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Quintet wedding music
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:28 am
by Tortuba
My daughter is getting married in October and I have asked some of my community band members to pull together a quintet to play before and after the ceremony. Total playing time will be under 45 minutes. This is a paying gig, black tie/tux, and the musicians are better than average.
Can anyone recommend, or direct me to source for, a collection of appropriate wedding music for quintet? Light classical and maybe some hymns would be good. Also a collection of some recent pop tunes. Nothing too heavy, this is a celebration after all.
Thanks
Keith,
Toronto
Re: Quintet wedding music
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:38 am
by csaevig
The Canadian Brass has a book of wedding music...check this out.
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/The ... ss/5040054" target="_blank
Re: Quintet wedding music
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:24 am
by BVD Press
Re: Quintet wedding music
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:26 am
by mammoth2ba
BVD Press has many arrangements for brass quintet:
http://www.bvdpress.com" target="_blank
Boulder Brass Publications sells wedding and "ceremonial" quintet collections:
http://www.boulderbrass.org/collections.htm" target="_blank
......or you could Google:
brass quintet wedding sheet music
and check out the 119,999 other suggestions available........
Re: Quintet wedding music
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:50 pm
by TomMxEdit
Hey Keith,
How about having some of those talented community band members try their hand at composing new music for the wedding? Give them the parameters and let them run with it.
Tom
Re: Quintet wedding music
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:05 pm
by DelVento
Use Sibelius Music....much cheaper (sometimes free) and MUCH better arrangements most of the time.
Re: Quintet wedding music
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:08 pm
by imperialbari
In how many US states are quintet weddings legal?
K
Re: Quintet wedding music
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:36 am
by Mudman
Here is a great collection of wedding and ceremonial music. It is published by Aardworks, a company in Nashville that is owned by Nashville-Symphony Tubist, Gilbert Long. This is the only book you will need to use at a typical wedding or commencement gig.
A huge advantage of the Aardworks quintet music is that rests are thoughtfully included in each part, so that long processionals don't eat up the face (unlike some of the Robert King transcriptions).
One gig will easily cover the cost of these books. I've used them many times at weddings and commencement ceremonies, and my students have used them on numerous gigs. I'm not getting any kind of cut for this endorsement. These are great books, and if you are going to buy music, why not help support the efforts of a tuba player (Gil Long)?
http://www.aardworks.com/index.cfm" target="_blank
http://www.aardworks.com/detail.cfm/ite ... 9D61B30CF5" target="_blank
Re: Quintet wedding music
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:39 am
by skeath
http://www.highlandmusicpress.com
Excellent arrangements by a professional hornist, but solid players required.
Re: Quintet wedding music
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:31 am
by BVD Press
Mudman wrote:Here is a great collection of wedding and ceremonial music. It is published by Aardworks, a company in Nashville that is owned by Nashville-Symphony Tubist, Gilbert Long. This is the only book you will need to use at a typical wedding or commencement gig.
A huge advantage of the Aardworks quintet music is that rests are thoughtfully included in each part, so that long processionals don't eat up the face (unlike some of the Robert King transcriptions).
One gig will easily cover the cost of these books. I've used them many times at weddings and commencement ceremonies, and my students have used them on numerous gigs. I'm not getting any kind of cut for this endorsement. These are great books, and if you are going to buy music, why not help support the efforts of a tuba player (Gil Long)?
http://www.aardworks.com/index.cfm" target="_blank" target="_blank
http://www.aardworks.com/detail.cfm/ite ... 9D61B30CF5" target="_blank" target="_blank
I second this book as well. Good stuff and Gil is a heck of a nice guy!