Ritual Dances (2003)
for concert band | Grade 5

Duration: 11 minutes

Ritual Dances (composed for the United States Army Field Band) is a contemporary wind ensemble work that explores the mystery, power, and poetry of ritual. From its intense, percussion-driven opening to passages of haunting lyricism, the piece shifts between force and serenity—echoing the tension and release found in sacred ceremony. The music builds, breathes, and fades away.

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