The classic World War II generation era song. A great show off piece for Brass Quintet and a great way to celebrate our veterans and show America's moxy. A must have in any American Brass quintets' folder.

The "American" Beatles, the Beach Boys, like the Beatles translates well for Brass Quintets. Great for Summer and part of our "Pop" series, Note that there is some high register stuff in the 2nd trumpet and in the French Horn.

I played an arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner for symphonic band way back when and thought that the arranger had the right idea, and have tried to capture this for Brass Quintet . The countermelodies should be brought out but never louder than the melody. Keep the energy through the end. Hopefully, you'll enjoy this, but you can listen to it before you buy. Some challenges for your players (particularly for the trombone, as I am a trombone player), and you may leave out the intro, however, this arrangement has always been a crowd pleaser.

You have the option to mute the French Horn during the first section but it is open on the soli section. * I arranged this for Brass Quintet because I was tired of performing inappropriate arrangements with almost stereotypical stylings. There is only one other arrangement out there that is a pretty good arrangement that wouldn't offend your "Latino" audience. Written by Jose Feliciano, it is a pop tune (latin Rock) and not a traditional Christmas carol as some people have mistakenly called this work. A very popular selection at Christmas and a chart that would be "inclusive", you really should have an arrangement of this in your Christmas folder. So, if you have the Maracas to play this, have at it .(Maracas/Clave part included).

Written for his son, after the tragedy of his young son's death, It was my pleasure to arrange such a poignant piece. It is a Trombone feature.

An old-fashioned arrangement and easy to play. I like to change up styles in a performance and it brings back memories of childhood Christmases. Check out the sound file, please.