FJH Solo and Ensemble

Feature your brass in this innovative piece for 8 Bb trumpets. Premiered at the 1999 International Trumpet Guild Conference, this piece incorporates chorales, virtuosity, and even some free jazz for a...

This beautiful arrangement of Bach's famous work provides a wonderful opportunity to focus on lyrical playing and musicianship. The melody is distributed throughout the group, giving each performer a...

Instrumentation (9 players): bells, xylophone, chimes, timpani, snare drum, bongos, aux. percussion (triangle, suspended cymbal, vibraslap, temple blocks, gong), bass drum, crash cymbals

An excellent feature for young groups, Jamaican Sunrise has an authentic island flavor, and offers opportunities for single-measure solos and duets for snare drum, claves, and timpani.

Instrumentation (10 players): bells, 2 xylophones, chimes, timpani, snare drum, bongos, aux. percussion (suspended cymbal, vibraslap, wood block, triangle), bass drum, crash cymbals

Night Drop gets its title from a military operation - a parachute drop during the cover of darkness. Such operations allow thousands of soldiers to deploy behind enemy lines without being spotted.

Instrumentation (8 players): bells, xylophone, timpani, snare drum, bongos, aux. percussion (cowbell, ride cymbal), bass drum, crash cymbals

Written by the composer of Symphony No. 1 for Brass, this new work for 13 brass plus percussion opens with a brilliant trumpet fanfare. Designed as a feature piece, it showcases the various abilities...

The use of chimes gives this piece a medieval flavor, conjuring images of brave knights and ancient castles.