Editions Bim

The Grumpy Troll is my first work for unaccompanied tuba. It arose from my ideas of how a very angry Norwegian troll might behave and sound. The opening sets the tone of the work: the raised minor thi...

The Trumpet Outings series is designed for trumpet players of all levels to familiarize them with a broad musical horizon. The series includes original trios and quartets inspired by composers and sty...

Music instruments are only tools, personally chosen tools, for expression through music. In order to make music, the tools must work. So is it with the skills of playing music. In order to play music...

Improve the low register technique The purpose of this book is to give horn players an opportunity to improve their low register technique. This neglected area of the horn requires precision of relaxa...

Large brass ensemble, timpani and percussion.

The Sonata for clarinet and piano represents my inner feelings and personal perception of the evolution of the world. It was my intention to use modern musical language to express these very strong pe...

In this work for solo trombone and trombone quartet, the composer emphasizes the finest tonal, dynamic and rhythmic diversity of the trombones. Apart from the form, these Trois Tableaux [Three Picture...

This work was written for cornet soloist Derek Smith. First recorded by his son, Philip Smith (Principal Trumpet in the NY Philharmonic) with the composer at the piano. The piece has become a standard...

Intrada was written for Philip Smith. 'Consisting of several contrasting sections, it is,' Mr. Turrin says, ' a characteristically energetic statement, built around a recurrent fanfare motif which pro...

4 Miniatures was commissioned in 2000 by Robert Sulivan (Associate Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic) for a CD entitled 'Kaleidoscope' on the Summit Record label (Summit 317). I wanted to...

Armenian rhythmic and folk music influences are clearly in evidence, but there are no actual folk songs in it. Musicologists have asserted that Armenian influences represent the underlying musical ess...

Armenia’s traditions of rhythm and folk music are strongly influential in this work, but it is not a true folk song. Musicologists say that the Armenian touch forms the basis of all my works, an...

Trumpet and Piano or Brass Band A brilliant and vigorous yet sensitive work, in the style typical of the Armenian composer An ideal introduction to the more important works of this composer

A fun and virtuoso piece which presents the famous themes of the opera 'Carmen' by Bizet, sometimes in a surprising way...

The founder of The Brass Press publishing house (taken over by Editions Bim in 1999) asked me to write a new work for trumpet alone. The result was 'Cascades', which was offered to all members of the...

This book is a supplement to the original James Stamp Warm-Ups and Studies (Editions Bim, Switzerland), and all of James Stamp's concepts and instructions presented in the original volume should apply...

This book includes a selection of grooves taken from the original Sassified CD as well as other material recorded by Jon Sass. The playing tips and rhythm exercises will help to practice and understan...