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Carnival Processional

By M Ryan Taylor on Feb 21, 2008 | In Brass Choir | Send feedback »

Carnival Processional

for small brass choir

  • 2 Trumpets
  • 4 Horns
  • 2 Trombones
  • 1 Tuba

This piece was originally written for brass quintet (I’ve lost that version somehow, pretty easy to do actually). This expanded version was written/created for a call for scores from The Chicago Brass Choir. They performed it during their 1999 season and sent me a pretty great live recording :

The piece, as you can hear, is a fun, short romp. When I composed it I imagined a carnival band coming from the distance (think renaissance carnival), getting closer and closer until it abruptly stops in the town square. I think you can hear that in the piece. After almost 10 years I still think it is a ton of fun and is not so difficult that most brass choirs will have any difficulty with it. Here are the score and parts in one handy file:

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