Sheet Music for Brass Ensemble

Considered to be the first composer to break from the dominating influence of the Italian style of opera, Carl Maria von Weber has been called the father of German opera. And yet his operas represent...

This Concerto for brass quintet was written in the classical Sonata form. Through the continual use of all five instruments, the piece takes on a symphonic character. The theme of the first movement c...

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...

Commande du Concours international de quintettes de cuivres de Narbonne, France (1990)

The Brass Quintet is in 4 continuous movements. The Scherzo, which comes second, is a Rondo mainly in 5/ 8 time, the 1st Episode being an English folk-dance tune, the 2nd a canon between horn and tuba...

Morceau imposé du 4e Concours international de Quintettes de Cuivres de Narbonne, 1992

The work consists of five movements of which the first, Intrada, makes use of rhythmic play interspersed with a short expressive Andante. The second, Fantasia, consists of cadenzas for each instrument...

Fabrics for brass quintet was composed in the summer of 1989. Like 'Seasons', it was written for the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, premiered by that group, and supported by funding from the University of W...

Seasons', 'A Symphony for Brass Quintet', was composed during the summer of 1986. It was written specifically for the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, of which John Stevens is a member. The composition of thi...

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...

Aria from 'La Donna del Lago' Composed specifically to show off the voice by means of lightning runs, colorful ornamentation and flashy cadenzas, the coloratura aria has traditionally provided the ope...

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...

Queen of the Night The Queen of the Night in Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' is wicked and evil. In choosing a very high soprano for this role Mozart makes effective dramatic use of the voice's extreme upp...

2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba solo I wrote this piece because brass quintet tubists often complain that they don't get their share of the limelight. In this piece, even though it only lasts ten...

About my 'little street music'... ... I have always been fascinated by the world of fairgrounds and the circus. I'm not talking here about the circus with three simultaneously animated arenas with las...

Impressioni is a work consisting of five movements of different and contrasting styles and musical form intended to evoke visual and acoustic memories of far away places, real or imagined, including t...

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