Sample Repertoire

We have hundreds of scores in our library. The wide variety of music in our library makes it easy to program a concert for almost any event. Here are some sample programs from recent concerts:

Canada Day Concert - Beacon Hill Park - July 1, 2007

“Something for Everyone”

• Lavalle - O Canada
• Rimsky-Korsakov - Procession of the Nobles
• Joplin - Easy Winners
• Hazell - Kraken
• Bernstein - Make Our Garden Grow
• Canadian Folk Song - She's Like the Swallow
• Willson - Seventy-Six Trombones
• Bizet - Selections from Carmen
  (Aragonaise, Habenera, Danse Boheme)

— Intermission —

• Buxtehude - Fanfare
• Traditional Russian Folk Song - Kalinka
• Super Mario Brothers Theme
• The Spiderman Suite
• Gershwin - Summertime
• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
• Holman - Malaguena
• Hockey Night in Canada

School Concert - Oaklands Elementary - Dec. 19, 2006

• Introduction: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• How Brass Instruments Work: Buzz O Come, All Ye Faithful on Mouthpieces
• Individual Instrument Demonstrations
• Music before Carols: Susato Dances
• Volunteer Kid's Percussion: Sleigh Ride
• Name the Carols: Carol Fantasy
• Conduct the Brass: Deck the Halls
• Christmas Crackers
• Sing-a-long: Silent Night
• Closer: Have Yourself a Merry Christmas

Christmas Concert - Fairfield United Church - Dec. 17, 2006

“Traditional”

• Carol of the Bells (brass, percussion)
• O Come, All Ye Faithful (brass, organ, percussion, sing along)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (brass, organ)
• Angels We Have Heard on High (brass, harpsichord, solo voice)
• Renaissance Dance Suite (brass, percussion)
• Ave Maria (brass and organ)
• Bell-Tones Ring (brass, organ, and bells)

“Jazzy/Fun”

• Sleigh Ride (brass, percussion)
• Saint's Hallelujah (brass with solo trombone)
• A Fairy Tale (brass, percussion, narrator)
• The Twelve Days of Christmas (brass, percussion, narrator)
• The Tuba Player Who Stole the Christmas Concert (brass, narrator)
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (brass)
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (brass, organ, percussion, sing along)
• Encore - Silver Bells Samba

Beacon Hill Park Performance - July 9, 2006

• Elgar Howarth - Two Processional Fanfares
• Tielmann Susato - Three Dances from La Danseyre
  1. La Mourisque
  2. Ronde “Mon Amy”
  3. Pavanne Battaille
• Gardell Simons - Atlantic Zephyrs
  (Euphonium Solo)
• Percy Grainger - Irish Tune for County Derry
• Percy Grainger - Shepherd's Hey
• Chris Hazell - Three Brass Cats
  1. Flora
  2. Black Sam
  3. Kraken
  

Intermission

• George Gershwin - Strike Up the Band
• George Gershwin Medley - A Foggy Day and Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Lew Pollack - That's A Plenty
• Chick Corea - Spain
• Maschwitz/Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• Duke Ellington - Caravan
• Ary Barroso - Brazil (Encore)

Laurel Point Inn Performance - June 28, 2006

• Elgar Howarth - Two Processional Fanfares
• Tielmann Susato - Three Dances
  1. La Mourisque
  2. Ronde “Mon Amy”
  3. Pavanne Battaille
• George Bizet - Carmen Suite
• Gardell Simons - Atlantic Zephyrs
• Percy Grainger - Irish Tune for County Derry
• Percy Grainger - Shepherd's Hey
• Chris Hazell - Three Brass Cats
  1. Flora
  2. Black Sam
  3. Kraken
  
• Rimsky Korsakov - Procession of the Nobles