Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass Written to sound more mature

Written to sound more mature than it is

Audio and Score

or elaborate and celebratory

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

the trombones are featured on a section that allows them to stand up and use the unique aspect of their instrument to gliss from note to note

Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass Written to sound more matureEastertide 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.