If you are looking for Christmas and New Years arrangements for brass quintet, you are invited to consider the following works by award winning composer, Sy Brandon.
Carol Medley No. 1 contains "Ye Joyful People", "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", "Bring A Torch Jeanette Isabella", and "Jingle Bells. Duration: 5:00 Carol Medley No. 2 contains "Angels, From The Realms of Glory", "What Child Is This?", "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas", and "O Tannenbaum". Duration: 5:00 Carol Medley No. 3 contains "Good Christian Men, Rejoice", "Away In A Manger", "We Three Kings", and "March of the Three Kings". Duration: 5:00 These medleys are designed to provide interest to performer and audience, yet are fairly straight-forward to enable performance with minimal rehearsal. Angels We Have Heard On High/ Ding Dong Merrily On High - This arrangement combines these two carols by alternate phrases from each and by having sections of the carols occur simultaneously. There are also free sections of imitative counterpoint interspersed. All this occurs over a syncopated ostinato rhythm that has the eight eighth notes of the 4/4 measure grouped as 3,3,2 resulting in a very festive arrangements for concert or church prelude use. Duration: 3:00 Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite - An arrangement of the Six Characteristic Dances and the Waltz of the Flowers. Perfect for the holiday season or anytime of year. There are two versions of the Chinese Dance, one in Bb that is true to Tchaikovsky and one in F that is simplified. There are also two versions of the Dance of the Flutes, one where the two trumpets and horn play the solo flute parts and one where the horn, trombone, and tuba play the solo flute parts. March - Duration 2:30 Grade 4 $7.50 Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairy - Duration 1:30 Grade 4 Trepak - Duration 1:00 Grade 4 Arabian Dance - Duration 3:30 Chinese Dance in Bb - Duration 1:30 Chinese Dance in F (simplified) - Duration 1:30 Dance of the Flutes (Upper Brass) - Duration 3:00 Dance of the Flutes (Lower Brass) - Duration 3:00 Waltz of the Flowers (abridged) - Duration 2:00 Radetzky March by Johann Strauss, Sr. was composed in 1848 as a show of support for Austria's ruling class, and is named after Field Marshall Joseph Radetzky. This patriotic piece has become a classic that is often performed on New Year's Day. Duration 2:00 You can sample these works and other compositions and arrangements by Sy Brandon by visiting [1]http://cooppress.hostrack.net and clicking on compositions then brass. Co-op Press provides links to where these works can be purchased or they are available through becoming a member of Co-op Press. Members receive a free pdf file of a composition/arrangement of their choice per month. A free three-month trial membership is offered. Co-op Press also sponsors a Commission and Recording Grant Program. Our goal at Co-op Press is to partner with performers to serve their needs. [2][email protected] Website [3]http://cooppress.hostrack.net Book, [4]A Composers Guide To Understanding Music with Activities for Listeners, Interpreters and Composerst References 1. http://cooppress.hostrack.net/ 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://cooppress.hostrack.net/ 4. http://www.cooppress.hostrack.net/books.html
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