Trumpet Ensemble Music

Instrumentation- Trumpet quartet
Composer- Handel/trans.Chidester
Length- 2:05
Difficulty- M
Range – Low G to G just above staff
Endurance- 2
Finger technique- 2
Counting ability- 2
Ensemble difficulty- 2

This would be a first place at contest for sure. If it is played well! Few composers are as gifted as Bach and Handel at writing counterpoint and I think this is a very fine example. Each player has great lines to play and the interplay of the four is wonderful. This would be a number to train your players to read independently and at the same time think in a cooperative ensemble manner. In other words, “you have to think it, plat it and fit it” into the fabric.
The range is not a problem as well as the endurance. Do yourself a favor and put this in your library, you will thank me. This number sounds very professional but can easily be performed by most high school groups. You may wish to change the minor chord at the end to a major by raising the Bb to a B. This would program better and leave the judge with a more positive view of your group. If you do choose to alter the last chord, be sure to take it up with Handel before hand.

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Instrumentation- Trumpet quartet
Composer- Chidester
Length- 2:33
Difficulty- M
Range – Low F (alternate fingerings given) to high C
Endurance- 2
Finger technique- 2
Counting ability- 2
Ensemble difficulty- 2

I enjoy writing fugues for I find them very complicated and challenging. This one varies slightly at the end from a traditional fugue form in order to get a bigger ending. The last note in the fourth trumpet part is an F below the staff. To make this note possible, the player must push out their third slide to lower all notes using the third slide down one half step. All low Ds will then be fingered 2-3 and the final low F will be played with the fingering 1-2-3. If you are looking for something new for a recital or concert, this will do well. Every part has beautiful melodies which will keep the players interest.

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Instrumentation- Trumpet quartet
Composer- Clarke/arr.Chidester
Length- 2:15
Difficulty- D
Range – Low G to high C
Endurance- 2+
Finger technique- 3
Counting ability- 3
Ensemble difficulty- 3

This is the fifth technical study in the series and each seems to have a life all its own. When I begin an arrangement like this, I have no idea as to how it will begin or end. Each study seems to tell me what it wants. This one, like its predecessors, weaves back and forth among the four performers which makes it more interesting for everyone as well as take some of the pressure off one or two players. It was interesting to see how this arrangement eventually started sounding like the Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets. I found that the natural crescendo grew until the last fourth of the piece and at the climax; I decided to end with a cascade of suspensions, continuing to a very soft and peaceful ending. For all you theory people, please notice the use of simple and extended augmentation of the original motive at the end. I like this number and I’m looking forward to sharing it with my ensemble at our next rehearsal.

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Instrumentation- Trumpet Quartet
Composer- Ann./arr.Chidester
Length- 1:45 (without repeat)
Difficulty- MD
Range – Low G to A above staff
Endurance- 3
Finger technique- 2+
Counting ability- 3
Ensemble difficulty- 3

This could be just the right music for your Renaissance dinner. First and second parts are tiring. The third and fourth parts are easy. The most concern will be the constant change of time signatures which is typical of this period.

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Instrumentation- Trumpet Quartet
Composer- Rossini/arr.Chidester
Length- 3:03
Difficulty- D
Range – Low G to high C
Endurance- 3
Finger technique- 3
Counting ability- 3
Ensemble difficulty- 3

This is a great concert piece and has had very good reception at all of our concerts. It’s a real show stopper if you can get the tempo up. Each part is equally difficult. There is some very fast tonguing in the first and second parts. The time rehearsing this piece is well worth it.

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