Winnipeg at Night was written in February 1961. Bob recalls, "I was sitting at the piano as someone walked out the door and from my seat, I was able to see a beautiful sunset. The melody immediatel...

Crowned by some as "the champion of the musical miniature", Satie found formality annoying, as is clearly evident in the manuscript for his quaint Gnossiennes. Appearing for the first time are humo...

This is from a set of music for harpsichord written in 1720 for Princess Anne. A flowing theme is followed by variations of increasing complexity, featuring all the members in the quintet. A great...

The first Gymnopedie, a word coined by Satie himself, is perhaps the composer's most recognizable work. The melancholic nature of the melody lends itself well to the sombre mood of the french horn....

Noticing a lack of original Canadian jazz for brass quintet, Ward Cole wrote this piece for Foothills Brass in 1985. He based his Bobtail Suite on a couple of his beautiful English Sheepdogs: Pan a...

This haunting Christmas piece has been beautifully arranged for brass quintet with the horn and trombone playing much of the melody with the trumpet players performing on flugel horns and the tuba...

The members of the quintet get to strut their stuff in Jay's arrangement of this popular hymn tune. An exclamatory opening is followed by a funeral dirge, a bright Dixie section, some gospel and fi...