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.

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: A0.1001738 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.

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: A0.999421 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: A0.999423 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 - 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 - 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.