Brian Balmages: Advanced Sheet Music

Dark and passionate melodies are overcome with heavy metal inflection in this incredibly innovative and unique work for strings. The cello section imitates the sound of distorted guitars as the work u...

This thrilling fanfare by Brian Balmages will set the stage for your entire concert. The audience is taken back to the time of the Roman Empire, with the sounds of the parades that preceded the chario...

Premiered at Carnegie Hall, this minimalistic fanfare celebrates SpaceShipOne, the first privately manned spacecraft to exceed an altitude of 62 miles twice within two weeks. The three sections explor...

While not specifically programmatic, this aggressive work paints a picture of mechanical rage in a rollercoaster of sound. From the opening dissonant chords to the exuberant themes and wildly aggressi...

This imaginative work was conceived as the underscore to a fictional fireworks show. The opening section suggests the massive fireworks bursting in grand fashion as the music thrives on each explosion...

This dynamic and contemporary fanfare combines elements from Schumann's George Washington Bridge and Copland's Lincoln Portrait. Premiered at the Kennedy Center, this work for mature ensembles spins a...

This extensive work for 14-piece brass and percussion challenges your group technically, lyrically, and musically. The first movement introduces a fanfare and chorale that reappear later in the work....

This extensive work for 14-piece brass and percussion challenges your group technically, lyrically, and musically. The first movement introduces a fanfare and chorale that reappear later in the work....

An ideal opener for any brass concert, this quintet will instantly captivate the audience and performer alike. Scored for two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba, this piece will challenge each individ...

An ideal opener for any brass concert, this quintet will instantly captivate the audience and performer alike. Scored for two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba, this piece will challenge each individ...

Premiered at the 1999 Southeastern Tuba-Euphonium Conference, this brass quintet featuring solo tuba is written in an exciting multi-meter style that will challenge the musicians and captivate your au...

Premiered at the 1999 Southeastern Tuba-Euphonium Conference, this brass quintet featuring solo tuba is written in an exciting multi-meter style that will challenge the musicians and captivate your au...

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...

Fanfare Canzonique was commissioned and premiered by Gary Green and the University of Miami Wind Ensemble at the 2003 College Band Directors National Convention. It is written in memory of Gilbert Joh...

This haunting, powerful and aggressive work draws inspiration from a type of strobe light device that can potentially put an observer into a state of "threshold consciousness" (the idea of being half-...

This haunting, powerful and aggressive work draws inspiration from a type of strobe light device that can potentially put an observer into a state of "threshold consciousness" (the idea of being half-...

This haunting, powerful and aggressive work draws inspiration from a type of strobe light device that can potentially put an observer into a state of "threshold consciousness" (the idea of being half-...

This haunting, powerful and aggressive work draws inspiration from a type of strobe light device that can potentially put an observer into a state of "threshold consciousness" (the idea of being half-...

Written as a response to the numerous tragedies occurring throughout the world, this music is meant to draw the performer and listener away from the chaos of the world and into a tranquil space. Inspi...

Written as a response to the numerous tragedies occurring throughout the world, this music is meant to draw the performer and listener away from the chaos of the world and into a tranquil space. Inspi...

Written as a response to the numerous tragedies occurring throughout the world, this music is meant to draw the performer and listener away from the chaos of the world and into a tranquil space. Inspi...

Written as a response to the numerous tragedies occurring throughout the world, this music is meant to draw the performer and listener away from the chaos of the world and into a tranquil space. Inspi...

This inventive and stunning composition is a modernized version of the original concerto grosso dating back to the Baroque era. Written for soloists on electric instruments, it is also possible to do...

This inventive and stunning composition is a modernized version of the original concerto grosso dating back to the Baroque era. Written for soloists on electric instruments, it is also possible to do...

This inventive and stunning composition is a modernized version of the original concerto grosso dating back to the Baroque era. Written for soloists on electric instruments, it is also possible to do...