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This piece was originally an oboe solo with strings. The colours of brass add a whole new sound to this work. The first trumpet plays the oboe line with the other members playing an intricate Baroque...

This famous trumpet solo is presented here, unaltered, for solo trumpet and brass quintet. A guest soloist needs to be invited to be accompanied not by strings, but by a brass quintet. The trumpet pla...

This piece (originally for cello and strings) has become a standard in the solo trombone literature. The solo part has been altered slightly and the string parts have found their way into the other br...

Spirituals have found their way into the standard repertoire of vocalists and instrumentalists. The lyrical tunes combined with the powerful message they tell affect us all. This arrangement is mainly...

This is a truly unique arrangement for brass. This is a traditional South African folksong that has been adapted and arranged for brass quintet. The original a cappella version seemed a little thin fo...

This was an award winning composition for the 1994 Glenn Gould Composition Contest sponsored by the Canada and Bermuda Territory of the Salvation Army. This is a spirited arrangement of the song We Sh...

This is a great swing arrangement of the chorus Give Me Oil In My Lamp. A nice upbeat treatment of this standard chorus would be suitable for high school level players. All parts are interesting inclu...

This colourful title aptly combines the basis for the piece and the person it was written for. Tenth grade trumpet player Alex McCarthy would come to brass quintet rehearsals and, rather than warming...

Pat-a-Pan is a very rustic Christmas piece that is set in a round beginning with the first trumpet and pyramiding down to the trombone. The percussive 'drone' parts add a distinct colour to this piece...

De Colores, or All the Colours, is a traditional Mexican Folk tune often performed by the famous Mariachi bands. This simple and elegant waltz has been arranged as a horn feature. The trombone adds a...

This is a great upbeat swing version of the Sunday School Song 'Peter, James and John in a Sailboat'. It features a fun walking bass line in the tuba a solos from the other four members of the quintet...

This very popular piece has been arranged many times for various instruments. The chorale is played before the popular triple metre theme. The four upper voices pass the weaving line between them and...

The famous Jig Fugue by Bach is a favourite with organists. It is light-hearted and energetic with its rollicking triple meter. The key has been altered to facilitate the brass quintet at this level....

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...

The two famous hymns Christ the Lord is Risen Today and Jesus Christ Has Risen Today have been arranged as an accompaniment for the original hymn. This can be used to replace an organ or to augment it...

Sweelinck spent his life in the Netherlands as an organist, composer and teacher. One of his greatest achievements was to assemble a four volume collection of polyphonic settings of all 150 psalms. Th...

This Concerto by Bellini was originally for solo oboe and strings. Many trumpet players have used this work as a solo piece for their instrument. The arrangement to the brass quintet works well with t...

This Sonata by Pietro Baldassare was originally written for cornetto (trumpet) strings and continuo. The colourful and contrapuntal first movement moves into an almost vocal slow movement before endin...

This work requires no introduction. The famous trumpet opening that orchestral trumpet players have practiced for years can now be played in a brass quintet format. This a short but powerful movement...

Keefer Quickstep (Keefer being the nickname given to the composer's son Keith) was written in the style of the many quickstep marches contained in the American Brass Band Journals from the time of the...

This famous and exciting piece would make a great opening to a concert or it could even be used as a recessional at a wedding service. The technical parts flow very nicely and sound more difficult tha...

This is the most famous section from Bach's Cantata No. 208. It has been arranged here for brass quintet and it makes an ideal piece to be used at special events such as weddings. All parts are intere...

Originally a duet for trumpet and soprano, this beautiful aria from Birthday Ode for Queen Anne has been arranged for brass quintet. The flowing lines of the two trumpets make this piece perfect for w...

This piece (originally for cello and strings) has become a standard in the solo trombone literature. The solo part (for either trombone or trumpet) has been altered slightly and the string parts have...

This folksong has been arranged in a theme and variations format for a variety of instruments. This is the third Eighth Note Publications arrangement for brass quintet of this popular solo. There is a...