SKU: AP.1-ADV20003
UPC: 805095200034. English. Traditional.
This arrangement of We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Edgar Herzog has a soothing effect on everybody suffering from Christmas stress. Saint Nicholas wishes for a relaxed and swinging Christmas season with Rudolph swaying his antlers to the rhythm of the samba. Arranged for two trumpets, horn in F / flugelhorn, trombone, and tuba.
SKU: P2.60044
For many years I have coached brass quintets at the USC Thornton School of Music. One of the outstanding young quintets was the Valente Brass: Yurie Yoshida, and Jessica Cruz, Trumpets; Erika Miras, Horn; Jonathan Sie, Trombone; and Jake Kraft, Bass Trombone. They kept urging me to write a quintet for them and thus was born HoopLA. This short (4:30 min) one movement piece was premiered by them at the Live at Basset Hall 8 concert, April 13, 2014. It was during this same time that I was writing two other works, Intrepideedoodah and Pocket Change. In all three I used 6/4 meter as the main rhythmic structure. I call it my 6/4 period. That meter translates easily into 12/8 and many other groupings of 2s, 3s, 4,s and 6s--the glories of hemiola abound. A unison intro leads to a Latin set-up in the trumpets and a tricky groove in the trombones. The horn has a haunting melody over that. A middle waltz section follows with imitative solos in the trumpets and a series of duets between the all of the players--giving the impression of odd meters. The main theme returns with a rousing ending. The brass quintet members named the piece HoopLA and, as the title suggests, it's a lot of fun in Los Angeles. -Jim Self.
SKU: P2.60022
Known throughout the world as a founding member, music programmer and arranger for the Boston Brass, JD Shaw has also performed in the Rochester Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Missouri Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic and the Boston Pops. He has also been a featured performer on NPR's Performance Today and the CBS Morning Show. Prof. Shaw received a Bachelor of Music from Wichita State University, where he studied with Dr. Nicholas E. Smith, and a Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the Performer's Certificate under the tutelage of horn pedagogue Verne Reynolds. As an active performer and prolific arranger, Shaw has recorded over fifteen albums encompassing diverse musical styles from the classical, jazz and Latin genres. His record labels include Loft Recordings, Mark Records and Summit Records. A notable recent project featured the Boston Brass recording the Stan Kenton Christmas Carols with many well-known brass players, such as Scott Hartman, Jens Lindemann, Scott Thornburg, Jeff Nelsen and Sam Pilafian. Prof. Shaw has presented numerous clinics and workshops for music educators, as well as masterclasses for students of all ages and levels. In addition to his credentials as a horn performer and teacher, he is the Brass Program Director and Music Arranger for the Phantom Regiment, the reigning Drum Corps International World Champion. This is Shaw's arrangement of Camille Saint-Saens' famous Danse Macabre for brass quintet.
SKU: CY.CC2982
ISBN 9790530058015.
In the Bleak Midwinter is a Christmas carol based on a poem by Christina Rossetti, published in 1872. Holst set it to music in 1906 and it has become the most popular of the many settings.Matt McCrady's fine arrangement for Brass Quintet is tender and rich in sound, appropriate for moderately advanced performers and is about 5 minutes in length.Instrumentation is for 2 Trumpets in B-flat, Horn in F, Trombone and Tuba.The beautifully performed audio sample below is from the Pinnacle Brass album The Earth Shall Ring.
SKU: ST.Y224
ISBN 9790220221552.
Scenes from Welsh life and landscape are a frequent source of inspiration for the music of Rhian Samuel, and, in Dovey Junction, the joyful atmosphere of families en route to the Welsh seaside via the little west-coast railway line is the cue for a crackling scherzo for brass quintet. A snappy rondo theme insists on dressing up in a different texture each time it returns. In between, pithy staccato phrases for trumpets are the setting for more cantabile figures from horn and trombone, and a brief and bluesy episode for muted solo trumpet suggests lazy days on the beach, or grown-up nostalgia for holidays long past. But the energy and sense of expectation remain unstoppable from the first bar to the last, and all five instruments sweep the music into a furious coda that ends the work in riotous high spirits. Dovey Junction was written for performance by Borealis Brass (Alaska) at the UNESCO World Forum on Music, Los Angeles, USA in October 20005, at the invitation of the Fondazione Adkins Chiti: Donne in Musica, (Rome).
SKU: CY.CC2917
Henry Wolking's sparkling Jazz Overture for Brass Quintet includes three important Jazz styles within its 6-minute length: the Blues, Ballad and Samba. This makes it a perfect vehicle for less experienced performers of intermediate/advanced levels to explore the genre.Parts included are: 2 Trumpets in B-flat, Horn, Trombone (bass clef) and Tuba or Bass Trombone.
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