The Canadian Brass books are kind of fun
(intermediate) and have a wide range of music from
"canon in d" to "amazing grace" (jazz) to "Hava
Nagila." I wouldn't recommend any of the other levels
simply because they are boring. There is also "That's
A-plenty", and some old renaissance music "Three
Madrigals" (I don't know the arranger). I don't know
your level of skill but "Classical Suite" by James
Barnes is nice play off of classical pieces such as
the third mvt of Tch. symphony no. 4, but is fun for
anyone to hear. It features all the instruments and
even has a movement that sounds like Frosty the Snow
Man. The first mvt may be too hard seeing that it
requires some triple tounging in all instruments but
the tuba.
I have played in a quintet for 9 years and it is
the high-light of my day to play in it. I hope you
have as much fun as I do. I don't really know what you
are wanting to play for but there is a fun arranger
that is not published but does excellent arrangements
such as "It is Well with my Soul" (I seem to have
forgotten the title), and 4 medleys of cartoons, old
tv shows, old rock tunes, and star trek soundtracks.
I have played all of his (John Webb) pieces for many
people and all have loved the music. Anyway, I hope
this helps and I can give you a better list later as
these are just off the top of my head.
Joseph Fuller
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> I am in the process of starting a brass quintet.
> This is in a small rural community. All of the
> potential members are quite accomplished but amateur
> musicians. The problem is that there is not much
> quintet music available locally, so we will have to
> purchase a fair amount of music. We are located 200
> miles from the nearest university, so checking music
> out of a library is not very feasible. We will
> probably play for churches, schools, etc.
>
> Characteristics of the music could be:
> 1) features each of the instruments,
> 2) is generally accessible to a wide range of
> audiences,
> 3) is musically interesting to the players,
> 4) has add on instrumentation, such as
> percussion and/or organ
> 5) any but the most difficult levels ("grades
> II-IV") would be acceptable.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions of a list of
> "start-up" music; title, composer, arranger, and
> comments.
>
> Please send suggestions to my email and I will post
> a list of the recommendations to the list in a few
> weeks.
>
> Thanks
>
> Randall Sullivan
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