Eighth Note Publications

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...

Set for medium level sax quartet and optional drum set, this is a fun collection of four traditional carols done up in non-traditional ways! ''Angels We Have Heard on High'' is a medium bossa mixed wi...

Ancient civilizations represent many things about life as we know it today: power, beauty, intelligence and ambition. This piece reflects all of these qualities, from the driving force of the ancient...

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...

This was an award winning composition (originally for brass quintet) for the 1994 Glenn Gould Composition Contest sponsored by the Salvation Army. This is a spirited arrangement of the song We Shall W...

It might seem odd that a Prairie boy, who has yet to visit the Maritimes, would make an arrangement of this particular folk song. But perhaps it is not that odd at all. Farewell to Nova Scotia is a wo...

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.

This arrangement of the classic children's Hanukkah song is written in the style of 1950s rockabilly music and includes all the elements from the Boogie Woogie bass line to the traditional guitar riff...

This is a fun, traditional Hanukkah song arranged in a jump swing style. From beginning to end, the chart is full of high energy, and incorporates hints of classic swing tunes.

El Camino (The Road) is a Spanish march composed in the traditional style of a pasodoble. This piece is fast paced and energetic from start to finish and sounds more complicated than it seems! This is...

Diese Version der kanadischen Nationalhymne ist auch für Nachwuchsmusiker zugänglich.

There's nothing like a good Latin tune for starting a conga line and there's nothing like being at the front of that line. That's what Front of the Train is all about: a simple melody and a catchy bea...

Something Modal is a laid back jump swing chart. The melodies and backgrounds are very simple, yet very catchy. Chord changes are simple enough to open up opportunities for players to practice and sho...

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 is a work by an emerging Canadian composer, Barry A. Ball. He has used several modern compositional techniques to arrive at an animated and colourful work for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone sa...

Based on the groovy rhythms of Cuba, Jeff Smallman has created a brilliant showpiece for saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone). Energetic writing has all players flying and all parts are...

Fugue #9 (BWV 878) is included in The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book II) and has been transposed from its original key of E major to make the work more accessible for a saxophone quintet consisting of so...

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...

Triplet Trove is a concept piece designed to teach the use of the triplet figure within a musical composition. The number three therefore figures prominently in its structure as it is written for thre...

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...

Flashy and fun! All players really get to 'wiggle their fingers' with this exciting original composition. Short scale passages are passed between players and everyone gets the chance at both the melod...

El Camino (The Road) is a Spanish march composed in the traditional style of a pasodoble. This piece is fast paced and energetic from start to finish and sounds more complicated than it seems! This is...