Don Gillis

Probably the most popular Canadian Brass concert opening number, Just a Closer Walk with Thee retains the famous, slow, New Orleans-style introduction. In true Canadian Brass style, this one really le...

With Organ.

The vernacular charm and wit of Don Gillis's music provides a giddy, cartoon-like set of moods for an instrumental setting of the tortoise, the hare, and their fabled escapades. SUITE NO. 1 is a perfe...

Perfect for pops concerts, SUITE NO. 3 provides a quaint time capsule of jazz-inspired classical music from 1939, soon after Gershwin's death, and just before the hard-edged modern jazz of the 1940s....

Written by American composer Don Gillis (1912-1978), the Tango Lullaby (1956) was originally meant to be a movement of a ballet called Twinkletoes that Gillis abandoned because he discovered that the...

Adapted directly from the classic version by the Canadian Brass, here is an arrangement for flexible instrumentation that retains the signature slow New Orleans style introduction, followed by an upte...

Gently moving harmonies and an expressive melody flow together in this dreamy original work that features the string orchestra at its very best. A sensitive, quiet moment that will be welcome at any c...

Gently moving harmonies and an expressive melody flow together in this dreamy original work that features the string orchestra at its very best. A sensitive, quiet moment that will be welcome at any c...

Gillis' BALLET FOR BAND is music of the 20th century. The score is endlessly inventive and richly colored, with scoring for the full palette of sounds available in the symphonic wind band. The score c...

The First National Bank of Tulsa, Oklahoma commissioned "Tulsa" to be played at the opening of their new bank building.  The piece is a symphonic poem in four sections depicting Westwar...

The First National Bank of Tulsa, Oklahoma commissioned "Tulsa" to be played at the opening of their new bank building. The piece is a symphonic poem in four sections depicting Westward Expansion, the...

This beautiful pastorale is the second movement of Gillis Symphony No.1. (7 minutes)

This beautiful pastorale is the second movement of Gillis Symphony No.1. (7 minutes)

This is a classic novelty selection that features a group of soloists playing actual kitchen utensils. A popular light concert selection with additional suggestions (such as having your soloists dress...

This is a classic novelty selection that features a group of soloists playing actual kitchen utensils. A popular light concert selection with additional suggestions (such as having your soloists dress...

With Organ.

With Organ.

With Organ.