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Amazing, Amazing Grace
Scoring is for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba with optional horn and baritone parts. The piece resembles a theme and variations form, giving many different flavors of this timeless hymn-Amazing Grace.
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O It Is Wonderful To Be A Christian
A traditional brass quintet with opt. trumpet for horn and extra baritone for use as a sextet. The introduction uses extraneous material where it leads in the first theme by the trombone until the trumpets and horn take over. Since the piece is very much in a march style the first chorus is stated in the trumpets and horn lines with counterlines in the lower brass. A brief modulation takes place where the horn gets the tune in an expressive style only to modulate to a new section with the theme in the trumpet/trombone where it all leads to a climatic point, then followed by a series of cascading chords ending with diverging chromatic scales ending in a solid chord.
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Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Written for brass quintet, or optionally sextet, this piece begins with bold statements, moving to more contrapuntal textures, then onto more imitative textures. The piece ends with a bold statement.
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Victory In Jesus
A standard brass quintet with optional baritone for a sextet A mixture of textures opens the piece where the theme is first presented in the low brass. The upper brass present the tune in the chorus while the lower brass introduce a counterline. A brief transition leading up to a modulation where the second statement of the tune is a duet then shifting to the theme in the lower brass as was done earlier. Now, all join in as a trio in the upper voice with a counterline in the lower ones. The conclusion takes motivic lines and passes them around the ensemble where it comes to a vibrant end.
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Look And Live
A traditional brass quintet with opt. trumpet for horn and extra baritone for use as a sextet. The introduction uses extraneous material where it leads in the first theme in the French horn, supplemented by trombone counterlines and trumpet flourishes. Thematic movies are then embellished leading up to a modulation where the tempo slows and a new mood encountered. The first trumpet carries the lead and offset with a horn duet line. Another modulation, an a-tempo with the theme in the low brass and accompaniment lines in the middle brass. This continues until the voices stack up until a boisterous conclusion is achieved.
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Hallelujah! We Shall Rise
A standard brass quintet with optional baritone for a sextet. The introduction starts in the tuba and then adds more voices as you would expect- rising! The tune is now bantered about between the upper voices and then lower ones. Modulation! And the Q&A game continues. Another modulation and the tempo suddenly changes to a slower, expressive one with the French horn featured. As before the Q&A continues. Another modulation and an “a tempo” where the piece now in full ensemble starts lower and softer and continually adds activity and pitch raising until a vigorous conclusion.
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Old Time Religion
A traditional brass quintet with an optional baritone part which allows to be a sextet as well. The beginning is active establishing a happy beginning to the piece. Then all the parts are in straight harmonies and then become fragmented. A modulation takes place allowing the lower voices to carry the tune. Then a tuba sola solo commences with light upper parts decorating the lines, until the parts fragment. This concludes with a modulation with motivic statements. After a brief intermission the piece takes off again with the tune in the lower voices and the trumpets add a flurry descants. As the piece comes to a close more and more voices add to the mix until the pieces adds a solid, grand statement.
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Meeting In The Air
A traditional brass quintet with opt. trumpet for horn and extra baritone for use as a sextet. The piece takes off immediately with a thematic statement in the trombone, breaking in a duet with the horn. Additional entries keep massing in the lower voices until most of the ensemble is involved. All of a sudden, the upper brass, silently present the tune in block harmonies until the lower brass present a countermelody. Now! Everybody’s involved. Next, a dialog between the upper brass and middle brass takes place as it alternates back and forth. With a modulation in place the tempo goes slow, the tune is in the lower brass- expressive! All of a sudden from bottom to top motives are presented- in stacked chords…. This goes through different transformations until the piece elevates into an uplifting conclusion.
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Lead On O King Eternal
A traditional brass quintet with opt. trumpet for horn and extra baritone for use as a sextet. The introduction uses extraneous material where it leads in the first theme by the trombone until the theme is passed around in fragments until the them is taken over by the trumpets, and the trombones. A modulation takes place where the theme is in the trombones with flourishes in the trumpets. The trumpets now take the theme with flourishes in the middle voices until the piece ends with a declamatory statement.
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How Firm A Foundation
Opening with a fanfare, the first section is in block harmonization with some moving lines. It then moves into melodic statements in the lower instruments with supported obiligatti in the trumpets and horn. The structure again becomes solid in scoring only to return with similar trumpet obbligati. The obbligati is next introduced in the lower voices and then increased rhythmic activity in all voices builds to a solid ending.
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Brighten The Corner Where You Are
A standard brass quintet with optional trumpet for horn. As one might expect the piece is cheerful from beginning to end. After a bright intro, the trumpet carry the tune until handed over to the middle voices with flourishes in the trumpets. After a transition that leads upward to an exciting climax. The piece abruptly shits to a quiet and expressive section lead by the trombone on the theme where it all builds to another zenith and once again abruptly goes quiet. A modulation and meter shift and the piece becomes countrapuntally gentle.. A meter shift back to the beginning and an exuberant building to a joyous conclusion.
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Give Me This Mountain
A standard brass quintet with optional trumpet for horn. As one might expect the piece is cheerful from beginning to end. It opens with rhythmic patterns where the first statement of the tune is presented by the trombone. The chorus is harmonically in block format where it comes to an end. NOW, something different the second trumpet and tuba present a simple accompaniment while all the other voice, yes voices, sing the words and melody of the song! A brief conclusion, a modulations and the piece returns to the texture of the earlier statement. The a bit of tongue and check statements and a very conclusive ending.
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Like A River Glorious
This quintet (opt. Sextet) begins with extraneous motifs leading into the first statement of the theme in the low brass offset by answering material in the trumpets. The pieces continues in this question and answer texture passing motivic material around the parts. Then in a transition mimicking the beginning a modulation takes place where the theme is more expressive and becomes more aggressive leading up to a majestic coda where it ends on a thought-provoking conclusion.
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A Servant’s Heart
A brass quintet, optionally sextet, begins with a soulful trombone solo joined with the remainder of the lower brass instrument only to be taken over by the trumpets. The middle section uses a punctuated accompaniment for nice variety only to migrate to the flowing style of the beginning. It then ends in solemn repose.
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Spirit of God, Decend Upon My Heart
A standard brass quintet with optional trumpet for horn. The piece opens with a solo trumpet and gradually adds voices until it leads up to a modulation where the theme is now in the lower voices with gentle harmonic shifts. The upper voices respond with more motion until things are met with another modulation. This new section is more stayed until another modulation greets yet another modulation with the parts all intertwining amongst themselves and then… a solemn conclusion.
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A New Name In Glory
A brass quintet with opt. Trumpet for horn and baritone TC. It begins with fanfare motifs of the tune and then breaks into the hymn adding more parts as it progresses. It continues with a Q&A type of dialog between the lower, then upper voices. The second setion in a different key is reminiscent of the opening only this time in the middle voices and again moves in a Q&A type of dialog. Again modulating to a new key the theme is bounced around with rhythmical interest only to finalize in strong chordal patterns and ending on a bold declamation.
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Assurance March
A traditional brass quintet with opt. trumpet for horn and extra baritone for use as a sextet. A piece in Alle Breve, is simply stated in block chords with an active bass line. The first strain, is repeated, and follows traditional march scoring. The second section is a bit slower and again in block chord structure, but this time with a first trumpet obbligato. With a regaining of tempo and style the piece becomes stronger until a grandiose ending.
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Come Ye That Love the Lord
A brass quartet for two trumpets and two trombones with opt. parts for Fr. Horn and Baritone TC. The pieces begins with canonic entrances and then increases in activity. The first thematic statement is stately in a block harmonic structure. The parts then state the tune with others in an ornamental addition. A modulation takes place and the first tombone/horn states the theme while the others portray soft bell-tone like accompniment. A spirited entrance from low voices to higher in a fugal format coming to a final, majestic Coda marking a strong ending.
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Saints Bound For Heaven
A brass quartet for two trumpets, horn, trombone/baritone (BC & TC) in cut-time. The introduction is based on thematic material in a Q&A format between the trumpet and trombone. The style is in a spritely march galop giving an never-ending sense of motion. The second section passes the motives between parts giving continued activity leading up to a transition and modulation. The third section is simple but expansive until it settles down to a sense of destination and then a quick conclusion.
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When We All Get To Heaven
Scored for two trumpets and two trombones with opt. Horn for Trom. 1 and Bar. TC for Trom. 2. The opening begins excitedly while giving a sense of moving upward. The first presentation of the theme is very much in a march style and then breaks into more activity with rhythmic alterations. The second section moves to a new key and is essentially a trombone duet and then adds upper voices to place the piece on an elevated plain. Another modulation moves the musical thought even higher while passing the melodic motifs around to the different voices. The Coda gives a sense of elevation and arrival.
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Stand Up
A brass quintet with opt. horn and BHTC parts. After a rousing introduction the piece goes into a straight forward rendition of “Stand Up For Jesus” with the melody in trumpet one with various rhythmic devices in the other parts. After a brief transition a modulation occurs presenting “Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus” again the melodic material is passed around amongst the parts. After another transition and modulation the piece reverts back to the first tune where it becomes more rhythmically active up to a fiery conclusion.
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Onward Christian Soldiers
An accompanied brass quartet for two trumpets with opt. horn and BHTC with piano. The opening is a fanfare with resolve. The first rendition of the tune is passed between parts in a somewhat hocket fashion where it continues throughout. The second section is more chordal with the accompaniment more march and fanfare like. Then a brief transition in the piano only is joined by the brass in a cascading series of entrances. Then the brass join the piano in a Q/A transition leading into a choral presentation of the theme. After a motivic interplay of the brass the piece concludes in an augmented statement in the brass.
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My Anchor Holds
A brass quartet that begins with delightful counterpoint and then breaks into the tune in the trombone with a horn counterline which in turn is punctuated with the trumpet lines. The middle section opens with the horn offset by the other voices and then the melodic material is passed around among all voices. The final section becomes even more active and ends with a solid resolve. (Opt parts Trp for horn and Bar. TC for trombone.)