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The RBC Mariachi Series is a storied catalog full of wonderful melodies and timeless tunes by legendary musicians and arrangers Juan Ortiz and Jamie Martin Vela. The Mariachi catalog is a wonderful re...

The RBC Mariachi Series is a storied catalog full of wonderful melodies and timeless tunes by legendary musicians and arrangers Juan Ortiz and Jamie Martin Vela. The Mariachi catalog is a wonderful re...

The RBC Mariachi Series is a storied catalog full of wonderful melodies and timeless tunes by legendary musicians and arrangers Juan Ortiz and Jamie Martin Vela. The Mariachi catalog is a wonderful re...

The RBC Mariachi Series is a storied catalog full of wonderful melodies and timeless tunes by legendary musicians and arrangers Juan Ortiz and Jamie Martin Vela. The Mariachi catalog is a wonderful re...

The RBC Mariachi Series is a storied catalog full of wonderful melodies and timeless tunes by legendary musicians and arrangers Juan Ortiz and Jamie Martin Vela. The Mariachi catalog is a wonderful re...

The RBC Mariachi Series is a storied catalog full of wonderful melodies and timeless tunes by legendary musicians and arrangers Juan Ortiz and Jamie Martin Vela. The Mariachi catalog is a wonderful re...

The RBC Mariachi Series is a storied catalog full of wonderful melodies and timeless tunes by legendary musicians and arrangers Juan Ortiz and Jamie Martin Vela. The Mariachi catalog is a wonderful re...

Klar zum Gefect (Action Front) was published in 1912. The title is a naval term used in preparation for combat - "man the guns." As this is a German march, a tempo between 104-112 beats per minute wou...

The "Battle of the Winds" is a technical showcase in march form. Charles Duble's experience as a low brass (trombone) player is particularly evident in the second strain of this march. From the first...

The Sousa Band was preparing to embark upon a world tour in 1910. Before leaving for the tour, Sousa composed a new march for which he did not immediately provide a title. The new march was so well re...

Trooper's Tribunal is a lesser-known Fillmore march that was published in 1905. The "Trooper's Tribunal" title was a joke in that Fillmore intentionally misspelled "Troupers" so that it would appear a...

Northwind is a musical description of the winter wind that Paris Chambers encountered on his way to work in New York City. The "wind" can particularly be heard in the upper woodwinds during the first...

The B.B. and C.F. March was commissioned by John Henry Iles around 1923, following the consolidation of the British Bandsman and The Contest Field, two periodicals that were greatly dedicated to brass...

Port Arthur is a march that contains a vast amount of motion. The advanced technique required for performance of this march represents a challenge for all players.

Wagner took the title of Under the Double Eagle - his opus 159, composed in 1902 - from the state emblem of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This march has been extremely popular for over a century and ex...

Independentia March was first published in 1895. At least eight of Hall's other marches were also published in 1895. He was living in Waterville, Maine, at that time, was thirty-seven years old, and h...

March Ponderoso, composed in 1910, is representative of a King march at a higher level of difficulty. The introduction is an immediate test of the technique of the low brass players. The first strain...

The title of this march, The Trombone Section, is rather misleading, for it is not the trombones that have the most technical parts, but rather the trumpets and upper woodwinds. Composed in 1920, the...

Supreme Triumph is a great march that evokes an image of the big top. Written in 1920, this march has challenging parts for all players. The excitement generated from the performance of this piece is...

Fred Jewell composed Tent City in 1907. The term tent city is used to describe a variety of temporary housing facilities made using tents, for Jewell, the temporary facilities were that of the circus....

Not long before this march was written, Great Britain had observed the centennial of the Battle of Trafalgar. In that battle, the British Navy, commanded by Lord Haratio Nelson, defeated the French an...

Duble dedicated The Circus King March "to my friend Jack Phillips, Musical Director, John H. Sparks' Shows." In 1916, when he composed this march, Duble was playing trombone in the Sparks' Shows Band....

Composed in 1913, Mystic Call was dedicated to Charles Duble of Jeffersonville, Indiana, who was also a composer of marches and an excellent low brass musician, having playing trombone with a number o...