Today we discussed repertoire that might be appropriate for a collegiate brass choir. As I mentioned, there are often several challenges to forming a brass choir; repertoire, scheduling, and instrumentation to name a few. Below is a list of suggested original works for brass choir you might consider. There are many excellent arrangements of works by Wagner, Strauss, Rimsky-Korsakov, et. al, but I focussed on original works.
Fisher Tull - The Binding, Commendation, Liturgical Symphony, Quodlibet, Soundings, Variations on an Advent Hymn
Alfred Reed - Symphony for Brass and Percussion, Othello; Symphonic Portrait for Brass Ensemble
Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man, Ceremonial Fanfare
Karel Husa - Divertemento
Walingford Riegger - Music for Brass Choir, Op.45 (1949, Nonet for Brass (1951)
Guther Schuller - Symphony for Brass and Percussion (1950)
Raymond Premru
Joseph Turrin
Hovhaness - Link to List of Wind and Brass Music
Eric Ewazen - Symphony in Brass, A Western Fanfare, Grand Canyon Sinfonia, Front Range Fanfare
David Felder - Incendio, Shredder
Editions BIM - Music for Brass Ensemble (including works by Howarth, Koetsier, Plog and Sampson)
We also listened to parts of my YouTube playlist "Brass Choir Music". I have embedded the whole playlist here:
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