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MARCHING BAND
Sands of Time
Complete Production — $1,750
Fully adaptable for your ensemble, with direct composer support.
Show Overview
Duration: 10:00 (9:00 without preshow)
Difficulty: Grade 3.5
Flexibility: Instrumentation and difficulty adjustments available.
Source Music:
Original Music, Stephen Downing
Copyright: No additional licensing required.
The Concept
Time bends, fractures, and slips away.
Sands of Time explores our changing experience of time, from the urgency of a relentless pulse to moments when its movement seems to disappear. Arabic-inspired musical colors connect driving grooves, expressive solos, and rhythms that accelerate, unravel, and realign.
As the production unfolds, time becomes something the audience can feel: unpredictable, suspended, and ultimately inevitable.
Listen to the Full Show
Every Show Includes
MainStage File
and Individual Audio Files
Scores and Parts for Winds and Percussion
Instrumentation Adjustments
Regional Exclusivity
Direct Composer Support
Difficulty Adjustments
Complete Show
$1,750
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Eerie harmonica, dark jazz, and an expressive “I Put a Spell on You” ballad lead to an ominous, overpowering finale in Stephen Downing’s bestselling marching band show.