Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass Ranges and rhythms are well

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

The driving tempo gives the music a menacing quality which will excite students and audiences

accents and mixed meters

The center section will help students read accidentals and the key is in the relative minor

powerful and fun to rehearse and perform - Optional percussion features in nearly every selection - Optional bass line part for adding keyboard or electric bass

Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass Ranges and rhythms are wellEastertide 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.