Works for Brass Ensembles

Curated by Curtis Biggs, summer 2020

Trio

• Allan Blank: Fantasy for Brass Trio (1975) for trumpet, horn, and trombone, 8 min.
• Robert Carl: Threading Space (2019) for trumpet, horn, trombone, and fixed media (MaxMSP), 11 min.
• Robert Ceely: Trio (2010) for horn, flugelhorn, and trombone, 12 min.
• Roger Goeb: Brass Trio (1979) for trumpet, horn, and trombone, 10 min.
• Ellis Kohs: Brass Trio (1958) for trumpet, horn, and trombone, 15 min.
• Raymond Luedeke: Suite for Brass Trio (1972) for trumpet, horn, and trombone, 5 min.
• Robert McBride: Lament for the Parking Problem (1967) for trumpet, horn, and trombone, 8 min.
• Robert Parris: Four Pieces (1965) for trumpet, horn, and trombone, 10 min.
• Nicolas Roussakis: Composition for Brass Trio (1961) for trumpet, horn, and trombone, 5 min.
• Elias Tanenbaum: Again (1996) for trumpet, horn, and bass trombone, 12 min.
• Samuel Wellman: Six Nature Pieces, Op. 5 (1974) for trumpet, horn, and trombone, 9 min.
• James Yannatos: Quod Libet (2001) for brass trio and percussion

Quartet

• Will Gay Bottje: Fanfares (2003) for two trumpets, tenor and bass trombones (or tuba), 9 min.
• Karl Kroeger: Fantasy for Brass Quartet (1969) for two trumpets, horn, and trombone, 9 min.
• Karl Kroeger: Sonata Festiva (2003) for two horns and two trombones, 15 min.
• Nancy Van de Vate: Diversion for Brass (1964) for two trumpets, horn, and trombone, 4 min.
• Nancy Van de Vate: Short Suite for Brass Quartet (1960) for two trumpets, trombone, and bass trombone, 7 min.

Quintet

• Jacob Avshalomov: Entrada for Reed (1986) for brass quintet, 5 min.
• Burton Beerman: 5-B (1974) for brass quintet, sections are in graphic score format, 13 min.
• Jack Briece: Time Slice (1986) for brass quintet, 9 min.
• Robert Carl: Our Meeting is Inevitable (1996) for brass quintet, Written for the Atlantic Brass Quintet, 10 min.
• Barney Childs: Brass Quintet No. 1 (1954) 10 min.
• Barney Childs: Brass Quintet No. 2 (1962) 15 min.
• Barney Childs: Brass Quintet No. 3 (1965) 12 min.
• Barney Childs: Brass Quintet No. 4 (1975) 12 min.
• Brian Fennelly: Empirical Rag (1977) for brass quintet - Written for the Empire Brass Quintet, 5 min.
• Brian Fennelly: Locking Horns (Brass Quintet No. 2, 1993) Written for the American Brass Quintet, Annapolis Brass Quintet, and Chestnut Brass Company, 17 min.
• Brian Fennelly: Velvet and Spice (Brass Quintet No. 3, 2000) Written for the American Brass Quintet, 15 min.
• Brian Fennelly: Prelude and Elegy (2003) for brass quintet, 8 min.
• Sydney Hodkinson: An Ellington Songbook (1985) suite for brass quintet, 28 min.
• Karl Kroeger: Partita for Brass Quintet (1966) 15 min.
• Karl Kroeger: Brass Quintet (1998) 2 tpt, hn, 2tbn, 15 min.
• Raymond Luedeke: Joy (2006) fanfare for brass quintet, 2 min.
• Darleen Mitchell: Southern Harmony (1998) for brass quintet, 12 min. 
• Daniel Perlongo: Tango Around Cape Horn (2012) for brass quintet, 7 min.
• Thomas L. Read: Brass Quintet No. 2: Closing Distances (2008) 10 min.
• Thomas L. Read: Brass Quintet No. 3 (2015) 14 min.
• Jody Rockmaker: Heroic Quest (2016) for brass quintet, 8 min.
• Frederick C. Tillis: Song for Sister Hokkaido (2008) for brass quintet and latin percussion, 9 min.
• Frederick C. Tillis: Quintet for Brass (1962) 10 min.
• Frederick C. Tillis: Passacaglia for Brass Quintet (1950) 4 min.
• Nancy Van de Vate: Quintet for Brass (1974) 11 min.
• Nancy Van de Vate: Brass Quintet No. 2: The Streets of Laredo (2003) 8 min.
• James Yannatos: Seven Episodes (1982) for brass quintet
• Christopher Yavelow: E-Prime (1974) for brass quintet, Written for the Empire Brass Quintet, 16 min.
• Robert Yekovich: Brass Quintet (1980) 12 min.
• Mark Zuckerman: Quintifications (1993) for brass quintet, 5 min.
• Mark Zuckerman: Stellar Mettle (2005) for brass quintet, 9 min.

Sextet

• T. J. Anderson: Inaugural Piece (1981) for 3 trumpets and 3 trombones, 4 min.
• Karl Kroeger: Canzona IVa for Brass Sextet (1989) for 2 trumpets, 2 horns, and 2 trombones, 6 min.
• Thomas L. Read: Corridors (2017) for oboe, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, and cello, 7 min.
• Frederick C. Tillis: Militant Mood (1961) for brass sextet (quintet plus euphonium), 5 min.

Larger Ensembles (7+)

• James Beale: Fanfare, Op. 14 (1952) for 12 brass and 3 percussion
• Allan Blank: Music for Brass (2012) for 3 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 3 Trombones, Tuba - each movement is a different instrumentation, 18 min.
• David Froom: Kick Off! (1998) for 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, and tuba (versions also available for brass sextet and brass quintet), 4 min.
• Roger Goeb: Septet for Brass (1949) for 2Hn, 2Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, 14 min.
• Roger Goeb: Winds Playing (1988) for ww quintet and brass quintet, 15 min.
• Karl Kroeger: Variations on a Moravian Chorale (1976) for brass choir, 8 min.
• Paul A. Pisk: Cortege (1947) for brass choir, 6 min.
• Ronald Roseman: Double Quintet for Woodwinds and Brass (1987) for ww quintet and brass quintet - Written for the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, 22 min.
• Steven Christopher Sacco: Elegy for Twelve Brass Instruments (2004) 3 min.
• Mark Thome: Scenes from Sylvester Park (2008) for 3 tpt, 1 hn, 3tbn, 1 tba, 13 min.
• Nancy Van de Vate: Three Sound Pieces (1973) Different instruments for each mvt. I. trumpet and 6 perc, II. 2 horns and 6 perc, III. 7 brass and 6 perc, 10 min.
• James Yannatos: Polarities (1993) concerto for brass and percussion - 4 Tpt, 4 Hn, 3 Tbn, Tba, Perc
• Mark Zuckerman: Fanfare and Variations (2017) for Brass Septet - 2 Tpt, 2 Hn, 2 Tbn, Tba, 6 min.
• Mark Zuckerman: Fanfare for an Uncommon Time (2009) for 2 Tp, 4 Hn, Tbn, Btbn Or Tba, Bass Drum, 3 min.

Brass Chamber with Piano/Organ

• Darleen Mitchell: Sound Forth (1997) for brass quintet and organ, 5 min.
• Paul A. Pisk: Perpetuum Mobile (1968) for 2 trumpets, 2 trombone, and organ, 8 min.
• Steven Christopher Sacco: Imagination Studies (2014) for trumpet In B-flat, trombone, and piano, 15 min.