Chamber Ensemble Sheet Music

Ave Verum Corpus is one of Mozart's most famous pieces and has even been described as "perhaps the loftiest work of art that Mozart has created". It is simple and a perfect piece to develop a beautifu...

Of Fate and Fortune is a great piece that focuses on one main theme that is manipulated to take on several forms throughout. The opening introduces both the main theme and the dark and powerful nature...

This lyrical piece was composed to reflect the open plains and nature of the Prairie province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The melodies are moving, singable and memorable with every player featured at som...

In music, a drone is a repeated or sustained pitch that provides a harmonic foundation for melodies and harmonies to build around it. This definition describes this piece perfectly as the entire piece...

Beneath the Golden Sky is a lyrical song that allows an ensemble to develop its skills playing in 3/4 metre. Each part is given the opportunity to play melodic material at some point in the piece.

Serenity is the perfect word to describe this lyrical piece: calm, peaceful and simple to perform. This selection was composed with the intention to introduce very beginning musicians to lyrical music...

Storm the Keep is a fun, energetic piece that is perfect for introducing young musicians to playing in 6/8 metre. The rhythmic figures used are simple enough to help performers learn the feel for the...

Echoes in the Tundra was composed to paint a musical picture of someone trying to survive in a dark, vast, snowy plain. Much of the piece uses call and response to represent the echoes in this environ...

The Spectacle is a fast and energetic piece composed to reflect the excitement of witnessing something astonishing or 'spectacular' for the first time. This feeling is carried from the opening measure...

Contemporary yet accessible harmonies combined with the power of the brass quintet make this a great work to open a concert or recital.

Tuba Mirum is a bass (voice) solo but features an unaccompanied solo trombone opening which is one of "the" major trombone excerpts for classical players. This is a great piece to feature not only the...

The rousing and well-known Anvil Chorus or Gypsy Chorus from Verdi's Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) depicts Spanish gypsies striking their anvils at dawn and singing the praises of hard work, good wine...

This arrangement uses excerpts of the concerto transposed down to B flat minor to create a solo trumpet feature in a brass quintet setting. This concerto's combination of lyricism and virtuosity make...

A fairly common practice in the Baroque era was for organists to 'borrow' and transcribe orchestral music from themselves or other composers to create spectacular organ solos. J.S. Bach adapted severa...

This beautiful piece features the trumpet. The romantic musical line and rubato style make this a terrific change of pace on a concert or recital. The remainder of the quintet, with the other trumpet...

Charles Gounod intended to compose a multi-movement work for solo piano called Suite Burlesque, and one of its movements was to be Funeral March of a Marionette. This was the only movement completed....

Inveni David is an offertory was originally set for male chorus and four trombones. This powerful work opens in F minor and gradually builds to a brilliant F major Alleluia. It has been arranged here...

Nimrod (Variation No. 9 from Enigma Variations) is one of Elgar's most popular creations. It is often performed as a stand-alone piece and has been transcribed for all kinds of musical ensembles. The...

Bizet's Carmen is one of the most popular of all operas. This arrangement of the prelude includes some of the opera's best-known tunes and is a real crowd pleaser! It is also very playable for brass a...

This trio of short Baroque transcriptions from various composers include Canzona by Antonio Mortaro, Toccata by Alessandro Scarlatti and Dialogo by Nicolas de Grigny. They could be played as a suite o...

This very popular piece has been arranged many times for various instruments. This version for brass quartet alternates between the chorale theme and the wandering counter-melody that has made this pi...

There have been many recordings of the famous Gabrieli canzoni for various combinations of brass instruments. This arrangement for brass quartet is a welcome addition to this repertoire. Antiphonal sp...

Canzoni were pieces composed for various combinations of instruments and various sizes of ensembles. This famous canzon has been arranged for brass quartet. Antiphonal spacing is always a successful p...

There have been many recordings of the famous Gabrieli canzoni for various combinations of brass instruments. This arrangement for brass quartet is a welcome addition to this repertoire. Antiphonal sp...

The Allegro con Spirito movement of the Divertimento No. 1 is from the Six Feldpartiten (open air suites), composed by Haydn in the early 1780s. Originally scored for two oboes, two French horns, thre...