Chamber Ensemble Sheet Music

One aspect when writing for brass quintet that has always interested me has been all the available color and timbre possibilities. My first brass quintet, Four Sketches (BIM ENS48 - 1990), explored a...

Fanfare of Hope was composed in 2003. It was commissioned by the Elgin, Illinois Youth Symphony Orchestra for their brass choir and premiered by that group. Community youth orchestras are an important...

These three pieces taken from Monteverdi's opera 'Orfeo' ('La favola d'Orfeo, 1607) were instrumental interludes to be played between scenes. The famous 'Toccata', which Monteverdi also used in his Ve...

Jan Koetsier writes within a given form and develops the material according to rigid structural frameworks, while his musical lines are distinguished by a rich melodic and rhythmic imagination. His wo...

Jan Koetsier writes within a given form and develops the material according to rigid structural frameworks, while his musical lines are distinguished by a rich melodic and rhythmic imagination. His wo...

Four Sketches for brass quintet (version 1989) was commissioned by Mel Jernigan and the St. Louis Brass Quintet (USA) and has undergone almost a complete metamorphosis since its premiere in St. Louis...

Brass quintet and organ (or 2 brass quintets) Fanfare for Canterbury Cathedral was written for and first performed at Canterbury Cathedral, March 11, 1979 by the Delbarton Brass Ensemble, to whom the...

The title of this work, K-1, refers to the Japanese martial art of the same name. I am not a fan of these sports, but when Steve Rosse - known for his powerful tuba playing - asked me to write somethi...

Liberation of Sisyphus was composed in the spring of 1990. The work was commissioned by Roger Bobo and written especially for him. The premiere took place in August 1990 in Sapporo, Japan, during the...

Ein wahrlich festliches Werk eines unbekannten finnischen Komponisten! Ursprünglich für Klavier, als zweites der drei Stücke eines Opus', wird es auf der Orgel gelegentlich gespielt. Schließlich finde...

This piece is one of the most popular processionals for brides. It has been used in countless wedding services, movies and television programs.

The term 'final descent' has many meanings. This composition is a musical representation of the last push to achieve a goal: it is suspenseful, dramatic, exciting, emotional and most importantly, fun...

The title, A Rift in Time, represents this piece perfectly, as it is a great way to introduce developing musicians to the 7/8 (2+2+3) metre, with the 'rift' being the extra beat in the 'time' signatur...

Lumina Cordis, latin for 'Lights of the Heart', is a title that reflects the joy and brightness of the piece. Composed using overture form, each section has elements that represent all the happy emoti...

The Call of the Summit is a heroic and stately piece which uses call and response between a solo trumpet and the remainder of the ensemble to establish "the call". With simple rhythms and limited rang...

A fairly common practice in the Baroque era was for organists (especially the great J.S. Bach) to "borrow" and transcribe orchestral music from themselves or other composers to create spectacular orga...

This piece is a beautiful interplay between organ and brass. It follows immediately after the Confutatis so these arrangements can be paired together.

This piece has some great contrasts - with tuba playing driving 32nds and horn/trombone playing forte marcato figures juxaposed with soft lyrical trumpet duets. It precedes the Lacrimosa so these arra...

Romantic French composer Theodore Dubois wrote his 12 Pieces for Organ in 1886 and this "Grand Choeur" is big and bold and full of energy. The addition of brass seems completely natural and this makes...

This Villanesca is part of a set of 12 Spanish Dances written in 1890. The color and harmonies lend themselves so well to the sonorites of a brass quintet. To achieve an even greater range of colors,...

Clair de lune has been used in the soundtrack of many movies including the famous fountain scene in Ocean's Eleven.

Of the nearly 50 concertos that he wrote for two soloists and orchestra, this is the only one for two flutes. The duet passages pass back and forth between the trumpets and the horn/trombone in this e...

Uncle of the famous Giovanni Gabrieli, Andrea was a prolific composer for a variety of instrumentations including voice and organ. There is an alternate horn part provided for the trombone for added v...