Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.791005 By Harry South. By Bob Russell, Bobby Scott, and Harry South. Arranged by Kevin P Holdgate. Contemporary. Score and parts. 16 pages. Kevin P Holdgate #4358999. Published by Kevin P Holdgate (A0.791005). Versatile Brass Quintet CollectionI originally arranged this Theme from the 1970s TV Police drama 'The Sweeney' (starring Denis Waterman and John Thaw) as background music for a dinner where the guest speaker was an ex-member of the Metropolitan Police force. It is a simple arrangement playable by any brass quintet but effective

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: A0.962992 Composed by Adam Walters. Contemporary. Score and parts. 2 pages. Adam Walters #4837539. Published by Adam Walters (A0.962992). A short, punchy fanfare for Halloween! 37 seconds long and with hints of the Dies Irae, this is a useful addition for seasonal concerts.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1012112 Composed by Jannes Jacobs. Contemporary,Halloween,Sacred. Score and parts. 72 pages. Jannes Jacobs #3569425. Published by Jannes Jacobs (A0.1012112). When you close your eyes you can see the skeletons dancing and witches flying around. The composer wanted to show a different side of the monsters than we have in our imagination.

Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.889001 Composed by Quinn McMath. Contemporary. Score and parts. 28 pages. Quinn McMath #6134955. Published by Quinn McMath (A0.889001). A Bridge Between an Ocean for Tuba Quartet is an arrangement of a choral piece by Quinn McMath under the same name. The piece deals with the elusive and sometimes damaging transition away from childhood. The beginning represents the realization of the move away from youth, and the piece journeys through the bittersweet acceptance of this passing of time. This piece should be driven with passion and emotion as this feeling is something most of the audience will relate to. This piece is suitable for ensembles of a collegiate level and up.

Brass Ensemble Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1433697 Composed by Grant Horsley. Classical,Comedy,Contest,Festival,Film/TV,Halloween. 33 pages. Grant Horsley #1013929. Published by Grant Horsley (A0.1433697). A Hunky punk is a grotesque carving on the side of a building, typically found on Mid/ Late medieval churches in the UK. They are plentiful in Somerset in the West Country of England Though similar in appearance to a gargoyle, a hunky punk is purely decorative and has no other functional purpose whatsoever!! Unlike the gargoyle, which serves to drain water off the roof through its mouth.The theory behind hunky punks and grotesques in general, was that churches were designed to reflect the balance between good and evil, reminding worshippers of the narrow path leading through life. As a result, for every saint or animal that was intended to signify purity and ‘goodness’, there was also an ugly creature to signify evil and ‘badness’. Scored for 2 Trumpets in B flat, Horn in F, 2 Trombones and Tuba. This piece is in concert C minor and begins with a medieval type of fanfare which occurs throughout. What follows is a haunting theme with lots of flattened 5ths and several discords to represent the uncomfortable nature of this statue. The staccato and accent direction in most of the piece gives the impression of walking on eggshells not knowing what lies around the corner! Then a brief legato section of the fanfare appears to provide a calmer atmosphere before eventually returning to the main theme and big ending. Set at Advanced intermediate level although an intermediate player maybe fine with it. However, the youtube link has the full score for you to assess suitability. It is around 4 mins 30 in length and would be a great addition to a repertoire.Price is for the full score and parts.

Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.921045 Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Arranged by Michael Drennan. Halloween. Score and parts. 101 pages. Drennan Music Publications #6606503. Published by Drennan Music Publications (A0.921045). Based on a French legend, this Symphonic Poem was composed in 1874 for Orchestra. According to this legend, at midnight on Halloween Death calls forth the dead to dance for him while he plays his fiddle. His skeletons dance for him until the rooster crows at dawn, when they must return to their graves until the next year. This is a very challenging arrangement that includes a contrapuntal section, a tricky modulation, and an unusual presentation of the Dies Irae.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.870421 Composed by Giovanni Gabrieli. Arranged by Randy A. Steinberg. Baroque. Score and parts. 62 pages. Randy A. Steinberg #2069105. Published by Randy A. Steinberg (A0.870421). Giovanni Gabrieli was no mere composer. He was an event. The figure at the nexus of many things all coming together in one grand tide. The greatest church in the greatest city of Europe. Freedom of intellectual thought. A Venetian School of composers at the forefront of musical innovation. The printing press and musical publishing. A Doge (Chief Magistrate or Duke) willing to spend, and spend big, on musical pomp and ceremony. A dearth of wealth and money to fund the grandest celebrations. He was the leading Italian composer and organist in Venice at its greatest heights at the chasm between the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque period in music. Presented here is a large Canzona published around 1597 for 15 brass in 3 choirs. A variety of substitute parts are also included to handle trombone parts with Bb trumpets and F Horns. One of Gabrieli’s more beautiful and triumphant works, this piece starts out with a somber harmonic display that soon turns major alternating between the choirs. A brief chanson-like dance interlude then leads to the triumphant finale. A great work that displays the full harmonic range of the brass with many of Gabrieli’s typical antiphonal effects.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767274 Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Arranged by Mike Lyons. Baroque,Renaissance. Score and parts. 37 pages. Lyons Music Services #3218685. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767274). As part of my continuing project to transcribe Monteverdi's madrigals onto winds, here is the 6th book. In this book we see a much greater development towards dramatic representation. In a way, this book is divisible into two Scenes with a number of single items in between. The vocal lines are all much more complex and we can also see the beginnings of monodic writing appear in the semi-recit sections of some of the songs. Also clearly developing are delineations of the voices into soloists and chorus. Several songs in this book are almost akin to arias, with clear soloistic writing for the higher voices (Cantus/Tenor). The first four songs form a kind of introductory 'scena', which Monteverdi calls Lamento d'Arianna. A little later, there is a set of 6 songs which he grouped together under the title Sestina. Song number 5 sits between Lamento della Ninfa and Sestina as a stand-alone song. Zephyrs turn and bring good weather A zephyr is a kind of fickle wind that can bring clouds or sunshine. As with all things madrigalian, the lyrics are rife with double entendres. Monteverdi uses some very close dissonances to describe death and release.

Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792590 Composed by Henry Purcell. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Baroque,Classical,Renaissance. Score and parts. 92 pages. Gordon Cherry #5010299. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792590). Purcell's Trio Sonatas of 1683 are a blend or hybrid of French and Italian Baroque 17th Century musical styles. The six Sonatas of Volume 2 alternate between major and minor keys. Each work consists of several short movements, ranging between melancholy and joyous. Volume 2 is a continuation of the six sonatas from volume one, with more surprises and enjoyment for performers and listeners alike. Especially delightful are the dissonances that the composer intersperses throughout each work. Each Sonata is about 6-7 minutes in length and they are an absolute delight to perform. For advanced performers.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767277 Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Arranged by Mike Lyons. Baroque,Renaissance. Score and parts. 79 pages. Lyons Music Services #3218695. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767277). As part of my continuing project to transcribe Monteverdi's madrigals onto winds, here is the 6th book. In this book we see a much greater development towards dramatic representation. In a way, this book is divisible into two Scenes with a number of single items in between. The vocal lines are all much more complex and we can also see the beginnings of monodic writing appear in the semi-recit sections of some of the songs. Also clearly developing are delineations of the voices into soloists and chorus. Several songs in this book are almost akin to arias, with clear soloistic writing for the higher voices (Cantus/Tenor). The songs starting from no 8 form a set of 6 to which Monteverdi gave a separate title Sestina Within this set of songs Monteverdi creates a little dramatic episode which foreshadows many of the developments that we find in his early operas: Monody/recitative, dialogue between chorus and soloist, a tendency to give the high parts strong melodic lines and a clear division of the roles of the singers. For the time being, until someone asks, I am not going to release the separate songs from Sestina individually as some of them are a little short. A sestina is a complicated verse form of six stanzas each of six lines with rules about repeating the last line of the first stanza. The poetic form is of little use to us as instrumentalists, but the dramatic mourning, cries of anguish and the feelings of loss embodied in the music will come through regardless of the lack of words. As with all things madrigalian, the lyrics are rife with double entendres.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.958080 Composed by David Berlin. 20th Century,Classical,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 68 pages. David Berlin #3009125. Published by David Berlin (A0.958080). P.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 19.0px Helvetica; color: #1b1b1b}Intended for middle school and intermediate high school musicians, performance time for this two-movement set is between 3 1/2 and 4 minutes. Some minimal syncopation may provide a bit of a challenge but should not be a major problem. Students learn to hear, see and perform various articulations and rhythm patterns. Score and parts are in open scoring and can be played by small or large groups with nearly any possible combination of instruments. Fanfares originated in the Middle Ages. They are generally composed to announce important occasions such as coronations, the olympics and other important occasions. Fanfares are frequently played outdoors and rely heavily on loud instruments such as brass and percussion. The Estampie was a popular instrumental style of the 13th and 14th centuries.The estampie consists of four to seven sections, called puncta, each of which is repeated, Students learn to hear, see and perform the difference between compound-duple and simple-duple meter as well as a variety of tempi.

Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792581 Arranged by Cherry Classics Music. Baroque,Classical,Renaissance. Score and parts. 88 pages. Gordon Cherry #5010193. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792581). Purcell's Trio Sonatas of 1683 are a blend or hybrid of French and Italian Baroque 17th Century musical styles. The six Sonatas of Volume 1 alternate between major and minor keys. Each work consists of several short movements, ranging between melancholy and joyous. Especially delightful are the dissonances that the composer intersperses throughout each work. Each Sonata is about 6-7 minutes in length and they are an absolute delight to perform. For advanced performers.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.870423 Composed by Giovanni Gabrieli. Arranged by Randy A. Steinberg. Baroque. Score and parts. 71 pages. Randy A. Steinberg #2906867. Published by Randy A. Steinberg (A0.870423). Giovanni Gabrieli was no mere composer. He was an event. The figure at the nexus of many things all coming together in one grand tide. The greatest church in the greatest city of Europe. Freedom of intellectual thought. A Venetian School of composers at the forefront of musical innovation. The printing press and musical publishing. A Doge (Chief Magistrate or Duke) willing to spend, and spend big, on musical pomp and ceremony. A dearth of wealth and money to fund the grandest celebrations. He was the leading Italian composer and organist in Venice at its greatest heights at the chasm between the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque period in music.   Presented here is a great Canzona published around 1597 for 12 brass in 3 choirs. A variety of substitute parts are also included to handle trombone parts with Bb trumpets and F Horns. One of Gabrieli’s great triumphant works, this piece starts out with a dance like theme in minor key that builds from instrument to instrument and soon turns major. A brilliant work that displays Gabrieli in all his glory with tradeoffs between choirs and antiphonal effects.