This transcription is also cross-scored, allowing satisfactory performance by bands of limited instrumentation. Another Mark Williams classic, from 1991, Campbell River Sketches is comprised of two contrasting movements, a lyrical Ballad and a driving March. A contest favorite for many years. Canterbury Walk opens and closes with a light marchlike melody in the woodwinds. The contrasting middle section is lush and lyrical, and features the brass section.
Light percussion is utilized throughout.
Portrait is a lovely, lyric work in the British folk-song style. Written in 1988, this was the very first piece Alfred published of Mark Williams. This three-movement suite was commissioned by the Western International Band Clinic for their 1983 convention. The suite depicts three distinct Northwestern locales. Movement one is a tribute to the dramatic Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.