By Billy Crystal And John Goodman. By Randy Newman. Arranged by Demetrio Bonvecchio. Film/TV, Jazz. Score and parts. 36 pages. Published by Johnny Zenwith

Brass Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.748799 Composed by Jerome Kern. Arranged by Steve Miller / edited by Bill Carmody. Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Ragtime. Score and parts. 19 pages. Bill Carmody #2442271. Published by Bill Carmody (A0.748799). This beautiful and easily played rendition of an early Kern classic includes the often overlooked introduction.First introduced in the 1914 musical The Girl from Utah, it became Kern's first major song success.The song is remarkable in its use of 'everyday' language in a love song -- a departure from the flowery vocabulary commonly used to express romantic sentiments. The song put Kern in great demand on Broadway and established a pattern for musical comedy love songs that lasted through the 1960s.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.884107 Composed by David Baptist. 20th Century,Concert,Contemporary. Score and parts. 16 pages. David Baptist #4968177. Published by David Baptist (A0.884107). A fun piece depicting a mystery and the innocence of the suspect.

Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.845755 By Bobby Darin. By Kurt Weill. Arranged by Robert Newth. Jazz,Pop,Standards. Score and parts. 15 pages. Robert Newth #6217743. Published by Robert Newth (A0.845755). Die Moritat vom Mackie Messer, more commonly known as Mack the Knife, is a song by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht from their play The Threepenny Opera, which was first performed in Berlin in 1928. This song was hastily written before opening night for the lead actor, who complained that his character didn't have a good introduction. Mack the Knife quickly became a jazz standard, and has now been covered countless times by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Robbie Williams, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald.

Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767318 Composed by Mike Lyons. Concert,Contemporary. Score and parts. 46 pages. Lyons Music Services #3465944. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767318). This is a brand new work for brass quartet, using brass band instrumentation: Cornet (doubling Flugelhorn), Tenor Horn, Baritone Horn and Euphonium.It was written as a submission for a new brass quartet (A4 Brass Quartet) comprising musicians from the RNCM, but didn't get selected. Each movement is based on the ensemble's name and contains a pun on A4. Each movement also has fourths involved in it somewhere.The first movement is called Aforethought (because it contains my initial ideas) and it uses a mixture of tonal and quartal harmonies. Melodies and harmony are based around fourths and fifths. It requires all players to be able to flutter-tongue. After the opening fanfare, there is a march-like melody on the cornet, accompanied by the rest of the ensemble. This is followed by a contrasting tune using intervals of a fourth. These ideas are developed over several keys until the first march-like melody returns. The fanfare idea closes the movement.The second movement is called Aforementioned. It takes its ideas from the first movement, but gives them a bluesy style. The cornet player changes to the flugelhorn for this movement which has a beautiful languid melody. The horn shares some of the glory towards the end.The third and final movement is called Aphorhythm (A4 rhythm) and is in 7/8 time. The jerky little melody plays with the pulse of the 7/8 and smoothly morphs into a steadier 'middle 8' section before reprising the opening music.Altogether, this is an enjoyable and exciting piece for brass quartet..

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.999421 Composed by Erik Satie. Arranged by Eric Wilson. 20th Century. Score and parts. 13 pages. Woodrow Edition #5798355. Published by Woodrow Edition (A0.999421). This sweet little march – more of a cakewalk really – was originally written for piano by the famously eccentric French composer Erik Satie but it suits the brass quintet very well. I made this arrangement as long ago as 1987 when I didn’t know much about the composer. Many years later I visited his former home, now a museum, in the Normandy port of Honfleur. It’s well worth a visit and gives a valuable insight into this fascinating composer.The piece makes a delightful short interlude or encore and I’ve tried to share the interest around the players, although the tuba is not exactly pushed to its limits!

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.999422 Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Arranged by Eric Wilson. 20th Century,Concert,Graduation,Romantic Period,Wedding. Score and parts. 16 pages. Woodrow Edition #5798357. Published by Woodrow Edition (A0.999422). I arranged this for my wedding in 1990 – my wife walked up the aisle of the church while it was played. The varying time signatures in the first half of the piece didn’t seem to cause any issues in her arriving at the alter safely and we are still happily married after 30 years!It can, of course, be used in any setting and if my suggested tempo seems a little on the quick side I’ll blame that on the length of the church nave. Pick a tempo which suits your situation and try to capture a majestic feel.

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.999424 Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Eric Wilson. Concert,Graduation,Romantic Period,Wedding. Score and parts. 13 pages. Woodrow Edition #5798363. Published by Woodrow Edition (A0.999424). It scares me to think that I arranged this piece as long ago as 1983! It was one of many I made for the Seras Brass Quintet which I helped form while studying at the University of Liverpool. In those days the brass quintet repertoire was limited and, to an impecunious student, expensive. Consequently we made many of our own arrangements and this one became a popular concert item – often used as an encore.We didn’t have Derby mutes (I still don’t!) but we managed to change the straight mute successfully enough. If it’s a problem just cover the bell with the left hand – the main thing is to create a different timbre, after all.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.915983 Composed by Matthew Birkett. Contemporary. Score and parts. 52 pages. MEB Music #3501767. Published by MEB Music (A0.915983). A lively concert opener. This piece was written for a composition contest, but it didn't win.There is also a slightly easier Youth Band edition, which can be played alongside this piece.

Brass Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1001739 Composed by Colin Strudwick. Contemporary. Score and parts. 13 pages. Colin Strudwick #6722031. Published by Colin Strudwick (A0.1001739). I wrote the main melody for this piece at the beautiful Kasjuni Bay, west of Split in Croatia. Picture the scene: a little bay surrounded by hills, the Adriatic Sea and Croatian islands, with only the sound of the sea lapping at the beach. The melody came to me and I hummed it into my mobile phone to make sure I didn't lose it! I planned to work up a more complex piece, but in the end I loved the simplicity of the melody and opted to form a short simple piece around it.

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.999423 Composed by Carlo Gesualso. Arranged by Eric Wilson. Concert,Renaissance. Score and parts. 14 pages. Woodrow Edition #5798361. Published by Woodrow Edition (A0.999423). Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, Musician and Murderer! That’s not a news headline (though it would be quite a good one) but the title of a book by composer Peter Warlock which I read avidly after first encountering the Italian composer in a lecture at the University of Liverpool in the 1980s. We were studying the Italian madrigal, which was not really my thing until our lecturer threw Moro Lasso into the mix. Its opening chords seemed so incongruous – unlike anything we had heard – and are as striking today as they must have been in 1611 when first published in Gesualdo’s 6th Book of Madrigals.More or less immediately after that lecture I arranged the piece for the Seras Brass Quintet which I had helped form. In those days the brass quintet repertoire was limited, and certainly didn’t include anything by Gesualdo!The arrangement really benefits from a church-like acoustic where you can make the most of the dramatic built-in silences. The tuba part lies quite high and is very playable on a trombone if need be. Even to modern ears there are some strange sounds and I trust that all the ‘wrong’ notes are Gesualdo’s rather than mine – do let me know if you think otherwise!

Brass Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1001738 Composed by Colin Strudwick. Classical,Contemporary. Score and parts. 26 pages. Colin Strudwick #6722029. Published by Colin Strudwick (A0.1001738). I wrote the main melody for this piece at the beautiful Kasjuni Bay, west of Split in Croatia. Picture the scene: a little bay surrounded by hills, the Adriatic Sea and Croatian islands, with only the sound of the sea lapping at the beach. The melody came to me and I hummed it into my mobile phone to make sure I didn't lose it! I planned to work up a more complex piece, but in the end I loved the simplicity of the melody and opted to form a short simple piece around it.