David Marlatt

This is a solo for flugel horn or trumpet. Spirituals have found their way into the standard repertoire of vocalists and instrumentalists. The lyrical tunes combined with the powerful message they tel...

This is a collection of arrangements of well-known music set for 2 like-instruments (or may be combined with other transposing instruments). These serve as a great introduction to chamber playing and...

This is a collection of arrangements of well-known music set for 2 like-instruments (or may be combined with other transposing instruments). These serve as a great introduction to chamber playing and...

This vocal showpiece for soprano has been adapted for an alto saxophone showpiece within the quartet. The string accompaniment has been simplified and divided between the remaining players. This is a...

This favorite children's song has been cleverly arranged in some different styles in this easy arrangement for quintet. The melody is passed around to start, then a waltz section, and finally a Calyps...

Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone is an English madrigal by John Farmer. The song describes a person who saw a young shepherdess sitting alone feeding her sheep near a mountain. The other shepherds...

This is an arrangement of Canada's national anthem. It features some colorful contemporary harmonies. It could be used to perform the anthem alone, or it could be sung.

This famous movement from the Sonata lends itself well for sax quartet (AATB). Melody is found throughout the ensemble. This short tuneful piece would work well on any concert program.

Canzoni were pieces composed for various combinations of instruments and various sizes of ensembles. This famous canzon has been arranged for AATB with an alternate part for soprano to play the alto 1...

A karesansui is a Japanese rock garden which is an enclosed shallow sandbox containing sand, gravel, and rocks. The sea is symbolized not by water, but by sand raked in patterns that suggest rippling...

Rondo Alla Turca is the well-known final movement from Mozart's Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331. This has been arranged as a technical showpiece for sax quartet. The melody flows throughout the ensemb...

This arrangement is a movement from the Cello Sonata in G. It has been set for a soprano solo with the remainder of the quartet (AAT) in a supporting role. Flashy sounding scales (in an easy key) make...

Originally for solo keyboard, this piece has been successfully adapted for a variety of groups, including concert band, woodwind ensemble, large brass ensemble, and now sax quartet. This version is te...

This folk song is particularly notable for its use in a number of well known folk song arrangements, one by the English composer Benjamin Britten. The melody moves between the players providing intere...

Cotton Candy is a quick, light and fun tune intended as a closer or encore on a concert. It is musically simple and the harmonies are typical of cartoon or circus music. The title suggests the gaiety...

Inventions have changed our lives. Whether it be the wheel, electricity, car, telephone or the microchip, inventions have allowed us to live better, and sometimes longer, lives. This piece is about th...

Full of rhythmic and melodic interest, this technical and showy original piece is a fantastic addition to the repertoire for sax quartet. The tuneful melody is passed throughout the ensemble and all p...

These are two excellent character pieces originally written for piano. Each of these short pieces is full of interest, colour and energy with melody found in all parts. These short works would make an...

This beautiful hymn opens with a short cascading introduction then proceeds through several verses. Each verse is scored differently for interest with the melody wandering throughout the ensemble.

Diese Version der kanadischen Nationalhymne ist auch für Nachwuchsmusiker zugänglich.

Dodge City is an exuberant piece designed to take you back to the time of the old west. As the title implies, this is a work that will bring to mind stagecoaches and sagebrush, cowboys and cactus, she...

This piece needs no introduction. It has been arranged here for 2 flutes and piano and this new sound adds even more excitement to the original. The piano part remains in the original key and flutes p...

This is another famous Joplin rag which has been arranged here for 2 flutes and piano. The piano part remains in the original key and flutes play the famous melodic lines above the steady bass. The fl...

A karesansui is a Japanese rock garden which is an enclosed shallow sandbox containing sand, gravel, and rocks. The sea is symbolized, not by water, but by sand raked in patterns that suggest rippling...