Randall Standridge Music

Program Notes A few years back, I created a narrative work for concert band entitled The Darklands Symphony, which told the tale of several characters and places that I have created over the years in...

Choose Joy! Inspired by a high school student who found happy moments even in the face of cancer, this uplifting work from Randall Standridge combines engaging rhythms, energetic melodies, bombastic p...

A few years back, I created a narrative work for concert band entitled The Darklands Symphony, which told the tale of several characters and places that I have created over the years in my imagination...

About Mechanical Monsters Mechanical Monsters was born out of my love of two things: 1) B-Monster Movies from the 50's and 60's. 2) Teaching Beginning Band When writing for young band, I always try to...

Uplifting and bursting with energy, Blue Sky Horizon is a work that is very personal to the composer. Written on a day when he came out of a long depression episode, Randall Standridge communicates th...

This somewhat dark and edgy concert march is written in a minor mode. The militaristic first half of the march is in stark contrast to the lyrical trio. Besides being an expertly-written easy concert...

The joy the composer experienced while writing this very creative work for the Texas Small School Band Association comes shining through in many guises as the work unfolds. A meditation on the creativ...

An homage to some of his favorite band composers of the past, Randall Standridge wrote River Valley Overture with the intent that is sound like it was from the heyday of the band overture. Rhythmic lo...

Préparez-vous à danser et à faire la fête avec Ijó Ajoyo - un hommage vif et énergique aux rythmes et à l'esprit du Nigeria. Inspirée par le pionnier de l'afrobeat Fela Kuti, cette œuvre énergique de...

Based on two rhythmic motifs, this tightly-knit composition is aggressively exciting from start to finish. Adding to the excitement are the composer's brilliant, driving percussion writing and a creat...

3×3 is a percussion ensemble for young players written as a fast scherzo. The title comes from the fact that it is a work for 3 players with 3 instruments each (clever, no?). Beyond this, it is purely...

This emotional new work from Randall Standridge serves both as an illustration of the Autumn months and a reflection on mortality. The colorful orchestration alternates between hopeful and bittersweet...

Some people say I suffer from an overactive imagination. That is not true. I don't suffer from it at all. I enjoy every minute of it. I remember being in English class in high school, and learning abo...

Recently, at the Texas Music Educators Association convention, I had an interesting conversation with a director. She said that she wished there was more beginning band repertoire that taught 6/8, and...

Program Notes I am definitely a child of the media age, by which I mean this: my life, like many of yours, is completely immersed in entertainment. Movies, Books, TV Shows, Comic Books…and now streami...

Fiat Lux. 'Let there be light.' In 2019, I was very fortunate to be invited to the University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) to serve as the clinician/composer-in-residence for a conference and honors event t...

Program Notes For those of you that are unaware, I was a band director for twelve years. During my time in that occupation, I created many works that had specific educational goals, but would also fit...

Program Notes In the face of adversity, hope is the only choice. 2020 has been challenging for all of us, and this bold new work by composer Randall Standridge reflects on the choice between hope and...