Advanced Classical Music Sheet Music

Trigger-Happy was conceived by Mark Nightingale as a performance piece for an advanced college level student of the bass trombone. Though It makes some technical demands of the performer, both in term...

The work is freely tonal, and despite it being completely notated, the composer tries to re-create the effects of spontaneity and improvisation for both performers.

Aimed at the more experienced players with a range from C1 to Ab4. There is also a short multiphonics section.

This work is in three short movements describing three aspects of modern life. The movements are: A Hurried Life, A Serene Life and A Frenetic Life. As can be imagined, the style of an individual move...

Imaginations by percussionist Jim Molyneux was written in 2008 for Simon Minshall. Simon is a freelance bass trombonist who first came into the public’s eye by reaching the semi-final stage of the BBC...

An arrangement for four trombones (3 tenor and 1 bass) br Alwyn Green, former Bass Trombonist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra of Telemanns Sonata in Bb. It is in 4 movements: Dolce, Vivac...

Carreaux, which is French for "squares", "checks" or "diamonds" (the lozenge shape and the suit in cards), is based not only on the idea of squares of all kinds, but also more complex relationships be...

Rondo a la Mode is a lively, technically demanding but enjoyable single movement piece. Though melodic in style a good command of rhythm is required as most of the piece is in 7/8 which sets the perfo...

The work is written in a concertante style and uses the different technical and expressive resources of all the members of the quartet in an ongoing dialogue that supports the soloist who plays a part...

There is a feeling of "James Bond" about this work with an evocation of the undercover. A fun piece for intermediate bass trombonist and piano ideal for a lighter moment in a recital.

Quartet No.1 was written in 2009 and premiered on May 13th of the same year in Rochester, New York. The work was largely inspired by the Emily Dickinson poem "There’s a Certain Slant of Light," publis...

The title is a tribute to a hospitable Frenchman who lives in Lille and inspiration for the work derived from the joyful singing in the style of a spiritual of a West Indian choir on the BBC's Songs o...

The two trombone quartets published here are arrangements of vocal settings by Max Reger, Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner of three poems: Nachtlied, Der Falke and An Weber's Grabe. The three tenor...

This Concerto for Marimba takes advantage of the various timbre possible on this beautiful percussion instrument. From the woody, mellow qualities of the lower and middle range to the bright higher no...

This Concerto for Marimba takes advantage of the various timbre possible on this beautiful percussion instrument. From the woody, mellow qualities of the lower and middle range to the bright higher no...

The balance between the two keyboard hands of this fantasia for harpsichord is particularly well suited and effective for this duet setting. Moreover, its formal listing number mirrors the original BW...

This piece is part of an instrumental cycle with the same title. It is based on a poem by Portuguese poet Sebastião da Gama, from which the title is taken, which translates as 'my whole self raises, m...

This piece is part of an instrumental cycle with the same title. It is based on a poem by Portuguese poet Sebastião da Gama, from which the title is taken, which translates as 'my whole self raises, m...