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The Three Gymnopédies are the ultimate in quiet minimal pieces. They have been recorded by many instruments from synthesizer to soprano saxophone. Any one of these pieces would be a great change of pa...

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 best suit the sound of the tenor saxophone...

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...

Taken from a single line of Chippewa music, this tune has been harmonized and arranged for brass quintet by Kenneth Bray. He has very successfully arranged this music for choir and this version for br...

As the title suggests, this piece is Spanish in style. After opening with a short fanfare, the melody is then passed equally between the two trumpets with the lower voices adding rhythmic chords and c...

This elegant intermezzo is the most famous part of this opera. It opens quietly, builds, then ends as it began. Melody is in the trumpets and horn and no part is too difficult or taxing. This beautifu...

This collection is designed for developing brass players to enjoy fun arrangements of Christmas music at a suitable level. All ranges and technical requirements have the younger musician in mind while...

Another arrangement targeted at mid high school players is the popular British tune Rule Britannia. With colourful trumpet flourishes and melody found in all parts, this piece makes an excellent encor...

Also called The Ryans and the Pittmans, this popular Newfoundland folk song has been sung and danced to on the East Coast of Canada since the early 1900s. The lyrics tell of a sailor, named Bob Pittma...

Echoes of Summer ist sanft und verspielt, aber gleichzeitig auch nachdenklich. Dieses Stück wird Sie mit Wärme erfüllen und Sie zum Lächeln bringen. Es wurde entwickelt, um junge Spieler auf eine sich...

Farmer Tans ist ein Konzertbandstück, das die hart arbeitenden Landwirte feiert. Beim Zuhören sieht man vor dem geistigen Auge das Picken und Scharren der Hühner, die Bewegung des Pfluges durch den Bo...

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...

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

This lyrical piece is composed using ternary (ABA) form and gives every section an opportunity to shine. Filled with rich use of harmony and a flowing melody, As the River Flows is a great way to teac...

Shaped by Time is a short fanfare/overture to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Coledale Public School in Unionville, Canada. It opens with a brief fanfare section before breaking into a fun, shifting...

The history of the court jester is quite diverse depending on the country. They were either employed to entertain nobility or as an itinerant performer they would entertain common folk at such venues...

This piece contains two distinctively different themes a traditional European folk song sounding melody and a Japanese inspired one. Each melody is introduced on its own, then they are combined with b...

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...

This folk song is particularly notable for its use in a number of well-known folk song arrangements. It is peaceful and reflective with interesting parts for all. (2:55)

This famous melody has been attributed to Haydn but there is doubt whether he was the composer. Johannes Brahms wrote a famous set of variations based on this melody calling it Variations on a Theme b...

This version of the Canadian national anthem is accessible to developing musicians. For a more ornate and complex edition (grade 3), please look at 81-STR111.

The Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic poem, dated around 600 BC, by the poet Homer. It tells of the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he, a...

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...

Queen Anne's Revenge was the final ship sailed by Edward Thatch, also known as the pirate, Blackbeard. To give the 'pirate-like' feeling to the music, it has been composed in 6/8 time, as have many pi...