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This piece opens with a fun mixture of syncopated rhythms and the power of a rock chart that will grab anyone's attention. This latin tune is meant to be played with lots of energy using an upbeat tem...

Cotton Candy is a quick, light and fun tune intended as a closer or encore on a concert. It is musically simple and the harmonies are typical of cartoon or circus music. The title suggests the gaiety...

Inventions have changed our lives. Whether it be the wheel, electricity, car, telephone or the microchip, inventions have allowed us to live better, and sometimes longer, lives. This piece is about th...

Set for medium level sax quartet and optional drum set, this is a fun collection of four traditional carols done up in non-traditional ways! ''Angels We Have Heard on High'' is a medium bossa mixed wi...

Full of rhythmic and melodic interest, this technical and showy original piece is a fantastic addition to the repertoire for sax quartet. The tuneful melody is passed throughout the ensemble and all p...

This was an award winning composition (originally for brass quintet) for the 1994 Glenn Gould Composition Contest sponsored by the Salvation Army. This is a spirited arrangement of the song We Shall W...

It might seem odd that a Prairie boy, who has yet to visit the Maritimes, would make an arrangement of this particular folk song. But perhaps it is not that odd at all. Farewell to Nova Scotia is a wo...

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...

This beautiful hymn opens with a short cascading introduction then proceeds through several verses. Each verse is scored differently for interest with the melody wandering throughout the ensemble.

Sov, Sov, Sov is a jump swing version of the traditional Hanukkah song.  Arranged in the style of Louis Prima's '˜Sing, Sing, Sing', this chart is sure to get audiences dancing in their seats. Ã...

This arrangement of the classic children's Hanukkah song is written in the style of 1950s rockabilly music and includes all the elements from the Boogie Woogie bass line to the traditional guitar riff...

This is a fun, traditional Hanukkah song arranged in a jump swing style. From beginning to end, the chart is full of high energy, and incorporates hints of classic swing tunes.

El Camino (The Road) is a Spanish march composed in the traditional style of a pasodoble. This piece is fast paced and energetic from start to finish and sounds more complicated than it seems! This is...

Cette version de l'hymne national canadien est accessible aux musiciens en herbe.

L'air classique de la Saint-Sylvestre, Auld Lang Syne, est arrangé ici dans trois styles différents pour votre ensemble : traditionnel (ballade rock), swing et bossa. Chaque version commence par une c...

There's nothing like a good Latin tune for starting a conga line and there's nothing like being at the front of that line. That's what Front of the Train is all about: a simple melody and a catchy bea...

Something Modal is a laid back jump swing chart. The melodies and backgrounds are very simple, yet very catchy. Chord changes are simple enough to open up opportunities for players to practice and sho...

Dodge City is an exuberant piece designed to take you back to the time of the old west. As the title implies, this is a work that will bring to mind stagecoaches and sagebrush, cowboys and cactus, she...

This is a work by an emerging Canadian composer, Barry A. Ball. He has used several modern compositional techniques to arrive at an animated and colourful work for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone sa...

Based on the groovy rhythms of Cuba, Jeff Smallman has created a brilliant showpiece for saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone). Energetic writing has all players flying and all parts are...

Fugue #9 (BWV 878) is included in The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book II) and has been transposed from its original key of E major to make the work more accessible for a saxophone quintet consisting of so...

This piece needs no introduction. It has been arranged here for 2 flutes and piano and this new sound adds even more excitement to the original. The piano part remains in the original key and flutes p...

This is another famous Joplin rag which has been arranged here for 2 flutes and piano. The piano part remains in the original key and flutes play the famous melodic lines above the steady bass. The fl...