Fun With Brass 2, Score

For Brass Quintet and Concert Band-Legendary composer arranger and author Rayburn Wright is responsible for initiating the storied jazz program at the Eastman School of Music and was also a composer for film and television. His masterful setting of Shakermelodies includes the familiar Simple Gifts along with The Happy Journey and I've Set My Face for Zion's Kingdom. Used to feature a separate brass quintet or with members within an ensemble's brass section this is truly a memorable setting adapted by current Eastman Wind Ensemble conductor Mark Davis Scatterday. Dur: 9:50 (Grade 5)Audio recorded by the Canadian Brass and the Eastman Wind Ensemble on Manhattan Music (OD7368) – Mark Davis Scatterday conductor

Inspired by Lady Gaga's Bad Romance this creative arrangement for late intermediate brass quintet (with an optional singer) can be heard at canadianbrass.com.

London Brass Band Series-Leslie Pearson's Christmas Is Coming scored for 3 Trumpets 3 Trombones Tuba 2 Percussion Organ and Keyboard. 'When I set out to arrange traditional Christmas carols I was determined that they should not be yet another run-of-the-mill strophic verse-by-verse version of our Christmas heritage. I have tried to treat each carol in the collection as the basis for a Petite Fantasie - a continuous single-movement of variations on the original tune. Of course the carol is heard in its traditional form at some point during the arrangement but hopefully its appeal is enhanced without destroying the traditional concept. Inparticular White Christmas Silent Night and the middle sections of Hark the Herald and Christmas is Coming have the soft 'lush' treatment. Christmas is Coming has a humorous opening and a 'Noblimente' end. The collection is in all a delightful mixture of musical styles through the ages.' Leslie Pearson

15 Easy Arrangements-15 easy arrangements for brass quartet or brass quintet with flexible instrumentation with optional keyboard accompaniment. Ideal accompaniments for congregational singing in churches or other groups. Also great for performancesby brass only. Includes two versions of each carol: a standard version found in hymnals in the common key and a “variation verse ” with a free and interesting arrangement. Includes: Angels We Have Heard on High •The First Noel • Go Tell It on the Mountain • Hark! the Herald Angels Sing • Joy to the World • What Child Is This? • and more.

WINNER OF BASCA S 2012 BRITISH COMPOSER AWARD FOR WIND OR BRASS BAND.A Symphony of Colours was commissioned by the Fairey Band with assistance from the John Golland Trust. The first performance was given on 2 May 2011 during the European Brass Band Championships Montreux Switzerland by The Fairey Band conducted by Russell Gray. The same band gave the UK première on 29 January 2012 at the Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass Manchester. The title of this substantial work relates to the rare condition of Synesthesia where sufferers see colours or smell scent in response to hearing music. One of the most famous musicians who had thiscondition was Olivier Messiaen to whom this dramatic piece is a homage. Dobson s music incorporates sideways glances towards Messiaen s great organ work L Ascension. The Symphony s four movements which merge seamlessly into a single span are Joy Chroma (which is a journey through Dobson s own perception of Synesthesia) Endless Time (where tuned percussion features alongside extended solos for the euphonium) and the final climactic Ascent.Dobson s A Symphony of Colours which was conceived as a virtuoso work for elite brass bands.

Missa Brevis is a major work for choir and brass band for performance in church or in the concert hall. For this mass there are many performance possibilities depending on the musicians available. In addition to the standard orchestration of choir and band a brass quartet can also play the choral parts. For this it is desirable for the brass quartet to be positioned separately from the rest of the band (on a gallery for example) so that the idea of two choirs is heard. It is also possible to perform the work with brass band and organ. A truly flexible religious masterpiece.

Dvorák's Slavonic Dances utilise a strong and dramtic sense of rhythm throughout and he wrote original melodies rather than arranging known folk tunes. These dances have been a favourite with pianists and orchestras for generations. Spirited lively and full of musical interest the addition of these four dances to the brass quintet canon is a welcome supplement to that repertoire both as a complete set and as individual show fillers. Arranged here for Brass Quintet by Philip White.

Originally written for and recorded by James Watson and the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble this energetic Latin-flavoured arrangement has long been popular with players and audiences around the world.