Eighth Note Publications

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...

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...

This piece evokes a joyous dance-like character through asymmetrical, composite and mixed meter. Melodically it exudes a lydian-flavor throughout the piece, and builds to a climactic and glorious orig...

Se trata de una de las polcas más populares, grabada a menudo por muchos artistas, entre ellos la orquesta de Jimmy Dorsey y Lawrence Welk. Este excelente arreglo sonará muy bien con los intérpretes m...

Cielito Lindo is a popular traditional song of Mexico and is often used by tenor singers for opera aria concerts or as an encore. This is a great audience pleaser.

The Stars and Stripes Forever is one of the most recognizable melodies of the 20th century. This arrangement for 5 clarinets would make a terrific addition to a high school concert. The brilliant writ...

The Sighting was written for a short film produced in 1995 in Vancouver but, due to time constraints, was never included in the finished film. This work is the middle in a set of three movements (the...

This piece (originally for cello and strings) has been arranged here to feature the bass clarinet with 4 clarinets acting in an accompanying role. The piece is in a 'finger friendly' key so the techni...

Cotton Candy is a quick, light and fun tune intended as a closer or encore on a concert. It is musically simple and the harmonies are typical of cartoon or circus music. The title suggests the gaiety...

The Search was written for a short film produced in 1995 in Vancouver, but due to time constraints was never included in the finished film. The Search was composed as background music portraying the c...

A new arrangement of this piano favourite, The Gypsies works well for this versatile ensemble. The melody is passed throughout the group but none of the parts is too difficult. It is a character piece...

Luca Marenzio was best known for his writing of madrigals and this is a fine example of Marenzio's choral writing. This piece has been arranged for 5 clarinets. This is an ideal piece to demonstrate t...

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...

This piece was originally a work to show off the trumpet stop on an organ. That brilliant sound has been replaced by the real instrument in this arrangement for 2 trumpets and organ. There is a slow i...

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...