Bell – Jay Bocook
Silverado – Bruce Broughton
Coventry Carol – Lloyd Conley
Appalachian Spring -Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man – Aaron Copland
Heritage of the March – Harold J. Crosby
Niagara Falls – Michael Daugherty
Dancing Fire – Kevin Day
At Kitty O’Shea’s – Johan de Meij
Symphony No. 1 “The Lord or the Rings” – Johan de Meij
Universal Judgment – Camilio DeNardis
Fanfare for La Peri – Paul Dukas
New World Symphony – Antonin Dvorak
Air (For Band) – Frank Erickson
Rhythm of the Winds – Frank Erickson
Concertante for Wind Instruments – Norman Dello Joio
God Bless America – Irving Berlin
Overture in Bb – Caesar Giovannini
Paprikash – Julie Gireux
The Messiah Hallelujah Chorus – George F. Handel
Zampa Overture – Ferdinand Herold
Battle Hymn of the Republic – William Steffe
The Planets – Gustav Holst
Jupiter from “The Planets” – Gustav Holst
Second Suite in F Op.28, No.2 – Gustav Holst
Pentland Hills – James W. Howe
Music from Prague – Karel Husa
American Overture for Band – Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
O Magnum Mysterium – Morton Lauridsen
Malaguena – Ernesto Luceono
Legend of the One Eyed Sailor – Chuck Mangione
Phaedra Overture – Jules Massenet
Kaddish = W. Francis McBeth
In The Mood – Glen Miller
The Arcadians -Lionel Monkton
Night on Bald Mountain – Modeste Mussorgsky
Pilatus – Mountain of Dragons – Steven Reineke
The Witch and the Saint – Steven Reineke
Russian Easter Overture – Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Broad Stripes and Bright Stars – Robert Longfield
Festive Overture – Dmitri Shostakovitch
Easter Monday on the White House Lawn – John Philip Sousa
March: Hands Across the Sea – John PhilipSousa
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine – John PhilipSousa
Amazing Grace – Frank Tichelli
La Forza Del Destino – Guiseppe Verdi
Riverdance – Bill Whelan
English Folk Song Suite – Ralph Vaughn Williams
The Sinfonians – Clifton Williams
Mannin Veen – Haydn Wood
Chorale and Shaker Dance – John Zdechlik