Ives - Variations on "America" for Trombone Quintet Brass Ensemble Two Canzonas for 10-part Brass

Two Canzonas for 10-part Brass Ensemble and Organ (optional) are based on two well-known tunes: Handel's MACCABEUS

The 3-movement suite features the Allegro Molto 2nd movement from Symphony No

For moderately advanced performers

Tchaikovsky's magnificent "Polonaise" from his opera "Eugen Onegin" has been arranged for brass quintet by Kevin Thompson

putting up with my questions and so forth

Ives - Variations on "America" for Trombone Quintet Brass Ensemble Two Canzonas for 10-part BrassCharles Ives Variations on "America" has been artfully arranged by Charlie Vernon for Trombone Quintet of virtuoso performers. This work of about 8 minutes in length was composed and published in 1891 for Concert Organ at the time it was the de facto national anthem of the U. S. A. The work is based upon and inspired by America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee) an American patriotic song that uses the same melody as the national anthem of the United Kingdom