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This is a bassoon feature to show off the 'clown of the orchestra'. With colourful chords and wonderful bassoon writing, this is an ideal piece to allow the bassoonist to shine in a concert. This woul...

Turkey in the Straw is true hoe-down music and should be played with the energy of square dancers. The syncopated rhythms combined with the short crisp articulations make this a fun tune for both list...

Clementi wrote this famous Sonatina for solo piano. Short duet passages and several solo lines keep the top three voices interesting while the horn and bassoon maintain the foundation for the technica...

Here is a clever novelty piece which takes the famous British folk song for a ride through various keys and time signatures quoting famous classic pieces and folk songs along the way! Fun and audience...

The Holly and the Ivy is a traditional English Christmas carol. Holly and ivy have been important as English Christmas decorations for church use since at least the fifteenth century. This piece is fl...

Soliloquy for Anne was originally written for six timpani. Knowing not many schools or band program have access to six timpani, two tom-toms could be used in place of the upper two drums. This is an e...

The intent of this piece is every drummer's dream - to just groove and have fun doing it. The entire piece is played on an assortment of buckets and garbage cans (both metal and plastic). Parts can be...

Trash, Scrap N' Drivel was written with the intent of creating a fun piece for students to play that a non-musician could easily teach to an eighth grade class with little musical experience - and tha...

Written during a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in the summer of 2005 for the Calgarian Move to Strike Percussion Group, this playful piece is based on the Martin Page novel of the same na...

Canción del Pájaro for trumpet and piano is based on a traditional fandango---a lively Spanish or Portuguese couples dance in triple meter. This work is fun to perform, enjoyable to hear, and is ideal...

Beside the Waters is a transcription, by the composer, of an original solo vocal work. The text for this piece describes water flowing in a stream, clouds floating past, time standing still, and human...

This work is based on the French poem Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur (It Rains in My Heart). As expected from the title, this work has a dark feeling to it. Slow and brooding, the piano sets the feel with t...

John Hartmann began arranging music for the village band at the age of ten. He played the violin, but his real love was the cornet. He was asked, by the Crystal Palace Company, to form a band in 1854....

This polka, by British born composer Alfred Warren, follows the standard form that was all the rage at the turn of the Century. A smooth lyrical Introduction leads into a short cadenza moving into the...

A Souvenir, or Remembrance, is a short piece intended to evoke a particular mood. Souvenir du Passe is a short, 'Lisztian' salon or 'parlor' piece and was written for Warren's friend, Matthew Arbuckle...

Intrada for solo trumpet is a piece that is suitable as a Prelude for a church service or an opening number for a solo recital. The accompaniment can be played on a piano or an organ. There is some gr...

The first movement, Lake, depicts a flat calm inland body of water where things are at peace. The second movement, Waterfalls, illustrates a river picking up speed through playful but lyrical melodies...

Rag, Theme and Variations is a short fun tune for cornet and piano that is ideal at the end of a concert or as an encore. Presented here is a rag in its traditional, literal form that concludes and le...

This new work by Jeff Smallman is for unaccompanied trumpet. Set in 6 short movements of various moods, this piece demonstrates the colours at the disposal of a trumpet player. Accessible to high scho...

As the title suggests, this piece contains three dance-like movements that are very different in style. The fanfare figures are elegantly balanced against a smooth flowing line to create an interestin...

The Meadow Lark-Polka Brillante is a fun solo for the e-flat cornet. Wide intervals, triple tonguing and technical flourishes make this piece exciting and interesting in a recital or concert. Carefull...

'A Dance On Three Legs' is a percussion ensemble piece with constantly shifting meter, hence the title. It also has constantly changing texture and dynamics to add interest. Six players are involved a...

I wrote this piece with the intent of creating a fun piece for students to play that a non-musician could easily teach to a sixth grade class with no musical experience. It is scored for 4 players pla...

The rousing and well-known 'Anvil Chorus' or 'Gypsy Chorus' from Verdi's Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) depicts Spanish gypsies striking their anvils at dawn and singing the praises of hard work, good...