Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.999620 Composed by Richard Rodgers. Arranged by Marc Goris. Contemporary. Score and parts. 39 pages. Brassery Publications #6029185. Published by Brassery Publications (A0.999620). Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy On Your Toes. Slaughter is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl who is then shot and killed by her jealous boyfriend. The hoofer then shoots the boyfriend. The ballet is integrated into the plot of the musical by the device of having two gangsters watching it from box seats in the theatre in which it is staged. They have orders to shoot the leading dancer (played by Ray Bolger in the original production). The dancer, who has been warned just in time, evades them by suddenly dancing at full speed even after the ballet actually ends, and finally two police officers enter and arrest the gangsters. This colorful music is now available for brass quintet!included parts:1. Trumpet Bb

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.552140 Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Classical,Instructional,Standards,Wedding. Score and parts. 26 pages. Jmsgu3 #6204961. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.552140). Divertimento 26 in three movements in G major. Scored for French Horn Duo & Bass Trombone.Originally scored for Baryton, Viola & Cello.1. Presto assai2. Andante3. Menuetto: AllegrettoDuration: 9:15Score: 14 pagesFranz Josef Haydn was an Austrian composer who is best known for his work in the field of chamber music. He composed in a variety of musical forms, including divertimenti, trios and string quartets. He was a prolific composer who wrote over 100 pieces of chamber music and is believed to have been a major influence on the music of his students and contemporaries, including Mozart and Beethoven. Haydn's music is known for its balance and clarity in structure. His chamber works were known for their accessibility and elegance, with melodies that were often lighthearted and charming. His symphonies were well-crafted and often featured balanced melodic elements. Haydn composed many well-known divertimenti and trios, but his string quartets are what he is most celebrated for. He wrote some sixty to eighty string quartets, and these works were historically significant for expanding the limits of the genre and for their influence on the composers and musicians who followed him.

Brass Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.964587 Composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Arranged by Betsy Bright. Sacred. Score and parts. 22 pages. Bright Music Company #6400935. Published by Bright Music Company (A0.964587). This beloved Ave Maria by Rachmaninoff has been arranged for 12-part brass choir.  This is suitable for any brass ensemble, ranging from early intermediate all the way to professional.  There is an abundance of rest for every voice during this rich, beautiful piece.  Even the most advanced ensembles will appreciate the opportunity to highlight their sounds while giving them a rest during a full program.  Early intermediate ensembles will have some nice concentration challenges in counting occasional measures of 6/4 as well as working on intonation and balance. Duration:  2 minutes

Brass Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.768557 Composed by Jim Evans. Concert,Standards. Score and parts. 160 pages. Beginning.band #5372703. Published by beginning.band (A0.768557). A collection of six duets and six trios written with the youngest players in mind!Ranges limited so that students can focus on rhythmic accuracy, tone quality, dynamics, and expression.Rhythms are limited to whole, dotted half, half, quarter, and paired eighth notes. Rhythms that even the youngest musicians can count! No syncopation!Each piece is about one minute in length to accommodate the limited stamina of younger players.A variety of styles and moods to motivate studentsEvery measure of each part is numbered! You're welcome! Duets may be performed by any two instruments, with like or mixed instrumentation, but if you use mixed instrumentation you may have better results if upper instruments play the top line and lower instruments play the bottom line. Also, it may be preferable to avoid having two tubas, as the results may be less desirable.Trios should be performed by two higher pitched instruments and one lower pitched instrument. Parts 1 and 2 could be flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, or horn. Part 3 should be at least one octave lower, and should be bassoon, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, trombone, baritone, or tuba.Books for Flute/Oboe, Bb treble, Eb treble, Tenor Saxophone, Horn, Bass Clef, Tuba, Bells/XylophoneNotesDuetsSneaking AroundMeter: 4/4Key: BbRange: A - GFocus: Staccato, Slur, Phrasing, Dynamic ContrastCountry DanceMeter: 3/4Key: BbRange: A - GFocus: Staccato, Triple Meter, PhrasingAll Aboard!Meter: 4/4Key: C minorRange: Bb - AbFocus: Staccato, Slur, Phrasing, Dynamic Contrast,Note: The second part on this piece may be especially challenging for young flute, oboe, and trombone players.Give and TakeMeter: 3/2Key: BbRange: Bb - FFocus: Interplay between voices, especially contrasting staccato and legato, Triple MeterNote: The meter signature of 3/2 allows for livelier rhythmic content without presenting sixteenth notes. Students should be able to read it in 6/4, then perform it in three when they get a feel for it.Night SongMeter: 4/4Key: EbRange: Ab - AbFocus: Legato, Phrasing, BalanceAdagiettoMeter: 3/4Key:EbRange: Ab - AbFocus: Legato, Phrasing, Balance, IndependenceTriosParlor DanceMeter: 4/4Key: BbRange: A - GFocus: Staccato, Slur, PhrasingBow and CurtsyMeter: 3/4Key: EbRange: Low A  GFocus: Pickups, Staccato, Triple MeterHopscotchMeter: 4/4Key: EbRange: Ab - AbFocus: Staccato, BalanceGalliardMeter: 3/4Key: BbRange: A - GFocus: Phrasing, BalanceOn a CarouselMeter: 4/4Key: EbRange: Ab - AbFocus: Pickups, IndependenceHymnMeter: 3/4Key:EbRange: Low G - AbFocus: Legato, Phrasing, Balance