Boulder Brass Publications

09/25/2024

1917 Russia - the last year Rachmaninoff spent there before emigrating first to Denmark, and then Sweden, and finally to the US in 1918. His Op. 39 Etudes were likely completed in 1916 and there are several favorites in this group batch. I arranged a couple of them for a Boulder Brass concert in 2011. This one - Allegro moderato, Tempo di marcia - is a clean up and rebrand today, with a halfway decent rendering using NOTE Performer.

Lots of my brass ensemble scores can be found on the Boulder Brass YouTube channel.

Sergei Rachmaninoffarranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael AllenB flat Piccolo Trumpet, E flat Trumpet, B flat Trumpet, Flugelhorn, 2 Horns, 2 Tenor Tr...

09/14/2024

Manuel de Fallaarranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael AllenB flat Piccolo Trumpet, 2 Trumpets in B flat, Flugelhorn, 2 Horns, 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass ...

09/05/2024

Serge Rachmaninoffarranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael Allen2 Trumpets in C, 2 Flugelhorns, 2 Horns, 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Tu...

08/22/2024

Claude Debussyfrom Suite Bergamasque, arranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael Allen (Trumpet in E flat, 2 Trumpets in B flat, Flugelhorn, 2 Horns, 2 Te...

08/19/2024

Ralph Vaughan Williamsarranged for large brass ensemble (644.12 timpani) by Michael AllenTrumpets are Piccolo in B flat, Trumpet in E flat, 2 Trumpets in C, ...

07/13/2024

Back to my roots - so to speak. This is one of those charts that has been in my "in progress" folder for about 20 years. Finally looked at it with fresh eyes and ears today and finished it up. Writing for brass quintet again felt like having dinner with an old friend.

ChrysanthemumsComposed in 1870 by Giacomo Puccini for string quartetarranged for brass quintet by Michael Allen2 Trumpets in B flat (I recommend cornet on th...

06/19/2024

Hot off the press.

Maurice Ravelarranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael AllenTrumpets are 3 Trumpets in C (one doubles on Piccolo, another doubles on Flugelhorn) & Flugel...

06/14/2024

Giacomo Puccini, from Act III of Manon Lescautarranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael AllenTrumpets are Piccolo in A, 2 Trumpets in C & FlugelhornCopyr...

06/09/2024

Quando me'n vo from Act II of La BohemeGiacomo Pucciniarranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael AllenTrumpets are in E flat, B flat (doubling on piccolo)...

06/07/2024

Found a bug. Exterminated it. This is a repost of a score demo posted in February - new video is made on new computer gear.

Sir Edward Elgar, Opus 15, No. 2arranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael Allen2 Trumpets in C (one doubles on Piccolo) 2 Flugelhorns, 2 Horns, 2 Tenor T...

05/30/2024

Give it a spin.

Johannes Brahmsarranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael AllenTrumpets are in E flat, B flat (doubling on Piccolo in B flat), B flat, FlugelhornCopyright...

05/28/2024

Excerpts from Turandot by Giacomo Pucciniarranged for large brass ensemble by Michael Allen444.12 timp, 3 percussion (Trumpets are A Piccolo, E flat, C, Flug...

12/18/2023

Complete suite forthcoming.

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)arranged for 423.11 brass ensemble by Michael Allen(Trumpet in E flat, 2 B flat Trumpets, Flugelhorn, 2 Horns, 2 Tenor Tr...

11/07/2023

Art of Sound Music Liebestod - Finale of Act III of Tristan und Isolde 644.11 [BB-BE231024] - Isolde's famous and heart-wrenching Love Death aria ("Mild und leise" translates to softly and gently) from the finale of Tristan und Isolde.  This is often paired in concert with the Prelude to Act I. For...

10/29/2023

Richard Wagner, arranged for large brass ensemble by Michael Allen4 Trumpets (2 Piccolos in A, 2 C Trumpets), 2 Flugelhorns, 4 Horns, 2 Tenor Trombones, 2 Ba...

10/16/2023

While I was on the road with the Dallas Brass (spring of 1987), I wrote an arrangement for the Summit Brass sitting in a hotel room in northern Iowa somewhere. SB recorded it later that summer on Toccata & Fugue (DCD 101). That arrangement was the origin story of Boulder Brass Publications as well as a piece of the origin story for Summit Records.

I took it out of the catalog 20 years ago (don't remember why) and then lost track of my files (and the original hand copied score and parts). I'm sure they are around here somewhere, but it's only 68 bars of music and I have 35 years of experience doing these things. So I decided to rearrange the original yesterday. Here 'tis.

Johann Sebastian Bacharranged by Michael for large brass ensemble443.11 (Trumpets are B flat Piccolo, E flat Trumpet, B flat Trumpet, Flugelhorn), 4 Horns, 3...

10/02/2023

Art of Sound Music Footprints in the Snow [BB-BE220620] - "Des pas sur la niege" (Footprints in the snow) is the sixth piece in Debussy's first book of preludes for solo piano.  This beautiful arrangement for perfectly captures the melancholy, stark landscape painted in the original composition. Fo...

10/02/2023

Art of Sound Music La Puerta del Vino 444.12 [BB-BE220618] - This is an arrangement of Prelude 3, from Book II which was originally published in Paris on April 19, 1913, just six weeks before Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps scandal. La puerta del vino is written about the one of the gates of th...

09/30/2023

Grainger - Shepherd's Hey!

Setting by Percy Aldridge Graingerarranged for large brass ensemble (444.12 timp, perc) by Michael AllenCopyright © 2023 Boulder Brass Publications. All Righ...

09/22/2023

Art of Sound Music The Rite of Spring/Le Sacre du Printemps – Part 1 [BB-BE230722a] - For 784.12 Brass ensemble, 2 Timpani players and percussion Piccolo Trumpet in 1 in B♭ Trumpet 2 in E♭ Trumpet 3 & 4 in B♭ 2 Flugelhorns Bass Trumpet in B♭  8 Horns in F 3 Trombones Bass Trombone Euphoniu...

09/15/2023

Art of Sound Music The Rite of Spring/Le Sacre du Printemps – Part 2 [BB-BE230722b] - For 784.12 Brass ensemble, 2 Timpani players and percussion Piccolo Trumpet in 1 in B♭ Trumpet 2 in E♭ Trumpet 3 & 4 in B♭ 2 Flugelhorns Bass Trumpet in B♭  8 Horns in F 3 Trombones Bass Trombone Euphoniu...

08/12/2023

Igor Stravinskyarranged for LARGE brass ensemble by Michael Allen7 trumpets (piccolo, e flat w/ alternate c part, 2 b flat w/ alternate c parts, 2 flugelhorn...

06/15/2023

Art of Sound Music Excerpts form A London Symphony [BB-BE121231] - A London Symphony is the second symphony that Ralph Vaughan Williams composed. First performed in 1914, Vaughan Williams continued revisions of the work into its final definitive form, which was published in 1936.  It is dedicated t...

06/15/2023

Art of Sound Music Prelude to Act I of Tristan und Isolde [BB-BE230304] - Prelude to Act I of Tristan und Isolde For 14 piece brass ensemble (444.11) and percussion Instrumentation: Piccolo Trumpet 1 in A Trumpet 2 and 3 in C Flugelhorn 4 Horns 3 Trombones Bass Trombone Euphonium Tuba Timpani   T...

02/25/2023

Music by Ralph Vaughan WilliamsExcerpts for brass ensemble arranged into a tidy 15 minutes by Michael Allen4 Trumpets (e flat, piccolo, b flat, flugelhorn), ...