Classical Sheet Music for Brass Ensemble

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...

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...

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...

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a well-known piece written for solo piano by Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under...

Despite having essentially a 'minor' feel this is one of most brilliant three choir canzonas. Dur 3'

scored for trumpet 1 in Bb (piccolo trumpet), trumpet 2 in D, trumpet 3 in Bb, trumpet 4 in Bb, trumpet 5 in Bb, flugelhorn in Bb, horn 1 in F 1, horn 2 in F, horn 3 in F, horn 4 in F, trombone 1, tr...

scored for solo trombone, trumpet 1 in Eb, trumpet 2 in Bb, trumpet 3 in Bb, trumpet 4 in Bb, horn in F, trombone 1, trombone 2, bass trombone, tuba parts for horn in Eb, trombones 1 & 2 in Bb and Eb...