[TPIN] Re: Brass Trio and Quartet Music for College Commencement

[John Jay Hilfiger]

>  I'm interested in appropriate
> music for this sort of thing but for 3 or 4 brass players, preferably
> one trumpet so that our two trumpets can switch off.  So any three of
> trumpet, french horn,  trombone, and tuba would be great.
>
> Recommendations solicited, links appreciated.
>

Steve,

My "Festival Procession" would work well for this.  It is in two  
forms: (1) brass quartet and organ and (2) brass quintet.  If you  
have an organ, there are stretches where each brass player has rest,  
and the piece can be repeated as necessary, with several places along  
the way which will work as final cadences.  You could substitute an  
electronic keyboard for organ, since there is little pedal, and one  
could work around that.

It is available from Brassworks 4 Publishing
http://www.brassworks4.com/

You can see a sample of the score and hear a mp3 clip at the  
publisher's website.

A trio (tpt, horn, tromb) that might work, also from Brassworks 4, is  
the Beethoven March in my "Classical Trio Album."

Best wishes,


John Jay Hilfiger
http://users.penn.com/~jhilf/