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Music for Concert Ensembles

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Two Works to be performed at the 2024 Midwest Clinic in Chicago!

With Gratitude (world premiere)
Cedar Park MS Band, Dir. Britni Hummel | Cedar Park, TX
Grade 2 / 4:00′ / 2024

La Noche de los Alebrijes
Tenaha HS Band, Dir. Brian Sours | Tenaha, TX
Grade 1  /  2′  /  2022

Wind Ensemble & Concert Band

Luminosities
Grade 5.5 / 2:30′ / 2023
Stanton’s 5-Star Feature Award

Horizons Untold (fanfare for wind band)
Grade 5  /  2′  /  2023
JWPepper Editors’ Choice Award 2023

Finale, from Symphony No. 3 (Organ)
Camille Saint-Saëns, transc. Evan VanDoren
Grade 5  /  8′  /  2022 / Selected to Texas UIL PML

March to the Scaffold, from Symphony Fantastique
Hector Berlioz, transc. Evan VanDoren
Grade 5  /  5′  /  2021

Light the Menorah!
Grade 4 / 5’30” / 2024

Prophetic Dances
Grade 4 / 6’30” / 2024
ABC-Bandworld-WIBC Top 100 Award, 2024

Funeral March of a Marionette
Charles Gounod, transc. Evan VanDoren
Grade 4  /  4′  /  2023
ABC-Bandworld-WIBC Top 100 Award, 2023

Fanfare for the Festival of Lights
Grade 3.5  /  2’30”  /  2022
JWPepper Editors’ Choice Award 2022
ABC-Bandworld-WIBC Top 100 Award, 2022
Stanton’s 5-Star Feature Award

She Loves the Light
Grade 3  /  5’30”  /  2023

Not So Silent Night
Grade 3  /  4’30”  /  2023
JWPepper Editors’ Choice Award 2023
Stanton’s 5-Star Feature Award

Infernal Galop, from Orpheus in the Underworld
Jaques Offenbach, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 3  /  2’30”  /  2019
also available in adaptive/flex scoring here!

Battle Volcano
Grade 2.5  /  2′  /  2023
JWPepper Editors’ Choice Award 2023

Fanfare for a New Day
Grade 2.5  /  2′  /  2021
JWPepper Editors’ Choice Award 2021
Stanton’s 5-Star Feature Award

Adventure Awaits
Grade 2  /  2’30”  /  2022
JWPepper Editors’ Choice Award 2022
Stanton’s 5-Star Feature Award

Into Battle!
Grade 2  /  2′  /  2021
JWPepper Editors’ Choice Award 2021
Stanton’s 5-Star Feature Award

Jingle Jam
Grade 2  /  2’30”  /  2024
JWPepper Editors’ Choice Award 2024
Stanton’s 5-Star Feature Award

To Dare Greatly
Grade 1.5  /  1’30”  /  2023
JWPepper Editors’ Choice Award 2023

La Noche de los Alebrijes
Grade 1  /  2′  /  2022

What Lurks in the Shadows
Grade 1 / 2′ / 2024

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Available for commissions!

Evan is a versatile musician who consistently embraces fresh and challenging new projects. With expertise in concert band music, Evan regularly delivers outstanding compositions for ensembles of all grade levels. Collaborating with Evan is a delightful and effortless experience! Reach out to him today to discuss commissioning a new work for your school or organization!

We were fortunate to have Evan compose a custom tuba feature for our 2023 Honor Band concert at TMEA. We received the perfect piece for our ensemble, delivered in record time! Prior to writing, Evan took a big interest in truly understanding our needs, the strengths and weaknesses of the ensemble, and the overall aesthetic we desired. If you’re in question about whether Evan is the one you should hire for your next commission, the answer is YES!

Taylor Williamson

Director of Bands, Wiley Middle School

Symphonic Band Music

evan vandoren music composer

Recent Works Awarded JWPepper’s Editor’s Choice!

Works for Concert Band & Wind Ensemble

Horizons Untold (fanfare for wind band)
Grade 5  /  2′  /  2023

Not So Silent Night
Grade 3  /  4’30”  /  2023

Battle Volcano
Grade 2.5  /  2′  /  2023

Jingle Jam
Grade 2  /  2’30”  /  2024

To Dare Greatly
Grade 1.5  /  1’30”  /  2023

Works for String Orchestra

Adventure Awaits
Grade 3  /  2′  /  2023

String Orchestra

Adventure Awaits
Grade 3  /  2′  /  2023
JWPepper’s Editor’s Choice for 2023

Kraken
Grade 2  /  1’30”  /  2023

Fanfare for the Festival of Lights
Grade 3.5  /  2’30”  /  2024

Chamber Ensemble

Nimrod, from Enigma Variations (brass ensemble)
Edward Elgar, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 6 / 4′ / 2023

Finale, from Enigma Variations (brass ensemble)
Edward Elgar, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 6 / 6′ / 2023

A Beatles Fantasy (for seven trumpets)
Part 1, Part 2 (coming soon), Part 3 (coming soon)
Featuring the music of The Beatles, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 5 / 7’30” / 2023

Scheherazade, for trumpet octet
Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 5 / 7’30” / 2024

Finlandia (brass quintet)
Jean Sibelius, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 5  /  4’30”  /  2020

Allegretto, from Symphony No. 7 (brass ensemble)
Ludwig von Beethoven, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 4  /  2’30”  /  2022

Farandole, from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (brass ensemble)
Georges Bizet, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 4  /  3′  /  2020

The Barber of Seville, suite for woodwind ensemble
Gioachino Rossini, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 4 / 2022
1. Prelude, 2’30”
2. Scene, 2’30”
3. Finale, 3’30”
movements available separately

Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (trombone octet)
Traditional, arr. Stefan Claas, setting by Evan VanDoren
Grade 3 / 2′ / 2023

Evan is proud to be represented by…

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You MUST program Evan VanDoren’s concert band music for your next fall, winter, spring, and/or region band concert! His music is brilliantly written and SO accessible to students – my kids loved playing every piece we have done of his so far. I can’t wait for him to write more for every level!

Liz Love

Director of Bands, Leander Middle School

Concert Band Music for Young Ensembles

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Evan VanDoren is an in-demand music composer regularly commissioned to create engaging & award-winning music for marching bands and concert ensembles at all skill levels. Evan’s music is regularly performed around the country, including premiere performances at the Texas Music Educator’s Association Convention and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. Currently, Evan serves as brass composer & arranger for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, from Santa Clara, California.

Evan is an active clinician and has presented for Drum Corps International, the Music Educators National Convention, the Texas Bandmasters Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, and Music for All. He regularly consults with band programs around the country. Additionally, Evan is an active adjudicator with Bands of America, the University Interscholastic League, and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association.

Before devoting his life to creating music, Evan was a band director at Cedar Park High School, in Cedar Park, Texas, during which time the band was awarded multiple marching state championships and national recognition. He received a Bachelor in Music Education with Honors from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Currently, he lives in Cedar Park, Texas, with his wife, Katie, daughter Anna, and their dog, Cooper.

Solo with Large Ensemble

You’ll Never Walk Alone (solo trumpet with band)
Rodgers & Hammerstein, arr. Chris Walden, setting by Evan VanDoren
Grade 4  /  4’30”  /  2021

Bugler’s Duel (trumpet duet with band)
inspired by Bugler’s Holiday, by Leroy Anderson, arr. Evan VanDoren
Grade 4  /  4′  /  2021

Two-ba Two-step (tuba duet with band) coming soon!
Grade 2  /  2’30”  /  2023

Chamber Music Repertoire

Ready to join forces for successful collaboration? Let’s work together!