Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass powerful and fun to rehearse

powerful and fun to rehearse and perform - Optional percussion features in nearly every selection - Optional bass line part for adding keyboard or electric bass

Ranges and rhythms are well within the reach of 2nd year players

making "Zip Line" playable by young bands

John Newsome

The center section will help students read accidentals and the key is in the relative minor

Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass powerful and fun to rehearseEastertide Brass Quintet arr. Jayson Gerth William Billings' music can be at times forceful and stirring, as in his patriotic song "Chester"; ecstatic, as in his hymn "Africa"; or elaborate and celebratory, as in his "Easter Anthem." (Eastertide). The latter sounds rather like a miniature Handelian chorus, sung a cappella. As might be expected from a composer who was very close to his roots in folk music, Billings' music shows a striking purity.