A delightful percussion quartet that incorporates bells (mallets), timpani (optional), snare drum, cymbals and bass drum. The snare drum is integral through out establishing a martial-march style while supplemented with the bass drum and cymbals. The bells provide the melodic material moving in and out to add variety. The piece ends with an abrupt punctuation. A truly spirited piece for the younger performer.

Variations on Beethoven’s tune from the Ninth Symphony

Variations on Beethoven’s tune from the Ninth Symphony

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (2-violins, viola, cello)

Four Plus Brass Series- for two Trumpets and two Trombones (with opt. Horn and Tuba for color). The introduction begins with an infectious motif which pictures a regal procession. The following section continues in the same flavor with new stately material, with a modulation the ensemble presents an intermission. Then the piece goes back to the material of the beginning. The next section becomes more harmonically diverse and builds more tension leading to a modulation where the song’s theme is presented in the trombones, then the trumpets. Coming to the Coda section an optional organ (and even congregation) gives a stately rendition of the famous “Hymn To Joy.”