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This work is approachable by players in the first year or two of playing. The range is limited and the technical requirements are not too great. This is a fun piece that younger players will be sure t...

This is an exciting piece based on the Welsh hymn Cwm Rhondda. Fanfares and descants in the trumpets float over the stately tune. The melody flows throughout the band ranging from a smooth lyrical sta...

This colourful title aptly combines the basis for the piece and the person it was written for. Tenth grade trumpet player Alex McCarthy would come to brass quintet rehearsals and, rather than warming...

Pat-a-Pan is a very rustic Christmas piece that is set in a round beginning with the first trumpet and pyramiding down to the baritone. The percussive 'drone' parts add a distinct colour to this piece...

This beautiful hymn has been arranged to feature the horn section in a brass choir consisting of 3 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, euphonium and tuba. This arrangement opens with a short introduction...

Inveni David is an offertory and was originally set for male chorus and four trombones. This powerful work opens in F minor and gradually builds to a brilliant F major Alleluia. This setting for 4 tru...

This work contains three movements (Marianne s'en va-t-au moulin', She's like the Swallow and J'entends le moulin) based on traditional Canadian folk songs. Morley Calvert (1928-1991) originally wrote...

This Sonata features the trumpets and the trombones with the horns and tuba representing the organ. 2 piccolo trumpets are used to float their sound above the foundation set by the remainder of the en...

The McIntyre Ranch was founded in 1894 by Billy McIntyre of Utah. On the Milk River Ridge on the Great Divide in Alberta, just North of the Montana border, it is 56,000 acres and considered to be the...

This beautiful hymn has been arranged to feature all the members in the ensemble. This arrangement opens with a short introduction then proceeds through several verses. Each verse is scored differentl...

Clarke wrote Cousins, a cornet and trombone duet with band accompaniment, for himself as the cornet soloist and Leo Zimmerman as the trombone soloist. This arrangement of Cousins is for a brass choir...

Pryor arranged Blue Bells of Scotland, a Scottish folksong, as a theme and variations for trombone in 1899. The trombone soloist must have an extended range in both the upper and lower registers, flow...

The American National Anthem is one of the most famous national songs in the world. The power and majesty of this work has been captured in arrangements for such ensembles as trumpet ensemble, brass q...

This well-known sonata by Gabrieli has been performed and recorded by many brass ensembles. This arrangement utilizes the idea of Renaissance consorts. While modern brass instruments are not generally...

Spring is the time for renewal. We shed our heavier clothes in exchange for warmer weather, plant growth and new animal births. This is a 5-minute work for a brass choir of 5 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trom...

A glorious piece of music set for 5 trumpets, 4 horns, 5 trombones, 2 tubas, and optional organ. An ideal large brass work for high school students (perhaps a brass section feature for a concert). The...

A lush and beautiful work composed by Kenneth Bray for his daughter, Reverie for Bonita features the horn section, colourful use of mutes and simple, elegant themes. Showing off the lyrical side of br...

This is a fun closer to a concert that is a feature for the euphonium and xylophone. The name 'Car-Tune' refers to the sound of the horn of the old sports cars. A thrilling original by Kenneth Bray th...

Proch Dolor has been scored for a brass choir consisting of 3 trumpets and 4 trombones. This is an example of early Renaissance choral music. The work achieves a mood of sadness and of contemplative p...

This is an exciting original composition by Kenneth Bray. Written as a piece to be used at the University of Western Ontario Spring Convocation, this work could be used as an opening fanfare for a con...

Originally set for SATB choir, this simple chorale is a beautiful addition to the sacred music repertoire. Truly written as a 'choral' work, be it brass or vocal, there are no extended solos to be fou...

Septette für 3 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen und Tuba