Intermediate Sheet Music for Brass Ensemble

Only a few short years ago, jazz and classical music were considered separate and mutually exclusive worlds. No musician, it was believed, could operate in both. But in the last 2 decades, a new breed...

Igor's Dance is a virtuosic, molto allegro parody of the Ballerina's Dance from Igor Stravinsky's Petrouchka, with the quintet parts including some isolated musical elements, such as single rhythmic f...

Salutations, the first of the 4 miniatures, was originally written as a concert opening for the US Army Brass Quintet, hence the very free military signals that appear here and there. The other moveme...

The four untitled movements of this work exhibit all of the same characteristics: within archaic Renaissance polyphonic musical structures (for instance, in the style - but not the music - of the open...

As the title points out, my intention was to take advantage and to explore the numerous characteristics of the different instruments constituting the brass quintet, especially their wide dynamic resou...

Ruperto Chapí (1851-1909) was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Sociedad General de Autores (S.G.A.E.) He wrote a large number of symphonic, band, choral and chamber works, as well as zarzuela...

Spanish Dances (Parody IX) was commissioned by the Louisville Brass and awarded First Prize at the 2003 International Trumpet Guild Composition Competition. The Louisville Brass gave the premiere perf...

Spanish Dances (Parody IX) was commissioned by the Louisville Brass and awarded First Prize at the 2003 International Trumpet Guild Composition Competition. The Louisville Brass gave the premiere perf...

This work was written in 2005 and is dedicated to the Simon Bolivar Brass Quintet. The movements represent four episodes of a knight’s life. I. The Knight of the Hill II. The Maid of the Grey Ca...

Although the 'ripieno' and 'concertante' elements are played equally by each of the five instruments in turn, this fast, virtuosic and pithy work is essentially a mini-concerto for brass quintet. Cast...

The four movements which comprise 'Armenian Scenes' are pictures of Armenian life: 'Morning Song', 'Drinking Song', 'Song of Grief', 'Wedding Procession' illustrate the cultural settings and tradition...

Kaitsenko was an exclusive warrior society of the Kiowa Indians. The Kaitsenko vowed to each other to die only in battle with their enemies. It was the desire of the composer to capture the drama of t...

The brass quintet 'Cheval de Feu' [Horse of Fire] was composed August-September 1997 for the Narbonne international brass quintet competition (May 1998).

The Barber of Seville, by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868), was first performed in 1816. In the duet 'Dunque io son', Figaro tells Rosina that she is loved and admired by Lindoro and asks her to give so...