Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808694 Composed by Alexander R. Reinagle (1799-1877). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Christian,Easter,Holiday,Sacred. Score and parts. 22 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #4798569. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808694).     British composer Alexander Robert Reinagle wrote this melody about 1836 and named it after the church where he was organist, Oxford's St. Peter-in-the-East. First published as a musical setting for Psalm 118, it was adapted to John Newton’s How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds in 1861 and then to the hymn by John Oxenham (William A. Dunkerley), In Christ There Is No East or West, in the early 20th Century.    While some sources specify that the St. Peter melody should be played without any festive fanfares, this brass quintet version does contain a few ceremonial flourishes.    Most players will have little or no difficulty with this piece. The andante moderato tempo should be interpreted as somewhere in the vicinity of quarter note = 92. Most of the rhythm patterns involve quarter and eighth notes, with a few 16th-note passages scattered throughout. Trumpet 1’s highest note is its high A; tuba’s lowest is G below the staff. Otherwise, the music remains well within the normal playing range of all instruments.     This arrangement was completed in 2019, and performance time runs about 4 minutes, 13 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge; contact him directly at lessmith61@bellsouth.net. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.902049 Composed by George Edwin Smith. Christian,Christmas. Score and parts. 14 pages. GloriaDeoMusic #6140329. Published by GloriaDeoMusic (A0.902049). This flexible arrangement for Brass can be performed independently, or used as an accompaniment for A Canticle for Christmas for SATB Choir, also by George Edwin Smith. (Details available at https://GloriaDeoMusic.com) This lively combination of I Saw Three Ships and original music and lyrics was written by published, four-time award-winning composer, George Edwin Smith.  The 2:05 minute work is especially appropriate for Christmas or Epiphany.  The first tune is from I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In), a traditional and popular Christmas carol from England. The earliest printed version of I Saw Three Ships is from the 17th century.  The second tune is original. More details are available at https://GloriaDeoMusic.com

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.781486 By Mariah Carey. By Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector. Arranged by Arr. Zack Smith. Contemporary,Pop. Score and parts. 15 pages. Zack Smith #6635853. Published by Zack Smith (A0.781486). This is a brass quintet version of Billboard's Number 2 Holiday tune-- Christmas (Baby please come home)...who knew?  Zack based this on the original Darlene Love version and included the bari sax solo (in trumpet 2), while also finding a bit of room for all five instruments to get a piece of the melody.  This should be playable by intermediate musicians although the first trumpet goes up to a written C towards the end of the chart.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.781469 By Lady Antebellum. By Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff. Arranged by Zachary Smith. Contemporary,Pop. Score and parts. 21 pages. Zack Smith #3684013. Published by Zack Smith (A0.781469). This is a 2018 Holiday Contest Entry written for Brass Quintet.  Award-winning writer Zack Smith has arranged a very faithful rendition of the Mariah Carey holiday classic which will be perfect for your updated winter concert.  Medium difficulty (the melody as Mariah sings it has a lot of syncopation).  The arrangement begins with a rubato version of the melody, then goes into the up tempo swing.  Trumpets, trombone an horn all get a piece of the melody while the tuba drives the song forward.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808688 Composed by Henry Clay Work (1832-1884). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Children,Folk,Holiday,Patriotic. Score and parts. 31 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #4111581. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808688).     Henry Clay Work, Civil War era song writer and abolitionist, composed Kingdom Coming in 1862. Chicago’s Root & Cady published it in April of that year, Christy’s Minstrels premiered it and it became enormously popular.    The lyrics to Kingdom Coming, also known as The Year of Jubilo, were written as though slaves in the Confederacy were celebrating their upcoming freedom. However, the song was actually released eight months before President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Interestingly, Kingdom Coming also gained popularity in the South. A Southern edition was published in August in 1864, and the song remained a favorite in the former Confederacy for some years.     Kingdom Coming has been used as theme or background music in a number of film, television and radio settings. Almost certainly its most popular iteration in modern times was the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra’s 1952 recording under the title Doodletown Fifers.    This arrangement is a show-off piece for each member of the quintet. It moves along at a brisk pace of about 108, begins in the key of C and changes to A-flat, then B-flat. The first time through the melody, all instruments perform ensemble. Each succeeding repetition features an instrumentalist, starting with tuba and working up to Trumpet 1. The piece ends with another ensemble version.    There are no exceptionally out-of-normal-playing-range notes: Trumpets 1 and 2 both play their B-flat below the scale several times, and Trumpet 2 plays G below the scale; Horn in F also plays its G below the scale; Trombone’s range is G at the bottom of the scale to D above the scale; Tuba’s lowest note is A-flat below the scale. Trumpet 1 will probably triple tongue its repetition of the melody, and some triple tonguing may be called for near the end of the piece for Trumpets 1 and 2 and Trombone.    This arrangement was completed in 2018, and performance time runs just under 4 minutes. The arranger, Les Smith, would be very interested in your comments; contact him at lessmith@ufl.edu. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.808697 Composed by George Job Elvey. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Christmas,Holiday. Score and parts. 28 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #4999815. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808697).     Henry Alford (1810–1871), Church of England cleric and man of many talents, wrote the words for Come, Ye Thankful People, Come in 1844. Fourteen years later, Alford’s hymn was set to a melody composed by George J. Elvey (1816–1893). Elvey had named the tune St. George’s, Windsor after the chapel in Windsor, England, where he was organist. The first verse of the hymn rejoices in the harvest and calls for celebrants to Come to God's own temple, come; raise the song of harvest home! As such, the hymn gained popularity in the United States as a celebration of Thanksgiving.    In keeping with the song’s celebratory and triumphal nature, this arrangement uses a fanfare as the recurring motif. The fanfare opens the piece, followed by a rejoicing, exultant first statement of the melody. In the second statement, the fanfare figure returns and forms the structure for the section. The third statement is styled as a kind of rondo; the fourth and last, grandioso. The fourth statement also changes key twice--F to B-flat, then to E-flat--includes a walking bass part and ends with, again, the fanfare. The piece should be played Allegro moderato, about 120 bpm, and there are no really tricky rhythmic figures. Most notes are well within the normal range of the five instruments-Trombone’s highest are a couple of high F notes; Trumpet 1, high A notes. So most players will have little or no trouble.     This arrangement was completed in 2019, and performance time runs about 3 minutes, 44 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge; contact him directly at lessmith61@bellsouth.net. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box. (Also, purchase of this piece entitles you to your choice of another of his arrangements at no charge; send a copy of your purchase receipt directly to him at lessmith61@bellsouth.net.)

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808686 Composed by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Classical,Holiday,Love,Wedding. Score and parts. 23 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #3689775. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808686).     This is one of the most beautifully arranged short pieces in the Sweetwater Brass Press catalog.   Jean-Paul-Égide Martini wrote Plaisir d'amour in 1784. He took the words from a poem that appears in Célestine, a short novel by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. The poem begins, Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment (The pleasure of love lasts only a moment). Over the years, Martini’s melody has proved popular with other composers, including Hector Berlioz and Louis van Waefelghem. Two relatively recent songs that made use of the plaintiff refrain are the Christian hymn, My God Loves Me and the song Can't Help Falling in Love, which was performed by Elvis Presley in the film, Blue Hawaii.    This arrangement is not technically difficult, but it does require discipline and interpretation. As in the original, there are two key changes, F to A-flat and then back to F.  The time signature has been changed from Martini’s 6/8 to ¾ but retains all relative note values. Trumpet 1 plays the melody with occasional harmony from Trumpet 2. Horn in F provides arpeggio accompaniment throughout most of the song, with some help from Tuba and Trombone. With respect to high and low notes: Trumpet 1 has one A5 grace note (to a G5 quarter note); Trumpet 2 has three above-staff quarter notes in a row, A5, B5 and A5; Trombone has one F4; and Tuba has a number of F1 notes and one section of octave jumps involving F2 to F3 and A2 to A3.   This arrangement was completed in 2018, and performance time runs about 3 minutes, 51 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, would be very interested in your comments; contact him at lessmith@ufl.edu or leave a review on the SheetMusicPlus website. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808632 Composed by Richard Storrs Willis. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Christmas. Score and parts. 13 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #484929. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808632). Edmund Sears wrote the words to It Came Upon the Midnight Clear in 1849. A year later, the tune to which this carol is usually sung in the United States was written by Richard Storrs Willis. This arrangement features an introduction and three different versions of the carol. All throughout, the melody is handed is handed off from one instrument or group of instruments to another in novel but logical fashion, making it thoroughly fun to play. This arrangement was completed in 2012, and performance time runs about 2 minutes, 4 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, can be reached at lessmith@ufl.edu. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808638 Composed by John Henry Hopkins Jr. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Christian,Christmas. Score and parts. 28 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #511291. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808638).    John Henry Hopkins, Jr., served as both rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and music teacher at General Theological Seminary in New York City. In 1857 he wrote the words and music of this carol for the Seminary’s Christmas pageant. Hopkins’ composition was well received, and he included it in his 1863 publication, Carols, Hymns, and Songs. We Three Kings went on to become generally popular, the first U.S.-written Christmas carol to do so.

Brass Ensemble Euphonium,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799783 Composed by Lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith. Arranged by Christopher William Palmer. Concert,Holiday,Patriotic. Score and parts. 11 pages. Christopher William Palmer #6293757. Published by Christopher William Palmer (A0.799783). Unique yet legit sounding arrangement of My Country Tis of Thee for brass quartet (2 Trumpets, Trombone, Tuba). Perfect for events and recitals!Check out more arrangements by Christopher William Palmer:https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/christopher-william-palmer-sheet-music/3004139

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799784 Composed by Lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith. Arranged by Christopher William Palmer. Concert,Holiday,Patriotic. Score and parts. 11 pages. Christopher William Palmer #6293777. Published by Christopher William Palmer (A0.799784). Unique yet legit sounding arrangement of My Country Tis of Thee for trumpet quartet. Perfect for events and recitals! Could also work for a B Flat Clarinet Quartet.Check out more arrangements by Christopher William Palmer:https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/christopher-william-palmer-sheet-music/3004139

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.972865 By Sam Smith. By James Napier and Sam Smith. Arranged by Chris Howley. Pop,R & B. Score and parts. 26 pages. Chris Howley #3447685. Published by Chris Howley (A0.972865). This arrangement is fully scored for Brass Band although features a cornet solo of the melodic line.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.883606 By The Cure. By Robert Smith. Arranged by Chris Knapp. Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 19 pages. Chris Knapp #4290885. Published by Chris Knapp (A0.883606). This cheeky arrangement of a 'Cure' classic is a perfect concert item to get the audience going. This flexible arrangement includes parts for Horn in Eb as well as Trombone/Euphonium and Tuba in treble clef.

Brass Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.620873 By Michael W. Smith. By Deborah D. Smith and Michael W. Smith. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Contemporary,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score and parts. 23 pages. Exultet Music #3481849. Published by Exultet Music (A0.620873). The hit Christian rock song by Michael Smith has been freshly arranged for a Brass Quartet (Bb-Trumpet (2), French Horn, Trombone) with Piano accompaniment. Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting.  .