Hi there everyone i'm just wondering if I could get your input on some really fun literature you have played. thanks

Hey, do you know who Eric Whitacre is? He has composed some really fun pieces, and I recently listened to and played with a university that came to our school that had one of his compositions in the program. It's called 'Ghost Train, II. At the Station.' It was composed in 1994 and it's such a fun piece. The beginning is awesome because when the ensemble begins to play it sounds JUST like a train-- so cool It also has solos for tenor sax and piano in it. So yea, just a suggestion, I absolutely loved it!!!!

Dance Movements by Philip Sparke was my favorite in a band setting. Solo-wise...hmmm...fun would be Muczynski's Time Pieces, stressing and strenuous but fun would be the Nielsen Concerto.

-Dennis

The band I'm in is learning Ghost Train (I) by Eric Whitacre, and it is awesome.

Also, just about everything by Philip Sparke is noteworthy. Here's a couple of other pieces you should have a listen to by him
- Music of the Spheres
- Out of the Darkness, Into the Light

Finally, one piece you must here is "Harrison's Dream" by Peter Graham. It's a level six + piece, and is a regular choice in champion grade band contests.

Also, there was a piece played in the European Brass Band Championships called "Extreme Makeover".

It has the cornet section playing tuned beer bottles: how much more fun could it get, besides actually drinking the beer out of the bottle to get in tune?

so when i first saw this i though it said fantastic ligature... i was like hmm, the optimum?

anyway, fun pieces. there are plenty

Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed is amazing.
Pretty much anything by Frank Ticheli... especially symphony no2 and of course, blue shades
The Planets. especially jupiter
so many more

as far as clarinet literature, nothing beats the firebird suite, the mozart, rozsa, and plenty of others

I agree with Shan above me. Solo wise the Mozart concerto in A major is beautiful. I’m currently practicing excerpts of it for my audition for my all state band and nor-cal. As for band: Leonard Bernstein’s Candide Suite, Gustave Holst's.. 1st suite in Eb and the 2nd Suite in F major. Hope I helped.

An easy and entertaining piece for concert band is, The Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion, by P.D.Q. Bach.

I played the Planets with my youth orchestra. IT WAS AMAZING!!!!

Has anyone heard of "Trittico"?

Lincolnshire Posy, by Percy Grainger. CRAZY peice, but great fun. very challenging. As someone above me said, Bernstein's Candide is good. Planets as well, of course. On a slightly less challenging level, Into the Storm, (I forget who it's by), Prairie Song(not to be confused with Prairiesongs, which I don't like), composer also forgotten. Great song.

The Toreador song is fun, for individual playing.