Break-Dance is an obvious next of kin to the two Clarinet trios Vox In Rama and Tattoo For Three. This piece however combines the roaring despair of the first trio with the twisted rhythmical display of the latter. The title of course is a reference to the modern street-dance electric boogie but the very music itself takes the naming most literally indeed: formally and rhythmically after a straightforward head-on opening it breaks into isolated jagged fragments winding up in a bouncing piano cadenza. Albeit not an obvious piano concerto the piano part hovers in the front line the same way the horizontal guy ringing himself on the pavement is doubtless aneye-catcher to passers-by. The springy 'body-language' that kicks off the piece suddenly stiffens and freezes into hard-edged blocks and the real 'dance of breaks' emerges into focus. Break-dance is commissioned by and dedicated to Yvar Mikhashoff and Spectrum. Arranged for 2 Trumpets 3 Trombones and Piano.

A highly flexible series of books designed to encourage young people to play together in various combinations of numbers and instruments perfect for group tuition. Book 1 offers 19 easy-intermediate trios for trumpet and trombone using familiar melodies arranged in classical folk and jazz styles including Country Garden God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Mexican Hat Dance Sailor's Hornpipe. This collection can be used for solo duet or trio playing and can also be used with matching arrangements of the same material in Book 1 for Saxophone Clarinet Flute Violin. An optional piano accompaniment book is available.