Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass Audio and Score

Audio and Score

John Newsome

Written to sound more mature than it is

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

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

Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass Audio and ScoreEastertide 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.