Michael Sweeney

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Michael Sweeney (born 1952) is an ASCAP award-winningAmerican composer and musician.

[edit] Biography

Sweeney studied studied music education and composition at the Indiana University Bloomington Work. Sweeney taught five years in publics schools of Ohio and Indiana, where he taught many concert, jazz and marching programs for students from elementary to high school.

Since 1982, he has worked full time for Hal Leonard Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is currently Director of Band Publications. In addition, he contributes as a composer and arranger in all instrumental areas. Sweeney is particularly known for his writing at the younger levels for concert band and jazz, and has over 500 publications to his credit. His works appear on numerous state contest lists and his music is regularly performed throughout the world. An ASCAP award-winning composer, his "Ancient Voices" (1994) and "Imperium" (1992) are analyzed in music education texts from GIA Publications.

Sweeney is also in demand as a clinician and conductor for honor bands and music festivals.

[edit] Compositions

[edit] Commissioned for bands

  • 2000 Black Forest Overture
  • 1989 Blast from the Past
  • 1989 Deck the Hall
  • 1989 Dixieland Bash
  • 1989 Kokomo
  • 1992 Imperium
  • 1994 Ancient Voices
  • Amy Grant in Concert
  • Band on Parade
  • Bandroom Boogie
  • Beyond the Seven Hills
  • Black Forest Overture
  • Bring on Da Band
  • Cayuga Lake Overture
  • Christmas Joy
  • Cool Blues
  • Corinthium
  • Crossings in Time
  • Dialogues, voor harmonieorkest
  • Distant Horizons
  • Distant Thunder of the Sacred Forest
  • Drums of Corona
  • Down by the Salley Gardens
  • Equinox - Gershwin Classics
  • Fires of Mazama
  • Gallant March
  • Gates of Orion
  • Gathering in the Glen
  • Half Moon on the Hudson
  • High Water Mark: The Third Day
  • Jus' Plain Blues
  • Kinesis
  • Knights of Destiny
  • Lament and Tribal Dances
  • Legends in the Mist
  • Let's Rock
  • Lincoln Legacy
  • March of the Romans
  • Monmouth Overture
  • Mystic Dance
  • On the Wings of Swallows
  • Out of the Shadows
  • Pantheon
  • Pegasus (Wings of Majesty)
  • Pop and Rock Legends: Music of "The Beatles"
  • Port o' Call
  • River Of The Ancients
  • Rumble on the High Plains
  • Sax Attack
  • Silverbrook
  • Southern Folk Rhapsody
  • Spirit of Avalon
  • Strike Force
  • The Forge of Vulcan
  • The Groovemeister
  • The Royal Tower
  • Turbo Rock
  • T.W.A. (Trumpets with Attitude)
  • Valley of Fire
  • Variants on an American Hymn
  • When Drummers Take over the World
  • Where the Sun Breaks Through the Mist
  • Wilderness Scenes (from «The Journal Of Discovery»)
  • Wild Thing
  • Year of the Dragon