Brass Band

Barcelona

In 1987, Montserrat Caballé met with Freddie Mercury to discuss the production of a new song for the forthcoming 1992 Olympics to be held in Barcelona. From this meeting both agreed to produce an album titled: "Barcelona" - the title track of the...

California Dreaming - Cornet Solo

California Dreaming was written in 1963 while John Philips and Michelle Philips were living in New York.  John dreamed about the song and woke Michelle up to help him write it.  At the time, John an Michelle were members of the folk group The...

Don't Rain on my Parade

'Don't Rain on my Parade' is a popular song from the 1964 musical 'Funny Girl'. It was also featured in the  1968 movie version of the musical. Both the movie and original stage versions of the song feature Barbra Streisand.  In 2004 the song...

God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

'God Put a Smile Upon Your Face' was written by all members of the band Coldplay for their second studio album 'A Rush of Blood to the Head'. Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin said: "The song came out of playing live and wanting to have something with a bit...

Italia

This is a superb arrangement of the Chris Botti, David Foster & Lorenzo Cherubini work by Adam DJ Taylor Written as a cornet and Trombone duet you can hear Andy MacDonald and Adam DJ Taylor play this with the Wingates band on the You Tube link...

Korobeiniki - Russian Traditional

"Korobeiniki" is a nineteenth-century Russian folk song that tells the story of a meeting between a peddler and  a girl, describing their haggling over goods in a veiled metaphor for courtship.  Outside of Russia, "Korobeiniki" is widely known...

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Let all mortal flesh keep silence and stand with fear and trembling,  and lift itself above all earthly thought.   For the King of kings and Lord of lords, Christ our God,  cometh forth to be our oblation,  and to be given for Food to...

Mary Did You Know

Upon being asked to write a Christmas musical for his church, Mark Lowry penned a series of monologues based on Christmas Songs including a conversation with Mary about the birth and life of her Son,  Jesus.   Lowry worked on the lyrics for...

Millionaires Waltz

What a brilliant arrangement of this Queen work by Adam DJ Taylor. From the 1976 album "A Day at the Races"  only Queen could do a Rock Opera Waltz style and Adam has captured this fantastically. Have a look at the score extract to see what a...

Romance - Euphonium Solo

Edward Elgar Arranged by Adam DJ Taylor  

Tell me its not true

Blood Brothers is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Willy Russell.  The story is a contemporary nature versus nurture plot, revolving around  fraternal twins Mickey and Eddie, who were separated at birth and one raised  in a...

The Egg Travels

A brand new arrangement from Adam DJ Taylor.  This is the main theme from Disney's film Dinosaur. James Newton Howard created superb work and Adams armament is suitable for youth to championship section bands.