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

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.1024971 Composed by Simon M. Sperl. Contemporary. Score and parts. 28 pages. Sperl Publishing #3912935. Published by Sperl Publishing (A0.1024971). This piece, Fables, Fiction and Folklore, is built on a mode and musical figure that can be transposed by a tritone while maintaining every note in the scale.  In other words, whether it’s played in G or C#, the exact same notes are used.  This mirroring of the musical figure is meant to symbolize how we see ourselves.  We look in the mirror and see something that may look like us but is, in fact, as far away from reality as possible. We look past all the good and beautiful things in ourselves and our worlds while only seeing our faults and blemishes. On the other hand, when we look at others, we see idealized versions.  We think about them as if they are fictionalized characters in a story.  Let’s focus on the positive when we look at ourselves and our lives and forgive the imperfections.  We’re the heroes of our personal folktale.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.757530 Composed by Giulio Marco Bordogni. Arranged by James Bicigo. Classical,Concert,Contemporary,Graduation,Wedding. Score and parts. 5 pages. Polar Publications #3112919. Published by Polar Publications (A0.757530). Bordogni's famous vocalises are staples of the brass repertoire. Now your trio can play this beautiful melody too.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.740267 Composed by Johannes Brahms. Arranged by Craig Garner. Christian,Romantic Period,Sacred. Score and parts. 36 pages. Dorm 40 Music #3037635. Published by Dorm 40 Music (A0.740267). This arrangement is part of the Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble Signature Series. Brahms said he wanted to write a Requiem to comfort the living, not for the souls of the dead. This arrangement is of the first movement, which is based on one of the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. The movement begins hushed and solemn, but slowly transforms its somber mood into music which conveys a sense of peace and comfort. This arrangement is suitable for any church service or concert. Includes alternate C trumpet parts and an optional timpani part. Performance time, 9:00. Published by Dorm 40 Music, www.dorm40music.com.2017 Sacred Music Contest Entry

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808707 Composed by Johannes Brahms. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 38 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #6302383. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808707).      It took Johannes Brahms some 21 years to finish his First Symphony, but it was certainly worth the wait. A consensus masterpiece, Brahms’ First is outstanding, considered one of the finest symphonies coming out of the Austro-German tradition. Many see the finale as the centerpiece of this work, especially its main theme, the wonderfully noble chorale. But of course, every movement of this symphony is comprised of compelling melodies. The work is full of them. Some of the most beautiful occur in the slow movement, the second, which is marked Andante sostenuto. In this arrangement, those melodies are transformed into a moving setting for brass quintet, a musical expression of release and calm.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.807044 Arranged by Glen Poehlmann. Christian,Sacred. Score and parts. 15 pages. Arrangements by GPoehlmann #6231443. Published by arrangements by GPoehlmann (A0.807044). CHARLES WESLEY MEDLEY - BRASS QUARTET (unaccompanied)12 hymn-tunes that are associated with Charles Wesley (lyrics) are used in this wonderful medley for 2 Bb Trumpets, Horn (or Trombone) and Trombone..Hymn Tunes Quoted (lyrics by Charles Wesley):And Can It Be (SAGINA)O For A Thousand Tongeues (AZMON)Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (BEECHER)Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim (LYONS) Rejoice, the Lord is King (DARWALL)Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (HYFRYDOL) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (MENDELSSOHN) Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (LLANFAIR) Arise, My Soul, Arise (LENOX)Blow Ye The Trumpet, Blow! (LENOX)A Charge to Keep I Have (BOYLSTON)Christ The Lord is Risen Today (EASTER HYMN)104 measures. Performance Time approx. 4:00Key: Ab - BbMeter: 4/4 - 3/4Medium Difficult (Grade 3+)INSTRUMENT RANGES (C4=middle C):Trumpet 1 Bb3 - G5 (written)Trumpet 2 D4 - F5 (written)Horn D4 - G5 (written) (or Trombone 2)Trombone Ab2 - F4

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.958187 By The Village People. By Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali, and Victor Willis. Arranged by Desmond D. Cervantez. Oldies. Score and parts. 11 pages. DDC Publications #3468340. Published by DDC Publications (A0.958187). Y.M.C.A. for Brass Quintet great for high school students or for advanced ensembles.

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.969228 Composed by FERNANDO MORAIS. Contemporary. Score and parts. 23 pages. FERNANDO J MORAIS #5800765. Published by FERNANDO J MORAIS (A0.969228). Trio de música de câmara para metais  graves: Trombone, Trombone-baixo e Tuba.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808712 Composed by F. Leslie Smith. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Children. Score and parts. 37 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #6656487. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808712).     Gremlins, trolls and hobgoblins. All are imaginary or supernatural, products of folklore. The first is a mischievous elf. The second, a product of Scandinavian imaginations, is a rather unattractive dwarf (or maybe a giant) that dwells in caves or on mountains. The third is a small, hirsute and naughty household spirit. In other words, these are just the types of beings that show up on your doorstep on October 31 evenings threatening to play tricks unless you provide treats.    This composition exemplifies not only these creatures, but also the witches, skeletons, ghosts, vampires, black cats and other scary beings that populate Halloween. Written in the key of C minor with a 6/8 time signature, it rolls along at a suggested tempo of 96 BPM. Based primarily on the traditional melody, The Hearse Song (the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out), it also quotes the composer’s own The Eerie Night and Chopin’s Marche Funèbre. And like the worms of the song, the melodies work their way sinuously in and out among the five instruments. Most notes are well within normal playing range: Trumpet 1’s highest is five A notes above its staff; Tuba’s lowest, G below the staff. There are no tricky rhythmic figures. It’s just a fun piece for Halloween . . . or any time of the year.    Completed in 2021, performance time for Gremlins, Trolls and Hobgoblins runs about 3 minutes, 33 seconds. The composer, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge. He would also like to receive your suggestions, comments, corrections and criticisms. Contact him directly at lessmith61@bellsouth.net. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the 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 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1049261 Composed by Friedrich von Flotow. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Classical,Pop,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 18 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #653628. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.1049261).      The first performance of "Martha, or The Market at Richmond," a romantic comic opera by the German composer Friedrich von Flotow, took place in Vienna in 1847. Subsequent presentations were performed in a number of other languages, including Hungarian, Czech, English and Italian. Two of the most memorable arias from Martha are “The Last Rose of Summer” and “Ach! so fromm.” “Last Rose” was, of course, based on the poem by Thomas Moore. “Ach! So fromm,” known more familiarly by its Italian lyric, “M'appari, tutt'amor,” was an original composition by Flotow, a piece he had composed for an earlier opera and inserted into Act 3 of Martha as Lyonel’s tenor solo.      In 1955, The Crew Cuts, a Canadian pop singing group, recorded a song titled “Mostly Martha.” Written by Dorcas Cochran (words) and Ralph Sterling (music), it charted in early 1956. As so many pop song writers have done, Sterling borrowed the melody from a piece of classical music: “M’appari.” While “M’appari” and “Mostly Martha” share the same melody, the words and sentiment are quite different. Lyonel laments that Martha has left him, while The Crew Cuts jauntily proclaim, “Mostly Martha, Mostly Martha. What has she got? She's got the most.”      This brass quintet arrangement takes a middle ground. It follows closely the basic structure of Flotow’s operatic aria but does so in a sort-of up-tempo manner and with a great deal of variation in the accompaniment. It’s not really The-Crew-Cut-style “She’s got the most,” but it’s certainly more positive than Lyonel’s song of longing. The piece starts with a suggested tempo of 90 bpm, changes to 80 at section C, and speeds up to 92 at the end. All instruments get a turn playing the melody, and there are no really tricky rhythmic patterns. There are, however, grace notes, rallentandos, an “a piacere” and a number of fermatas. All notes are, for the most part, within normal playing range of each of the five instruments, with two exceptions: near the end Trumpet 1 has an A above its staff, followed two measures later by a high B-flat.      Completed in 2022, performance time runs about 2 minutes, 45 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge. He would like to receive your suggestions, comments, corrections and criticisms. 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 to him directly at lessmith61@bellsouth.net. For more arrangements by Les, enter "Sweetwater Brass Press" (without the quotation marks) in the 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 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1015968 Composed by Philippe OPRANDI. Instructional. Score and parts. 19 pages. Philippe OPRANDI #5330155. Published by Philippe OPRANDI (A0.1015968). Scale for 2 euphonium ou tuba (trumpet or French Horn).

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808706 Composed by Fred Fisher. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Folk,Holiday,Jazz,Patriotic,Traditional. Score and parts. 40 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #6215233. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808706).      Orville and Wilbur Wright made their famous flight in late 1903; this song was published seven years later: Fred Fisher’s music with Alfred Bryan’s lyrics. The words form a narrative of a young man attempting to get his girlfriend to go up with him in his flying machine. And, that would take much more daring on her part than one might realize today. The year 1910 was still early days for aviation; most airplanes were still made of wood, wire and fabric and looked liked giant gliders. Supposedly, the Josephine of the song was Josephine Sarah Magner, reputed to be America’s first female parachutist. Magner married Leslie Burt Haddock, whose aviation career started in balloons, and made her first jump in 1905. During the next dozen years, she made more than 500 jumps. Pretty daring!     This arrangement is quirky and an absolute delight to play (and to listen to)! The first half is set in the song’s native ¾ time. The takeoff is the introduction, followed by the chorus, then the verse and again the chorus as the melody loops, rolls and spins through the five instruments. A middle section briefly quotes two other aerialist tunes-He flies through the air with the greatest of ease and Up in the air Junior Birdmen-and serves as a transition to cut time. A swing version of the chorus brings us in for a landing and final fade.     The arrangement begins in the key of C major and changes to G major during the transitional section. Suggested tempo is 76 bpm throughout. The arrangement comprises 202 measures: Horn in F plays the most notes, followed by Trombone and Tuba, while Trumpets get off relatively lightly. All notes are well within the normal playing range of the instruments; Trumpet 1 does, however, play A above its staff several times.     Completed in 2021, performance time for Come, Josephine in My Flying Machine runs about 3 minutes, 45 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 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 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808695 Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Holiday,Patriotic,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 44 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #4819845. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808695).     Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed his third opera, The Snow Maiden, during the period 1880-1881. Based on Alexander Ostrovsky’s play of the same name, The Snow Maiden uses fairy-tale characters to portray the opposing forces of nature, winter versus summer. Act 3 contains the Dance of the Skomorokhi.  Skomorokhi were traveling performers in old Russia and, in connection with this composition, the term is usually translated as tumblers or clowns. Rimsky-Korsakov also included this selection as one of four movements he compiled into a concert suite based on the opera. Dance of the Tumblers has become one of his most frequently performed and best known pieces.    Light and uplifting, Dance of the Tumblers is vibrant, energetic and addictive. It takes the form of, as one commenter wrote, a classical sonata-structure, complete with development section, invigoratingly intensified reprise, and a veritable whirlwind of a coda. This brass quintet arrangement retains the original key signature of C but adjusts register to make the melodies accessible and playable. As a result, most notes are well within the normal playing range of the five brass instruments. Trumpet 1’s highest note is its A above the staff. At measures 132 and 133, Trumpet 2 has the option of playing some high notes (including one C above its staff) an octave down. Tuba plays mostly in the lowest register, with quite a few low F notes and one low E. Most instruments have some octave jumps, but all have a lot of notes to play in a very short time: many, many sixteenth notes. The score is marked Vivace, and the audio sample moves along at a pretty fast clip. But of course, the speed at which performers actually play the piece is up to them, a matter of interpretation.     This arrangement was completed in 2019, and performance time runs about 3 minutes, 38 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 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 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.530567 Composed by Various. Arranged by Daniel Kelley. Baroque,Easter,Sacred,Spiritual. Score and parts. 42 pages. Last Resort Music Publishing #4317925. Published by Last Resort Music Publishing (A0.530567). Volume 2 - Sacred & Spiritual Music for Brass Quartet Part 1 for Trumpet in BbA wonderful collection of arrangements for brass quartet including works by Handel, Purcell, Martin Luther, and many more! This series is designed to be used by a brass quartet. This volume includes 30 titles and is available for 4 interchangeable parts plus keyboard and score.Available for the following instrumentation: Part 1 Bb Trumpet  Part 2 Bb Trumpet Part 2 French Horn in F Part 3 Trombone Part 3 French Horn in F Part 4 Bass Trombone or TubaKeyboard or Guitar Score (parts 1-2 in Bb, 3-4 in C)Table of ContentsArioso from Cantata #156 (Bach)Ave Maria adapted by Charles Gounod from WTC Prelude #1 (Bach)Komm, Susser Tod (Bach)My Heart Ever Faithful Aria from Cantata #68 (Bach)Agnus Dei from incidental music to L'Arlesienne (Bizet)Amazing Grace (Early American Melody)Panis Angelicus from Messe Solonnelle, Op. 12 (Franck)Every Valley Shall Be Exalted from The Messiah (Handel)Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah (Handel)Sound an Alarm from Judas Maccabeus (Handel)Thine Be the Glory from Judas Maccabeus (Handel)O Worship the King (Haydn)Children's Prayer from Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)A Mighty Fortress is Our God (Luther)Nearer, My God, to Thee (Mason)On Wings of Song from Op. 34 #2 (Mendelssohn)Alleluia from Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165 (Mozart)Ave Verum Corpus from K. 618 (Mozart)When I Am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)Ave Maria (Schubert)Deep River (Spiritual)Give Me that Old-Time Religion (Spiritual)Go Tell It on the Mountain (Spiritual)He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (Spiritual)Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child (Spiritual)Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Spiritual)Were You There? (Spiritual)Battle Hymn of the Republic (Steffe & Howe)Onward Christian Soldiers (Sullivan)Be Thou My Vision (Traditional Irish Melody)All available on SheetMusicPlus and www.lastresortmusic.comPublished by Last Resort Music Publishing www.lastresortmusic.com

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808703 Composed by Guy d'Hardelot (1858 – 1936). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Holiday,Romantic Period,Spiritual,Wedding. Score and parts. 18 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #6072651. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808703).      This song is a great piece to play for a general concert. But it really shines in matrimonial settings. The fact is: No wedding is complete without the performance of Because.     Helen Guy, the daughter of an English sea captain and a French singer, was born at Château d'Hardelot in France. She entered the Paris Conservatory at age 15, and in her early 20s composed a musical setting for Victor Hugo’s Sans toi, which gained some popularity. She composed over 300 songs using the name Guy d'Hardelot. She was also a noted piano accompanist. After marrying W.I. Rhodes, she settled in London and taught singing. As a composer, she is best remembered for Because (Parce Que), for which she wrote both the music and the French words. It was first published in 1902 with English lyrics by Edward Teschemacher and has since been recorded many times by many different artists.     This arrangement was derived from the 1902 Chappell & Co. score in C major for piano and voice. For the most part, however, the musical setting is original and different. Throughout most of the piece, Horn in F carries the melody with Trombone and Tuba providing an arpeggio accompaniment. Trumpets 1 and 2 play a syncopation figure for the opening and the end but during the majority of the arrangement they provide an antiphonal response to the melody. The opening is marked Poco Adagio with a suggested metronome setting of 76, but the tempo does vary rather frequently. All notes are well within the range of each instrument; e.g., B-flat Trumpets’ highest note is G at the top of their staff, while Tuba’s lowest note is A below the staff. All-in-all, this arrangement is a beautiful and poignant setting for an old favorite, a real crowd pleaser.     Completed in 2020, performance time for Because runs about 3 minutes, 22 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 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.)