Michael Sweeney

Michael's exciting new piece for developing groups is one of his best - filled with tone clusters, percussive effects, and a driving rhythmic feel, and a sizzling, climatic coda. Each season, director...

Bristling and dramatic effects, folk-like melodies, and cutting edge contemporary harmonies characterize Michael Sweeney's new opus for concert band. This movement covers a lot of musical ground and w...

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings - from Shakespeare's Richard III. This dramatic new work from Michael Sweeney is a multi-styled piece written in a through-composed fashion. Developi...

Commissioned by the Iowa Bandmasters Association, this dynamic new work from Michael Sweeney is written in three contrasting sections. The opening Lament features a plaintive F Horn melody and expansi...

Commissioned by the Iowa Bandmasters Association, this dynamic new work from Michael Sweeney is written in three contrasting sections. The opening Lament features a plaintive F Horn melody and expansi...

Commissioned for the Wisconsin Lutheran High School's centennial year, this expansive work incorporates the Welsh folk song The Ash Grove in a lush and varied treatment. The main melody, played first...

Here is a unique and striking work using contemporary percussion techniques, unmeasured sections, and dramatic musical effects. Strong brass fanfares, woodwind flourishes and short canonic statements...

MusicWorks - Grade 3 Drawing its title from the Greek word for motion, this marvelously paced work from Michael Sweeney explores various forms of motion within the concert band setting. The fanfare-li...

MusicWorks - Grade 3 Drawing its title from the Greek word for motion, this marvelously paced work from Michael Sweeney explores various forms of motion within the concert band setting. The fanfare-li...

Unleash your percussion section and let the full ensemble do some rumbling themselves on this masterful and unusual work from Michael Sweeney. Commissioned by the Pratt, Kansas High School Band, the c...

Unleash your percussion section and let the full ensemble do some rumbling themselves on this masterful and unusual work from Michael Sweeney. Commissioned by the Pratt, Kansas High School Band, the c...

Nearly 400 years ago (in 1609) Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon, explored the majestic river that was later to bear his name. Half Moon on the Hudson pays tribute to this area of New York and...

Nearly 400 years ago (in 1609) Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon, explored the majestic river that was later to bear his name. Half Moon on the Hudson pays tribute to this area of New York and...

Nearly 400 years ago (in 1609) Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon, explored the majestic river that was later to bear his name. Half Moon on the Hudson pays tribute to this area of New York and...

Combine an aggressive percussion undercurrent along with powerful riffs, clapping, stomping, and other noisy effects, and you have a marvelous extravaganza sure to be enjoyed by players and listeners...

Combine an aggressive percussion undercurrent along with powerful riffs, clapping, stomping, and other noisy effects, and you have a marvelous extravaganza sure to be enjoyed by players and listeners...

Combine an aggressive percussion undercurrent along with powerful riffs, clapping, stomping, and other noisy effects, and you have a marvelous extravaganza sure to be enjoyed by players and listeners...