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Here are my works for brass instruments.

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Brass Music Contents


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Brass Ensembles

 

Missa Unitas - a mass for unity
An hour long work for brass ensemble and chorus which uses the arrangement of the standard mass but with re-written texts to reflect universal religious concepts.
* published by Yelton Rhodes Music

Suite from Missa Unitas
Four movements from the mass for brass ensemble alone.
* unpublished

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Brass Quintet


By Folly Comes Delight

A five movement work for Brass Quintet based on a four note motive (Bb-F-C-D).
* Published by Encore Publishers (out of print)

Concert Fanfare
Short fanfare for brass quintet.
* Published by Encore Publishers (out of print)

The Insulting Quintet
A comical work for brass quintet based on what really happens during a rehearsal.
* Published by Encore Publishers (out of print)

Snapshots
A five movement piece for brass quintet based on photo snapshots from around Vermont.
* Published by Nichols Music

Christmas Bells and Brass
An Arrangement for brass quintet of four familiar Christmas melodies that use the word "bell" in the text.
* published by Nichols Music

Chorales for Brass
Five pieces for brass quintet which are arrangements of choral works through the ages. The collection is excellent for warming up and working on ensemble techniques though the music is also useful for filling a concert program. The five pieces include a medieval work, a Palestrina motet, a Bach chorale, a Mozart motet, a chorus from Schubert and an original choral work by myself.
* published by Solid Brass Music Company

Three For Christmas
A Medley of three Christmas Songs: "I Saw Three Ships," "Past Three A Clock," and "We Three Kings" arranged for brass quintet as one fun holiday work.
* published by Nichols Music

The 1812 OverDone
A fun spoof of the Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture arranged for brass quintet and kitchen appliances.
* published by Cimarron Music

Moose River Suite
A four movement suite for brass quintet.
* published by Nichols Music

Temple of Tolerance
A work for brass quintet and percussion ensemble concerning a dream about finding a lost temple dedicated not to an individual god but to an ideal.
* unpublished

Wedding Music
Five pieces written for quintet for my wedding. The names of each are "Fanfare," Processional," "Response," "Invocation" (for voice and quintet), "Love's Philosophy" (for voice and quintet), and "Recessional."
* published by Wehr's Music House

Two Chromatic Madrigals
Two madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo re-arranged for brass quintet. I expanded two of his chromatically interesting late-Renaissance madrigals to create two fun pieces for brass.

Six By Satie
An arrangement for brass quintet. This work combines the three slow Gymnopédies with the three movements of the Sonatine Bureaucratique of Satie into one balanced and enjoyable piece.

* unpublished

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Brass Trio

 

Westmore Fanfare
Short fanfare for brass trio.
! Commissioned by the Westmore Church
* Published by Encore Publishers (out of print)

Brentwood Suite
A Suite of five movements based on the Baroque style suite. Written for piccolo trumpet, Bb trumpet, and trombone. Also available for woodwinds.
! comissioned by the Brentwood Consort
* unpublished

Trio no. 1
A short work for trumpet, horn, and trombone.
* published by Wehr's Music House

Trio no. 2
Another short work for trumpet, horn, and trombone.
* published by Wehr's Music House

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Music For Trumpets

 

Cortege For Trumpet
A work for trumpet solo and percussion.
* Published by Encore Publishers (out of print)

A Little Something
A short work for four trumpets of varying abilities.
! Commissioned by the Ertel family
* Published by Cimarron Music

May All The World Be Filled With Light
A five minute work for eight trumpets. The title is from an original poem.
* Published by Wehr's Music House

Brass Duets
Music for two trumpets in a variety of styles. Also available for two trombones or trombone and horn.
* Published by Solid Brass Music Company

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Music For Horns



Many A Twinkling Glimmer

A work for horn quartet based on an original poem.
* published by Nichols Music

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Music For Trombones

 

Rising Forth
A work for eight trombones that uses the interval of a fourth for fugal entrances whle also giving the impression of rising forth from a slow introduction.
* Published by Nichols Music

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Music For Tubas

 

A Solemn Promise
A work for two euphoniums and two tubas written on the occasion of my proposal to my future wife.
* Published by Nichols Music

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