David Sampson

Inamere for twelve trumpets was composed in 2011, commissioned by the Marine Corps Forces Pacific Band, to honor CW04 (Chief Warrant Officer 4) James Ford. During his thirty years of service in the Un...

Published by the prestigious Editions Bim, "Litany of Breath" is a profound and deeply expressive work for solo trumpet. Placing the very essence of brass playing – the breath itself – at the center o...

With an organ composition there is always the dilemma as to how specific to be concerning registration. Since the composer conceived this work with a definite organ and building in mind, it was felt t...

Tenebrae for trumpet and organ was originally written for English horn and string quartet. Tenebrae literally means 'Service of Darkness' and is a solemn Christian ceremony presented on the night of M...

Musicians throughout their playing life invariably revisit a core of compositions that continually challenge their abilities and nourish their musical ideals. Morning Pages were written with that in m...

Musicians throughout their playing life invariably revisit a core of compositions that continually challenge their abilities and nourish their musical ideals. Morning Pages were written with that in m...

Breathing Lessons for saxophone quartet is a seven-movement composition lasting about twenty minutes, written in the spring of 2002. The work was written for the Amherst Saxophone Quartet and made pos...

This work for trumpet/flugelhorn, horn, and tenor trombone was written in 2002 on commission from Dorothy Duncan as a gift to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of her brother, trumpet player James Dunca...