SKU: A0.1009175

An easy and accesible arrangement for Brass Band of the main theme from the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

SKU: A0.862289

This arrangement is for Brass Band split into 3 antiphonal choirs. I originally did this arrangement for a brass band entertainments contest with the purpose of creating a different sound experience for the audience. The arrangement is playable by all standards of brass bands.

SKU: A0.533739

I. Tributaries
II. Memorial Song
III. Bridges to the Sky

Pittsburgh Rhapsody (2008) for brass band was commissioned by the River City Brass
Band, Denis Colwell, music director, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the
city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with support from the Pittsburgh 250 Community
Connections Committee.

The first movement, Tributaries, is inspired by Pittsburgh as a city of three rivers and
particularly the confluence of two rivers to form one. Throughout the movement
there are a number of places where two ideas converge to become one. Opening with
a fanfare-like gesture, the music then becomes more flowing before building up again
to a climax.

The second movement, Memorial Song, is a lyrical duet for flugelhorn and euphonium.
The movement was not conceived as a specific memorial, but its lyrical and elegiac
mood represents the many memorials that we all celebrate, both personal and
corporate.

The third movement, Bridges to the Sky, celebrates Pittsburgh as a city of bridges. The
music takes inspiration from the sense of exhilaration that one can get driving amidst
the post-industrial landscape of roads, flyovers, bridges, and hills.

Instrumentation
Soprano Cornet in Eb
2 Solo Cornets in Bb
2 1st Cornets in Bb
Repiano Cornet in Bb
2 2nd Cornets in Bb
2 3rd Cornets in Bb
Flugelhorn in Bb
3 Horns in F
(or 3 Alto Horns in Eb — alternate parts provided)
2 Baritones in Bb
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone
2 Euphoniums
4 Tubas
Percussion (3 players)
I: timpani
II: snare drum, bass drum
III: vibraphone, xylophone

This is the score only.  The individual parts are available for sale.  The full set of parts should be purchased as a physical item elsewhere on this site, due to file size limitations.

SKU: A0.1013612

Competition grade hymn fantasy arrangement. Not your standard red book version.
Optional 16 bar acapella parts available upon request for middle section to replace cornet carillion as orginally intended for live performance.
Suit 'C-A Grade' bands. 
Full sounding rich arrangement going through a mystical opening into a quartet, growing into an epic final section and peaceful ending. 
Inspired by a person's lifetime in compositional structure.

Keys of Eb, Gb and Bb. 22 part arrangement, with sparce percussion, designed for bands that do not necessarily have the luxury of 5 percussionists.

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SKU: A0.899867

Genre: March

Length: 2:48

Instrumentation: Alto Saxophone and Euphonium

King Cotton is a military march composed in 1895 by John Philip Sousa, for the Cotton States and International Exposition (1895). The expression King Cotton in general refers to the historically high importance of cotton as a cash crop in the southern United States. This fun arrangement and challenging arrangement for alto saxophone and euphonium is sure to be a crowd favorite and includes altissimo passages in the saxophone part.

The Composer:

John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known primarily for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition, he is known as The March King, or the American March King due to his British counterpart, Kenneth J. Alford also being known by the former nickname. Among his best-known marches are The Stars and Stripes Forever (National March of the United States of America), Semper Fidelis (Official March of the United States Marine Corps), The Liberty Bell (used as the theme for Monty Python's Flying Circus), The Thunderer and The Washington Post.

The Arranger:

Email: alburden9012@eagle.fgcu.edu

Alexander Burden is a Florida born, professional musician and music educator residing in Southwest Florida. There, he is the music teacher at Westside Elementary in Clewiston. Concurrent with his duties at Westside, he also teaches private and group instrumental music lessons and preforms regularly with various professional ensembles throughout Southwest Florida. Burden holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree with an instrumental concentration from the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. There he studied under world renowned saxophonist Mario Bernardo. He also holds an Associate of Arts degree with a Music Education and Saxophone Performance concentration from Eastern Florida State College where he was a student of James Bishop. During his time at the Bower School of music, he served as principle saxophonist in the FGCU Wind Orchestra, lead alto in the Jazz Band Flight: Jazz at FGCU, and played soprano saxophone in the Bower Saxophone Quartet. Alexander was selected to play tenor saxophone in the 2017 National Intercollegiate Band as well as principle alto saxophone in the 2017 Florida All-State Intercollegiate Band and tenor saxophone in the 2016 Florida All-State Intercollegiate Band. In November of 2015, Alexander participated in a critically acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City with the FGCU Wind Orchestra.