Please note:  All of my music is available at no cost.  Please contact me at ray_braswell@me.com for preview copies. 

Instrumental works (orchestra, wind ensemble, small ensembles and solo) are listed below the choral works section.

(Latest choral, brass band, orchestral, wind ensemble and solos/small ensemble works) :

     •  Be Thou My Vision (brass band w/organ)

     •  Into the wind, sail (euphonium solo w/brass band)

     •  L'appassionata (flugelhorn solo w/brass band)
    
     •  Three Spirituals (for brass band)

     •  America the Beautiful (for brass band)

     •  Fanfare (for plastic brass)

     •  Sittin' on a cloud (for flute quintet w/contrabass flute)
      
     •  America the Beautiful (SSA/SATB)

     •  Too Many Days of Christmas (for middle school band)

     •  Three Ayres (SATB recorder quartet)

     •  Melted Popsicle Blues (clarinet choir)

     •  A Very Brass-y Christmas  (brass band)

     •   O God of Israel  (SATB and brass)

     •  The Pied Piper of Hamelin (SATB, soloists, piano, flute, bass and
        percussion)

     •  Ballade et Toccata (bassoon and piano)

     •  Unyoked is best (SATB)

     •  With Fanfares and Flourishes (brass band)

     •  March Triumphant and Thunderous (brass band)

     •  Tap Dancing Through the Gates of Heaven  (horn and trombone)

     •  as falls the snow (wind ensemble)

     •  as a blade of grass (viola and piano)

     •  of loveliness unremembered (SATB and organ)

     •  ... and celebration (clarinet choir)

     •  Lullaby Carols (SATB, piano, handbells, flutes, brass)

     •  Eternal Variations (3 part harp ensemble)

     •  ... et la femme sur le soleil (solo harp)

     •  Angels on the Head of a Pin (3 part harp ensemble)

     •  Dormi, Jesu (SATB and harp/piano (w/optional strings)

     •  una oración a Dios (alto solo and piano)

     •  O, kom er eens kijken (SATB and harp)

     •  Fantasia on Immortal, Invisible (for organ)

     •  The Tree of Song (for SATB and piano)

     •  March Aurora (for middle school band)

     •  Trio Sonata in G (3 movements) (for 2 flutes, cello and piano)

     •  A Psalm for Staying/A Psalm for Farewell  (for SATB, a cappella)

     •  In een Groen Knollenland (SATB, a cappella)

     •  Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (for choir, organ and
         handbells)

     •  The Minor Major's March (for band)

     •  Hill Songs (for brass octet)

     •  Poke Salad Polka (for polka band)

     •  Les Voix des Anges Déchus (Voices of the Fallen Angels) (for wind
         ensemble)

     •  Toccata for Band (for wind ensemble)

     •  Four Appalachian Folk Songs (for brass band)

     •  Symphony in 3 Movements for Brass Band  (for brass band)

     •  The Happy Wanderer (for brass band)

     •  Praise To The Lord (for trombone and organ)

     •  Psalm 8 (for SATB and organ)

     •  Proverbs 3: 5-6 (for SATB and piano)

     •  The Tree in the Wood (for wind ensemble)

     •  To the clouds (for 2 trombones and 2 tubas)

     •  Music for a special occasion (for brass quintet, timpani and organ)

     •  Варnа (for wind ensemble)

     •  Variations on a Southern Chorale (for brass band)

     •  Whippersnapper March  (for brass band)

     •  Letter to my Family (for TTBB and piano)  

     •  If Corelli Were a Baptist (for brass quartet and timpani)

     •  16 variations on a very short theme (for solo piano)

     •  Ask (for SATB and piano) 

     •  Night (for SATB and piano)

     •  Densk (for wind ensemble)

     •  Hymn Variants (for wind ensemble)

     •  Between light and darkness, there is... (for wind ensemble)

     •  With Resplendent Voices (for wind ensemble w/optional SATB chorus)

     •  Psalm 150 (for SATB and small ensemble)

     •  The Lion and The Lamb (for wind ensemble)

     •  Psalm 23 (for voice, flute and piano) 

     •  Finis (SATB a cappella) 

     •  Dances, Jigs and Flings (for woodwind quintet)

     •  String Quartet #1: Morganton, 1932 (for string quartet)

     •  O To Be Flying (for symphony orchestra)

      •  To The Mountains (for wind ensemble)
 

Choral Works  

•  I Will Not Forget You
A Mass for SATB and strings

(Organ reduction also available)

Mvt. 1:  Kyrie

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by Matthew Curtis.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

Mvt. 2:  Gloria

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by Matthew Curtis.

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Mvt. 3:  Credo

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Mvt. 4:  Sanctus

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Mvt. 5 Benedictus

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Mvt. 6:  Agnus Dei

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by Matthew Curtis.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

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•  America the Beautiful

For SSA (a cappella)

Also available for SATB

Written for The Caiman Crescendo Women's choir, director Jennifer McCormick 

Click HERE to hear this composition (coming soon)

•  O God of Israel

For SATB and Renaissance consort (brass quartet version also available)

Text from "Spem in alium"

Click HERE to hear this composition (coming soon)

•  The Pied Piper of Hamelin

For SATB, soloists, piano, flute, bass and percussion

Text from "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning

Click HERE to hear this composition.  (coming soon)

•  Unyoked is best

For SATB, a cappella

Text by Anna Bijns

Click HERE to hear this composition.  (coming soon)

•  of loveliness unremembered

For SATB and organ

Text from "In the Fishery of Souls" by Stella Davis

Click HERE to hear this composition.

     •  Lullaby Carols  

For SATB, piano, handbells, flutes, brass (optional oboe/clarinet/horn)

Click HERE to hear this composition.

      

•  Dormi, Jesu

For SATB and harp

Click HERE to hear this composition 

•  With Voices Resplendent

For SATB with brass and organ

Text from "For the Fallen" by Robert Laurence Binyon

Also available for SATB with wind ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

 

     •  una oración a Dios

For alto solo and piano 

Click HERE to hear this composition.

 

•  O, kom er eens kijken 
(O come and see, St. Nicholas Day Song)

For SATB with harp

Based upon a Dutch St. Nicholas Day Song, "O, kom er eens kijken"

Click HERE to hear this composition.

• The Tree of Song 

For SATB and piano.

In memory of my friend, Jeffry Jahn.

Based upon the poem "The Tree of Song" by Sara Teasdale.

Click HERE to hear this composition.

•  A Psalm for Staying

For SATB, a cappella

Based upon the poem "A Psalm for Staying" by Leo Vroman

Click HERE to hear this composition. 

•  A Psalm for Farewell

For SATB, a cappella

Based upon the poem "A Psalm for Farewell" by Leo Vroman

Click HERE to hear this composition.

•  In een Groen Knollenland

For SATB, a cappella

Based on the Dutch folk song "In een Groen Knollenland"

Click HERE to hear this composition.

•  Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

For SATB, organ and handbells

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Psalm 8

For SATB and organ

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

 

• Proverbs 3: 5-6

For SATB and piano

Click HERE to hear this composition

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Letter to my Family

For TTBB and piano

Text from a Civil War letter by Henry R. Hoyt, January 1, 1860

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Ask

For SATB and piano

Written for the Arizona Repertory Singers, Dr. Jeffry Jahn, director

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by the Arizona Repertory Singers

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Night

For SATB and piano

A choral piece without words

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by The First Readings Projects, J. David Moore, music director.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Psalm 150

For SATB and small ensemble (piano, flute, 2 trumpets, 2 violins, cello and percussion)

(Organ reduction available for string parts)

Based upon Psalm 150

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Psalm 23

For voice, flute and piano

Based upon Psalm 23

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

• Finis

SATB a cappella

Based upon the poem "Finis" by e. e. cummings

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Christmas Carol

SATB w/children's choir and piano

Based upon the poem "Christmas Carol" by Sara Teasdale

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

 

•  Snow

SATB w/flute, oboe, strings (optional) and piano

Based upon the poem "Snow" by Archibald Lampman

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

•  A Celtic Prayer

SATB w/harp and flute

Based upon a traditional Irish blessing.

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by Matthew Curtis.

Click HERE to hear the Finale version of this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

Three Poems
•  Silence

SATB w/piano

(Part 1 of "Three Poems")

Based upon the poem "NIght Song at Amalfi" by Sara Teasdale

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

• Gifts

SATB a cappella
(Part 2 of "Three Poems")

Based upon the poem "Gifts" by Sara Teasdale

Click HERE to hear this composition.

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• Joy

SATB w/piano
(Part 3 of "Three Poems")

Based upon the poem "Joy" by Sara Teasdale

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  A Million Stars

SATB w/piano

Based upon the poem "Ebb Tide" by Sara Teasdale

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  The Ride to Bumpville

SATB w/piano

Based upon the poem "The Ride to Bumpville" by Eugene Field

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by The First Readings Projects, J. David Moore, music director.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

•  Tell Them

SATB a cappella

Based upon the poem "Love's Caution" by William Henry Davies

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by Matthew Curtis.

Click HERE to hear this composition in Finale.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

•  There Will Come Soft Rains

AAAA w/piano (Yes, four alto parts)

(Also available in SSAA & SATB)

Based upon the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Eugene Field

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by Matthew Curtis.

Click HERE to hear the Finale version of this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.  

•  Clark Street Bridge

SATB w/piano

Text by Carl Sandburg (from his 'Chicago Poems')

•  The Home for Aged Altos

AAAA w/piano (4 Alto parts)

Text by Kit Grundstein and Jane Allison

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

 

•  A Forest Raised a Christmas Tree

SATB w/piano
(Also available in Russian)

Based upon a traditional Russian folk song

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

•  But They Who Wait

SATB w/brass quartet (or organ)

Based upon Isaiah 40:31

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

 •  Psalm 117

SATB w/handbells and piano

Hebrew text

Based upon Psalm 117 (Hebrew)

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Oh My Heart

SATB a cappella

A Country-Western motet

Based upon something silly I thought of on a walk with my dog

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Die aber auf den Herrn harren

Alto solo w/string quartet (or piano)

German text

Based upon Isaiah 40:31

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

•  Qui Autem Sperant

SSAA w/harp
(also available as SATB w/harp)

Latin text

Based upon Isaiah 40:31

Click HERE to hear this composition performed by the University of Michigan Women's Glee Club, Jaclyn Johnson, conductor.

Click HERE to hear this composition (Finale file).

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

Instrumental Works

•  Be Thou My Vision

For brass band with organ

Also available for brass band alone   

Click HERE to hear this composition. (coming soon)

•  Into the wind, sail

Euphonium solo w/brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition. (coming soon)

 •  L'apassionata 

 Flugelhorn solo w/brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition.

 • Three Spirituals

"John saw the number"

"My Lord, what a morning"

"Every time I feel the spirit"

For brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition. (coming soon)

     •  America the Beautiful

For brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition. (coming soon)

     

•  Fanfare

Written for the Plastic Brass 2017 Fundraiser for the Milton Keynes Centre for Integrated Living

 
•  Sittin' on a cloud

For flute quintet (featuring contrabass flute)

Click HERE to hear this composition. (coming soon)

•  America the Beautiful

For flute or clarinet quartet

Click HERE to hear this composition. (coming soon)

•  Too Many Days of Christmas  

For middle school band (Grade III)

     •  Three Ayres 

For SATB recorder quartet

Click HERE to hear this composition. (coming soon)

•  Melted Popsicle Blues

For clarinet choir

Click HERE to hear this composition.

  

•  A Very Brass-y Christmas

For brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition

•  Ballade and Toccata

For bassoon and piano

Cilck HERE to hear this composition.  (coming soon)

•  With Fanfares and Flourishes

For British brass band 

Click HERE to hear this composition.

     •  Tap Dancing Through the Gates of Heaven 

For horn and trombone

Click HERE to hear this composition. 

 

•  March Triumphant and Thunderous

For British brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition.

•  as falls the snow

For wind ensemble

(An orchestral version is also available)

Click HERE to hear this composition.

•  as a blade of grass

For viola and piano 

Written for Luis Alverón in memory of his friend, Nam Dang

•  ... and celebration   

For clarinet choir

Click HERE to hear this composition. 

 •  Eternal Variations 

For 3 part harp ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

•  ... et la femme sur le soleil

For solo harp

Click HERE to hear this composition.

•  Angels on the Head of a Pin

For 3 part harp ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

•  Fantasia on Immortal, Invisible

For organ

Click HERE to hear this composition.

• March Aurora 

For middle school band (Grade III)

Click HERE to hear this composition.

 •  Trio Sonata in G (3 movements) 

For 2 flutes, cello and piano

Movement 1:

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Movement 2:

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Movement 3:

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•  The Minor Major's March

For band (Grade III)

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Hill Songs

For brass octet (3 trumpets, 1 horn, 3 trombones, 1 tuba)

Movement 1:  The Gathering
Click HERE to hear this composition.

Movement 2:  Variations on a Whitley Theme
Click HERE to hear this composition.

Movement 3:  Hymn
Click HERE to hear this composition.

Movement 4:  Vir-gin-ee-a Real
Click HERE to hear this composition.

•  Poke Salad Polka

For polka band

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Les Voix Des Anges Déchus
   (Voices of the Fallen Angels)

For wind ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

• Toccata for Band

For wind ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Four Appalachian Folk Songs

For brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Symphony in 3 Movements for Brass Band

For brass band

Movement 1:  Awakening

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

Movement 2:  Solitude

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

Movement 3:  Agitation

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.   

•  The Happy Wanderer

An encore piece for brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Praise To The Lord

A short offertory for trombone and organ

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  The Tree in the Wood

For wind ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

•  To the clouds

For two trombones and two tubas

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Music for a special occasion

For brass quintet, timpani and organ

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Bapna

For wind ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Variations on a Southern Chorale

For brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Whippersnapper March

For brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  If Corelli Were a Baptist

  

For brass quartet (two trumpets, french horn and trombone) and timpani

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  16 variations on a very short theme

For solo piano

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Densk

For wind ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Hymn Variants

For wind ensemble

Based upon "Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal"

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Between light and darkness, there is...

For wind ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  With Voices Resplendent

For wind ensemble (with SATB chorus)
Also available for brass and organ (with SATB chorus)

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  The Lion and The Lamb

For wind ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Dances, Jigs and Flings

For woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon)

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  String Quartet #1: Morganton, 1932

For string quartet (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello)

Mvt 1:

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Mvt 2:

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Mvt 3:

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Mvt 4:

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• O To Be Flying

For symphony orchestra

Music for to accompany video from Olympic National Park
(Video available on request)

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Click HERE for the first page of the score.

 

•  To The Mountains

A symphonic overture for wind ensemble

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

•  Suite for Band

For brass band

I.  Fanfare Variations
Click HERE to hear this composition.
Click HERE for the first page of the score.

II.  Riversong - Nightfall
Click HERE to hear this composition.
Click HERE for the first page of the score.

III.  Jack Whidbey's Folly
Click HERE to hear this composition.
Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

•  Five Variations

For brass band

Click HERE to hear this composition.

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•  Ding Dong, Merrily on High

Full orchestra

Based on the traditional Christmas carol

Click HERE to hear the composition.

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•  Danzon Cubano

Full orchestra

For Dr. John Blakemore and the Grand Rapids Christian High School Orchestra

Click HERE to hear this composition.

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•  Variations on a Whitley Theme

Brass quartet (Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, French Horn, Trombone)

Click HERE to hear this composition.

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•  Variations on a Simple Tune

Flute w/strings

Click HERE to hear this composition.

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•  Sonata for flute and piano

Mvt 1 (Toccata)

Flute and piano

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•  Sonata for flute and piano
Mvt 2

Flute and piano

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•  Sonata for flute and piano 
Mvt 3

Flute and piano

Click HERE to hear this composition.

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•  Four Variations for Flute and Piano

Flute and Piano

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score. 

•  Fanfare Variations

For two trumpets and organ

(Also available for brass quartet - Tpt 1, Tpt2, Tbone, Tuba)

Click HERE to hear this composition.

Click HERE for the first page of the score.

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All compositions © 2012 - 2014 Ray Braswell

Please contact me at ray_braswell@icloud.com for preview copies. 

The first page of each composition is available on Scribd.  
   
Sound files created in Finale.

Matthew Curtis performances courtesy of ChoralTracks (choraltracks.com).