Usher Abell

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 6 trumpets (including 1 piccolo). The melody flows...

Vesti la giubba (Put on the costume) is a famous tenor aria from the opera I Pagliacci. The aria is often regarded as one of the most moving in the operatic repertoire of the time. The pain of Canio i...

One of Handel's most often performed works is now available in this trumpet ensemble setting. Five movements have been taken from Water Music and they have been set in two choirs of three trumpets eac...

This arrangement opens with open sections of quiet 'bumblebees' (cup muted trumpets) with an number of trumpets playing orchestral excerpts. These are at the discretion of the players and can range fr...

Clair de Lune---it has been used in the soundtrack of many movies including the famous fountain scene in Ocean's Eleven. The use of cup mutes contrasted by the warm sound of the flugel horns really cr...

This arrangement uses flugel horns to contrast the brilliance of the trumpets. Cup mutes are used in the middle movement to allow the 'barking dog' and the solo 'sleeping goatherd' to be heard clearly...

This is easily the most famous and often recorded fugue. It has become standard with organists all around the world. Now this terrific piece by Bach is available for 6 trumpets (3 trumpets and 3 fluge...

La Cumparsita was written by Uruguayan composer Gerardo Matos Rodríguez in 1919. It is one of the most famous and recognizable tangos of all time scored here for 6 trumpets (3 trumpets, 3 flugel horn...

The principal theme from the second movement is equal in fame and popularity to Pachelbel's Canon and Albinoni's Adagio. This incredibly simple and beautiful theme has been arranged here for 2 trumpet...

This is one of the most famous pieces of music ever written. There have been various arrangements done including several for orchestra, wind ensemble, brass quintet and now for 6 trumpets (4 trumpets...

Click is an original three movement work for 6 trumpets and optional percussion. What it lacks in a colorful title, it makes up for it with driving rhythms, memorable melodies and fun parts for all pl...

This is a arrangement for 2 trumpets, organ and optional timpani. This would make an great opener on a concert. Originally for 2 trumpets, choir and strings, the organ really helps to create a terrifi...

These dances were taken from a much larger suite originally for 4 recorders. Style is everything with these short pieces. Brilliant fortes are contrasted with smooth lyrical playing. The ensemble must...

Under the title L Estro armonico Vivaldi wrote a collection of twelve instrumental concertos. Concerto #9 (originally for solo violin, strings and continuo) is in three movements. This piece has been...

Firescape is the third piece in a series of elements inspired works. Through music it demonstrates the various characteristics of fire described by the titles of each section - Hephaestus - God of Fir...

This is a arrangement for 4 trumpets, organ and timpani. This would make an great opener on a CD or concert. Originally for 2 trumpets and strings, the addition of extra trumpets and organ really crea...

Originally for 4 solo violins and strings, this arrangement for 4 trumpets and keyboard works even better than the original. The imitative entries are passed from player to player in the typical Vival...

This is the beautiful slow movement from the famous trumpet concerto arranged for 2 trumpets and keyboard. In this movement the oboes, replaced here by trumpets, play an elegant duet over a simple wan...

This beautiful hymn has been arranged to feature 2 trumpets and organ. This arrangement opens with a short introduction then proceeds through several verses. Each verse is scored differently for inter...

This is truly beautiful music ideal for weddings, church services or a recital to demonstrate lyrical playing. The key has been altered from the original to allow for performance with 5 trumpets. The...

This is the most famous section from Delibes' Lakmé. Originally written as a duet for soprano and alto, it is now a great piece for 6 trumpets.The original duet is performed on trumpets, the next 2 vo...

This famous and exciting piece would make a great opening to a concert. The technical parts flow very nicely and sound more difficult than they are! Scored here for 4 trumpets and 2 flugel horns, this...

This is a solo for flugel horn. The use of cup mutes throughout the piece provides a unique colour under the soloist. Pairs of players alternate playing their duet of arpeggios. This arrangement is fo...

A fairly common practice in the Baroque era was for organists to 'borrow' and transcribe orchestral music from themselves or other composers to create spectacular organ solos. J.S. Bach adapted severa...