Grant - Opener/Closer - Brass DuetTrumpet, Tuba and Piano Matt Otte (trumpet) and Mark Jeffrey (tuba) contacted me in the fall of 2015 to inquire about commissioning a short work for trumpet and tuba that they could take on tour. Several animated skype conversations later, we decided to position this new work as one of my consortium commissioned Songs Without Words projects, administered through Potenza Music. Matt and Mark served as the Lead Commissioners and, voluntarily and

Duration (estimate): 4:41

whose performances

Burning Love

songwriter

In Variations on the Krakowiak for Woodwind Quintet

part ( bass trombone - can be played by tenor or euphonium as well ) in bass clef

According to the composer

the first eight measures of this exuberant tune burst into my head and insisted on being composed into a piece

2 Alto Saxophones

But his concern seems to be less with virtuosic display  - or with exploring new techniques for the instrument – than with exploiting the instrument’s lyrical potential

An Andante and Allegro from "Reformation Symphony" come to life in this arrangement for Brass Quintet

but can be very useful to have in the folder