Eighth Note Publications

Ruminations is an exciting duet that is ideal for advanced players to perform on a recital. There is a great amount of counterpoint between the two parts throughout the piece. The outer movements have...

This piece is one of the most popular processionals for brides. It has been used in countless wedding services, movies and television programs. This arrangement can be performed with either piano or o...

The title 'Three' refers to three primary elements of the piece: a three- movement work, each of which is in three sections, performed by three players. The movements are composed in a conventional fa...

The fugues referred to in the title are not the musical kind, but psychogenic fugues in a medical sense. This is when a patient seemingly embarks on a completely new life for months or even years, not...

This version of the famous Hail the Conquering Hero opens with an unaccompanied trumpet, gradually builds in dynamic, then the sound drops to a solo keyboard voice which starts the building again to a...

Designed for beginning level instrumentalists, Partners n' Sidekicks was written for a couple of my former students whose musical energies were contagious. Though both very independent players (a skil...

This is a collection of over 20 short arrangements of well-loved children's pieces, classical works and folksongs that are ideal for beginner musicians. Students in the first year of playing can enjoy...

Cotton Candy is a quick, light and fun tune intended as a closer or encore for a concert. Originally it was conceived as a piece for brass quintet but is now available as a work for 2 trumpets and pia...

The title of this piece, Three and Three-Quarters , is not meant as some hidden cryptic message, but simply that of three performers getting together for some musical fun in three-quarter time. It is...

These fanfares were written/designed to be used for a variety of occasions ranging from social purposes, such as ceremonial events involving important people, to possible theatrical/dramatic applicati...

These fanfares were written/designed to be used for a variety of occasions ranging from social purposes, such as ceremonial events involving important people, to possible theatrical/dramatic applicati...

This famous piccolo trumpet solo has been recorded by many trumpet soloists. The original work is scored for solo trumpet, 2 oboes and strings. In this arrangement the instrumentation has been altered...

This famous piccolo trumpet solo has been recorded by many trumpet soloists. The original work is scored for solo trumpet, 2 violins and continuo. In this arrangement the instrumentation has been alte...

This arrangement for 3 trumpets and organ is another very successful addition to the repertoire. This work is not too difficult and can be performed with or without the continuo. Clear and simple Rena...

As the third movement of Suite Historique, this versatile work is adaptable to many combinations of instruments. It is dance-like in character with a slight sense of urgency. It is an excellent tool f...

As the first movement of Suite Historique, this versatile work is adaptable to many combinations of instruments. Designed to remind the listener of the Renaissance style madrigal, in a modern setting,...

Novelette, as the title would suggest, is a small story with several distinctive chapters. As a result, this composition is a set of five variations on an original theme and each with their own charac...

Scherzo Diabolique is a diabolical display of notes and rhythms designed to showcase the technical skills of the trio who performs it. It is a relentless foray into a facile-fingered fold. While initi...

These eight short fanfares, for 3 trumpets, were written as a result of my fascination with historical instruments. They were a type of exercise in composing for the limited medium of natural trumpets...

Musical Tag is a light-hearted work designed to provide some amusement amongst the performers by way of a 'chase' between two voices with the third voice tagging along. Each voice is given melodic mat...

Solemnis Elegiac is an introspective, melancholy work that evokes the feelings of personal loss.

Originally for piano, this Adagio has been elegantly transcribed for a trumpet ensemble consisting of 3 trumpets and 1 continuo (bass clef) instrument. It is scored in the original key of D and featur...

Victoria, and others in his time period were writing a substantial amount of sacred choral writing. Tenebrae Factae Sunt is a beautiful example of this type of music, arranged here for 4 trumpets. Non...

A showpiece for the piccolo trumpet. The soaring coloratura solo has been transposed down a step to facilitate the brass quintet. While the piccolo is playing Fs above high C, the remainder of the ens...

Musical Contrasts was written as a sort of 'throw back' to the Altenburg Concerto a7 for Trumpets and Timpani, albeit playing more to the capabilities of the modern trumpet. There are 3 contrasting mo...