David Marlatt

This is a tuba solo. There are short interjections by the other players but mainly this is a technical feature for the tuba player. The scales and arpeggios in this showpiece fit nicely under the fing...

This is the most famous movement from the Orchestral Suite No. 3. The famous Canadian Brass quintet version is great only if you have a monster piccolo trumpet player. This is in a much lower key and...

Un « ricercare » se définit comme une composition instrumentale contrapuntique élaborée, de style fugué ou canonique. Cette sélection correspond parfaitement à cette description. Dans cette œuvre lent...

Initialement intitulée « Paraphrase sur un chœur tiré de Judas Maccabée », cette transcription de l’orgue pour quintette de cuivres, orgue et percussions (facultatives) s’impose tout naturellement. La...

Cette pièce légère et enjouée est un excellent morceau de prestige pour le cornet. Elle doit probablement son titre à sa deuxième épouse, Lillian Bell Hause, avec qui Clarke a eu deux enfants. Il exis...

As the title suggests, this piece is Spanish in style. After opening with a short fanfare, the melody is then passed equally between the two trumpets with the lower voices adding rhythmic chords and c...

This Suite in D, also known as Mr. Handel's Celebrated Water Piece (and A Choice Sett of Aires) is a five movement piece originally for trumpet and strings. This is a version of this piece arranged in...

J.S. Bach's Wachet Auf has been arranged almost as many times as Pachelbel's Canon. What makes this version different is that the melody appears in all voices rather than the standard trumpet solo wit...

The classic arrangement by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble of the complete Pictures required piccolo trumpet, double tonguing and range extremes in all parts. This version has been reduced so a colleg...

This elegant intermezzo is the most famous part of this opera. It opens quietly, builds, then ends as it began. Melody is in the trumpets and horn and no part is too difficult or taxing. This beautifu...

La Cumparsita a été écrite par le compositeur uruguayen Gerardo Matos Rodriguez en 1919. C'est l'un des tangos les plus célèbres et les plus reconnaissables de tous les temps.

The dragon dance is often part of a parade during Chinese New Year and other special events. It is performed by a team of skilled dancers using poles to manipulate a long flexible figure of a dragon....

This is a collection of compositions and arrangements of well-loved music set for three like-instruments. The arrangements are suitable for a variety of performance situations such as school concerts,...

This is a collection of compositions and arrangements of well-loved music set for three like-instruments. The arrangements are suitable for a variety of performance situations such as school concerts,...

Un « ricercare » se définit comme une composition instrumentale contrapuntique élaborée, de style fugué ou canonique. Cette sélection correspond parfaitement à cette description. Dans cette œuvre lent...

These are two excellent character pieces originally written for piano. Each of these short pieces is full of interest, colour and energy with melody found in all parts. These short works would make an...

As the title suggests, this piece is Spanish in style. After opening with a short fanfare, the melody is then passed equally between the two lead flutes with the lower voices adding rhythmic chords an...

There is no place on earth more mysterious than the Great Pyramids in Egypt. The Valley of the Kings was the location of more than 60 tombs constructed for kings and nobles. In modern times the valley...

Cet air est un morceau amusant construit sur des fonds de jazz simples, avec des voix de plus en plus nombreuses. Il n'est pas trop difficile et ne nécessite qu'un minimum de temps de répétition.

This is a famous Joplin rag which has been arranged here for brass quintet. The trumpets and trombone alternate melodic sections and even the tuba gets a section of melody. This is a fun up-beat tune...

Cette chanson folklorique canadienne traditionnelle a été chantée autour de feux de camp et en pagayant sur des canoës pendant des décennies et continue d'être populaire auprès des scouts et des éclai...

This folk song is particularly notable for its use in a number of well known folk-song arrangements, one by the English composer Benjamin Britten.

In the past this folksong has been arranged in a theme and variations format for flute, trumpet and the most famous version for trombone. The technical requirements of this piece do not exceed most pl...

This beautiful work was originally for voices and the singing quality of a flute quartet can bring a new sound to this piece. There are sets of duets with a ritornello passage for all players between...

This is a collection of popular pieces of Classical music that are commonly used during wedding ceremonies. These pieces can be used as Processionals, Recessionals, the Signing of the Register or simp...