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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 :
- Carnival Processional performed by The Chicago Brass Choir :
CarnivalProcessional-ChicagoBrass.mp3
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:
Fanfare for the Eagle
By M Ryan Taylor on Feb 20, 2008 | In Brass Trio | Send feedback »
Fanfare for the Eagle
for Brass Trio (Trumpet, Horn & Trombone/Euphonium)
by M Ryan Taylor
I’m posting this mostly ‘just for fun.’ This was my first brass piece, written in High School for my Boy Scout Eagle Court of Honor (if you know what that is, congratulations). The interesting trio combination was chosen because 3 of my brothers were the players at the event. For you theory buffs, you will note there are some spacing errors, but this was before I’d had any theory classes at all. All in all, I think it works, even if it is a little bit rough around the corners.