Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass accents and mixed meters

accents and mixed meters

or elaborate and celebratory

making "Zip Line" playable by young bands

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

The flute range does go to low 'D' in the first cadenza

Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass accents and mixed metersEastertide 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.