David Manuel Garcia
List of Compositions and Arrangements
Orchestra
1975 (4') Requiem for a Snowflake
1977 (6') Variants I
1983 (8') Eileid (Chamber Orchestra)
2008 (12’30) Danzas Doriana, Mixolydiana and Aeoliana (String Orchestra)
2010 (8’) Serenade and Rondo for French horn and Strings
2010 (12’) Sinfonietta for String Orchestra (4 movements, published by Tempo Press, Detroit)
2011 (20’) Connections (commissioned by Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra)
2011 (10’) Serenade and Allegro for Flute and Strings
2012 (8’) Toccata and Fugue in d minor for Organ and Orchestra (J. S. Bach)
2013 (7’) Sinfonietta #2 for String Orchestra
Concert Band
1975 (4') Schlaffarben (Euphonium Solo and Chamber Ensemble)
1986 (16') Symphony for Band (in three movements)
1988 (3') Miami Valley March
1989 (4') Bercuese (from Symphony #2 for Concert Band)
1991 (6') Quest for Peace (from Symphony #2 for Concert Band)
1992 (6’) Murmurs (from Symphony #2 for Concert Band)
2005 (4’) Marche des Enfantes Abandonnais
2006 (6’) Hip Hop Variations for Concert Band
2007 (8’) Movement I (Valley of Unity) from Symphony #3 for Concert Band
2007 (6’) Movement II (Valley of Contentment) from Symphony #3 for Concert Band
2007 (3’) Fanfare on “Ash Grove”
2009 (12’) Dodecapedia (I. Casey, II. Mindy, Interlude, III. Charlie)
2009 (4’) Fanfare on “Fleming”
2009 (7’) Berceuse and Cradle Play
2009 (4’) Hodja
2011 (5’) Los Cielos Enojados (UIL Region XIV Honors Band commission)
2011 (6’) Two Copland Songs (Boatmans’ Song, Shaker Hymn, for small concert band)
2012 (6’) Llovisnos
2012 (6’) They Played Carols in Steven’s Front Yard (in progress)
2018 (5’) Pirate Battle (for Grade I ½ band, as Renee Manuel Matthews)
2021 (5') Groton Hill (for Grade 2 1/2 band)
2022 (5') Sunshine
2023 (5') Rakefet
2024 (4') American Gothic March (Rigda Vacadi)
2024 (6') Fantasy on Don McLean's "Vincent"
2024 (5') Gloria
Chorus
1974 (3'45) Feed The Flock, Receive the Crown (TTBB/Piano)
1976 (5') Fear, Death and Hate (SATB/Chamber Orchestra)
1978 (3') Carmen, Carmela (SATB)
1988 (2'30) Psalm 19(SATB/Organ)
1989 (3'30) For Such is the Kingdom (SATB/Organ)
2007 (4’) Maius Opus Moveo (SATB/Piano/Brass Quartet)
2009 (15’) Psalm 90 (SATB/Piano/2Percussion) 3 movements
Ensemble
1977 (8') Temple of Solomon (Six-part Trombone Ensemble)
1993 (7') Cells (Fl, Ob, 2Cl, ATB Sax, 2Hn, Pnf)
2004 (9’) Sinfonia Tambura (Five-part Percussion Ensemble)
2005 (5’) Three Progressively More Dissonant Duets (Clarinet and Bassoon)
2006 (4’) Dance a Dué (Tuba and Euphonium duet)
2008 (12’) Flute Fries (5/6-part Flute Choir: Flutes of our Labors, Flute Cake, Flute of the Loom, Flute Shy Boned Dother me)
2012 (4’) Rainy Day Suite (Saxophone Quartet)
2013 (6’) Impolitic Choices (Percussion Ensemble)
2021 (13') Nine Winds (Saxophone Quartet and Brass Quintet)
2022 (12') Afternoon Reset dedicated to Emily Collins (same instrumentation as Nine Winds)
2022 (12'30) Reflections on "My Bonnie" (brass quintet)
2023 (11') A Capital Ship (low brass quintet)
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Chamber
1975 (3'40) Chancel Suite (Five Equal Treble Brass Instruments)
1975 (5') Four Equality for Trumpet Duet
1975 (5') Six Equality for Clarinet Duet
1977 (5') Three Occasions for Woodwind Trio (Fl, Cl, Asax)
1978 (8'45) Six Intrigues for Flute and Percussion
1978 (4') Three Miniatures by Mozart (Mixed Clarinet Quartet)[1]
1979 (7') The Four Seasons (Fl, Ssax, Vc, Pnf)
1989 (10') Saxophone Quartet #2 (in three movements)[2]
1980 (6') Concert Duet for Alto Saxophone and Tuba[3]
1981 (5') Suite for Solo Tuba Alone
1981 (9') One New Life Beginning (Asax, Perc, Pnf)
1981 (10') Return to Farnsworth (Fl, Cl, Bssn)
1982 (7') In Nothing Hope (Tpt, Tbn, Pnf)[4]
1984 (6') Crucibus (Asax, 2Perc)
1987 (4') Laundry Day Rondo (Ssax, Guitar, Bass)
1990 (3') Requiem for a Life Style (Saxophone Quartet)
1991 (10') String Quartet
2008 (8’) Macendonian Lament and Dance (Saxophone quartet)
2008/9 (7’30”) Fantasia on Fleming (Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet)
2009 (14’) Yohogania (Brass Choir and Timpani)
2009 (6’) Ovation (Brass Choir)
2009 (2’45) Theater Dedication Overture (Brass/Woodwinds/Organ, in combination)
2010 (5’) Espressivo and Agitato (mixed winds/strings)
2010 (7’) Y No Hossa (Woodwind Choir)
2010 (5’) Riki, Tedi, Javi (Percussion Trio or Quartet)
2011 (4') Tal Vez (mariachi ensemble)
2020 (3') Canzona (Brass Choir)
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Solo
1975 (4') Danny Deever (Marimba and Piano)
1976 (2') To Dad (Medium Voice and Guitar)
1977 (5') November 20, 1977 (Piano and Audience)
1977 (5') Suite for Solo Euphonium[5]
1982 (7') Sonnet for Soprano Saxophone (or Viola) and Piano
1992 (4') Music for Good Friday (Solo Flute Alone)
1997 (3'20) Psalm 42 (Medium Voice and Piano)[6]
2007 (4’) Adeste Trombonés (Trombone and Piano)
2008 (3') Psalm 130 (Medium Voice and Piano, for John Blizzard)
2009- (30’) Piano Preludes (1-13)
2010 (6’) Theme and Variations for Tuba and (Wind ensemble/string ensemble) –in progress
2013 (2’) Power Chord Blues Tab Song (guitar)
2014 (8') Andante and Giocoso for Tuba and Piano
2016 (4') Bv... and Moon Rising (2 parts of of 3-song cycle, text by Allison Adams)
2020 (5') Andante and Muiñeira for Tuba and Piano (in progress)
2022 (3'30") Epigraph (Bass trombone and piano)
2023 (6') Big Sticks (Baritone Saxophone and/or Contrabassoon and piano)
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With Electronics
1978 (7') Kyrie (SATB/Brass Quartet and prepared electronic tape)
1984 (30') Vitrum, Part Two (Live electronics, tape loops, visual sculpture and Saxophone)
1986 (5') Pretty Music I:TD (Saxophone and Live computer)
1989 (5') Music for Saxophones, Piano and Computer (Live computer: Macintosh/Musicworks)
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Other Collaborations
1985 (5') Triad Plus Sax (Dancers and Saxophone)
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Incidental Music to King Stag by Carlo Gozzi (Theater production)[7]
1994 (3'30) Coronomus (Renaissance ensemble, re-written excerpt from King Stag)
1999 (8') Pulse (Jazz Band and Kunartic {South Indian} Ensemble, with K. Raghavendra)
1999 (4') On an Imagined Caribbean Ritual (with Salil Sachdev and the BSC Afro-Latin Ensemble)
2006 (11’) The Fine Art of Being Southern (Women’s Chorus and Concert Band)
Arrangements
1974 (5') Four Hymns for Men's Chorus
(Vesper Hymn, Come Thou Almighty King, For the Beauty of the Earth and Duke Street)
1975 (3'10') Two Hymns for Brass Sextet
1975 (2') Wachet Auf, Bach (SATB Chorus and Brass Quintet)
1976 (3') Battle Hymn of the Republic (TTBB Chorus, Organ and Piccolo Trumpet)
1977 (1') Abide With Me (SAATB Chorus)
1977 (3'30) Allegro from Divertimento in E-flat, K 563 by Mozart (SAB Sax)
1977 (4'20) Chorale Prelude: Vater Unser im Himmelreich on a Bach chorale (Saxophone Ensemble)
1977 (3') All Creatures of Our God and King (TTBB Chorus, Brass Quartet and Organ)
1979 (6') Concerto Grosso Opus 3, Nr. 4 (Six-part Saxophone Ensemble, revised for Band)
1979 (1'30) Sicut Locutus Est from Bach's Magnificat (Six-part Saxophone Ensemble)[8]
1979 (3') Two Marches for Military Band by Beethoven (Six-part Saxophone Ensemble)[9]
1980 (3') Prelude and Fugue in C Major from WTC, book I by Bach (Brass Quintet)
1980 (3'30) The Easy Winners, Joplin (Chamber Wind Ensemble, Perc, Pnf)
1981 (3') Rondo alla Turca by Mozart (Saxophone Quartet)
1982 (3') Prelude from Gli uccelli, Respighi's The Birds (Organ)
1988 (2') Contrapunctus IX from the "Art of the Fugue" by Bach (Saxophone Quartet)
1988 (1'30) Toccatina by Kabalevsky (Horn Quartet)
1989 (4') Saxkirchenmusik (Saxophone Quartet)
1990 (5') Dorothy's Blues (Original Jazz Band Composition)
1990 (2'30) Allegro from Divertimento, K 270 by Mozart (Saxophone Quartet)
1991 (4') Quantum Funk (Original Jazz Band Composition)
1991 (8') Music for Easter Sunday, 1991 (Brass Quintet, Organ and Congregation)
1995 (3') "Lament" from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (Brass Quintet)
1997 (3') Lift Every Voice by James Weldon Johnson (for Jazz Band)
2003 (3’) Nicea (Concert Band)
2003 (3’) O Worship the King (small wind ensemble/concert band)
2003 (3’) O God Our Help in Ages Past (small wind ensemble/concert band)
2004 (6’) Amazing Grace (small wind ensemble)
2004 (6’) Beautiful Savior (small wind ensemble)
2005 (5’) Fantasia on “Abide with Me” (small wind ensemble)
2005 (4’) Aria (Eugene Bozza, saxophone solo with small wind ensemble)
2005 (4’30) Sabre Dance (Khatchaturian, for small wind ensemble)
2005 (3’) Joyful, Joyful (Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, for concert band)
2005 (3’30) Gymnopedie #3 (small wind ensemble)
2005 Riverview (lead sheet tune)
2006/18 (6’) Malaguena (jazz big band)
2006 (4’) Devotional Song Medley (small wind ensemble)
2006 (4’) Swing Low (jazz ensemble)
2006 (3’) Percussion Interludes
2007 (4') Cry Me A River (big band)
2007 (4') Birks Wirks (big band)
2007 (10’) Concerto Grosso Opus 6, No. 4 (four movements) by Handel (concert band)
2007 (3') Lean on Me (SAB Chorus with Piano)
2007 (4’) Walk with Me and I Will Call Upon the Lord (SAB Chorus with “praise band”)
2007 (4’) Vive L’Amour (Jazz Ensemble or small wind ensemble)
2007 Funkallero (lead sheet tune)
2009 (5’) Boot Scootin’ Boogie (jazz big band)
2010 (5’) Auld Lang Syne (Brass choir)
2010 (3’) Ode to Joy (Concert Band, also for Symphony Orchestra)
2010 (6’) Renee Matthew’s “Without You Blues” (Jazz Big Band)
2011 (4’) Evil Ways (Little Big Band)
2013 (5’) Jingle (Little Big Band)
2104 (4') In A Gadda Da Vida (big band)
2017 (4') Melancholdy Hill (small concert band)
2017 (3') Thousand Years (choir)
2017 (3') Chiapanecas (young band)
2017 (3') Fur Elise (Beethoven, for young band)
2017 (3') Peace Like A River (choir)
2018 (4') Super Brothers Crawl and Yoshi's Island "Athletic" (small concert band)
2018 (5') Yugioh and Video Game Medley (small concert band)
2020 (4') Vittorio Mio Core (G. Carissimi) (concert band)
2021 (2') Onward, Tewksbury (band)
2024 (3') Trio Sonata BWV 526, Bach (for low brass trio)
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Convertible Arrangements[10] (these are the same work for the following ensembles: Trumpet and Organ, Small Wind Ensemble, Saxophone Quartet or Brass Quintet)
Rondeau, Joseph Mouret (also converted for concert band)
Trumpet Tune, Henry Purcell (also converted for concert band)
Trumpet Voluntary, Jeremiah Clarke (also converted for concert band)
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Camerata Charlotte Educational Series[11] (for double woodwind quintet, or other similar ensembles)
Lord of the Dance (Shaker Tune, published as Renee Manuel Matthews)
Marche Militaire Française (Camille Saint-Saens)
A Mummer’s Suite (original)
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Overture to a Mummer’s Play
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The Quack Doctor is Run Out of Town
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Tears of a Mummer Clown
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Father Christmas and the Thief
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Janney Dance and Finale
Il Est Bel et Bon (Pierre Passereau)
“Spring” concerto (Opus 8, No 1) from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi, three movements)
“Autumn” concerto (Opus 8, No 3) from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi, three movements)
Autumn Song “October” (Tchaikovsky)
Easy Winners (Joplin)
Fantasia on Anne Laurie (Matthews)
Marching Band Arrangements
Another One Bites the Dust
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Barcelona Nights
Birthday (You Say It's Your)
Bridgewater State College Alma Mater
Bridgewater State College Fight Song
Bridgewater State College Loyalty March (original)
Broncos, Ride On! (Boise State University)
Burn
Careless Whisper
Cheers: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Roar; Rock-Go; Charge
Day-O
Do You Love Me?
Devil Went Down to Georgia, The
Devil Woman
Drum Cadence: Cape Verde Crunch
Drum Cadences: Funky ‘Possom and Boring Groin
Drum Cadence: Funky Barbacoa and Funky Nopalito
Drum Cadence: Roar
Drum Cadence: Taunton
Drums and Music (OSU)
Fire and Rain
God Bless America
Goodbye (Steam, 1969)
Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King
Hang on Sloopy
Hombre Verde, El (original)
In a Gadda da Vida
In the Stone
Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
Levitating
Mr. Roboto
Mack the Knife (also converted for jazz big band)
Music from "Grease"
Party Rock Anthem
Percussion Feature with trumpets (original) based on themes from Les Miserables
Respect
Runnin’ With the Devil
Someday My Prince Will Come
Star Spangled Banner
University of Dayton Athletic March
Victory, Wingate (original fight song)
Wipeout
Working My Way Back to You (I'll Be)
Woodstock
[1] Published by Ludwig Music Company
[2] Commissioned by the University of Dayton for 1988 Composers Forum
[3] Published by Dorn Productions, Dedham, MA
[4] Commissioned by Badinage Trio
[5] Published in the T.U.B.A. Journal (7/4, 1977)
[6] Commissioned by Zion Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MA
[7] Commissioned by Bridgewater State College Theater Department
[8] Published by Dorn Productions, Dedham, MA
[9] Published by Dorn Productions, Dedham, MA
[10] Published by GMajor Productions, Dayton, OH
[11] Distributed by Camerata Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
