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
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Click HERE to hear this composition performed by Matthew Curtis.
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• O, kom er eens kijken
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
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• America the Beautiful
• O God of Israel
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin
• Unyoked is best
• of loveliness unremembered
• Lullaby Carols
• Dormi, Jesu
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• una oración a Dios
• 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"
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For SATB, soloists, piano, flute, bass and percussion
Text from "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning
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For SATB, a cappella
Text by Anna Bijns
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• of loveliness unremembered
For SATB and organ
Text from "In the Fishery of Souls" by Stella Davis
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Text from "In the Fishery of Souls" by Stella Davis
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• Lullaby Carols
For SATB, piano, handbells, flutes, brass (optional oboe/clarinet/horn)
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• Dormi, Jesu
For SATB and harp
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For SATB with brass and organ
Text from "For the Fallen" by Robert Laurence Binyon
Also available for SATB with wind ensemble
• 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
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• una oración a Dios
For alto solo and piano
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(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"
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• 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.
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For SATB, a cappella
Based upon the poem "A Psalm for Staying" by Leo Vroman
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• A Psalm for Farewell
For SATB, a cappella
Based upon the poem "A Psalm for Farewell" by Leo Vroman
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• In een Groen Knollenland
For SATB, a cappella
Based on the Dutch folk song "In een Groen Knollenland"
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• Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
For SATB, organ and handbells
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• Psalm 8
For SATB and organ
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• Proverbs 3: 5-6
For SATB and piano
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• Letter to my Family
For TTBB and piano
Text from a Civil War letter by Henry R. Hoyt, January 1, 1860
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• Ask
For SATB and piano
Written for the Arizona Repertory Singers, Dr. Jeffry Jahn, director
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• 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 to hear this composition performed by The First Readings Projects, J. David Moore, music director.
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• 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
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• Psalm 23
For voice, flute and piano
Based upon Psalm 23
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• Finis
SATB a cappella
Based upon the poem "Finis" by e. e. cummings
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SATB w/children's choir and piano
Based upon the poem "Christmas Carol" by Sara Teasdale
Based upon the poem "Christmas Carol" by Sara Teasdale
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• Snow
SATB w/flute, oboe, strings (optional) and piano
Based upon the poem "Snow" by Archibald Lampman
Based upon the poem "Snow" by Archibald Lampman
• A Celtic Prayer
SATB w/harp and flute
Based upon a traditional Irish blessing.
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Three Poems
• Silence
SATB w/piano
• GiftsSATB a cappella
(Part 2 of "Three Poems")
Based upon the poem "Gifts" by Sara Teasdale
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• Joy
SATB w/piano
(Part 3 of "Three Poems")
Based upon the poem "Joy" by Sara Teasdale
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• A Million Stars
SATB w/piano
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• The Ride to Bumpville
SATB w/piano
Based upon the poem "The Ride to Bumpville" by Eugene Field
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• Tell Them
SATB a cappella
Based upon the poem "Love's Caution" by William Henry Davies
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• There Will Come Soft Rains
AAAA w/piano (Yes, four alto parts)
(Also available in SSAA & SATB)
Text by Carl Sandburg (from his 'Chicago Poems')
• The Home for Aged Altos
Text by Kit Grundstein and Jane Allison
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SATB w/piano
(Also available in Russian)
Based upon a traditional Russian folk song
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• But They Who Wait
SATB w/brass quartet (or organ)
Based upon Isaiah 40:31
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SATB w/handbells and piano
Hebrew text
Based upon Psalm 117 (Hebrew)
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• Oh My Heart
SATB a cappella
A Country-Western motet
Based upon something silly I thought of on a walk with my dog
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Alto solo w/string quartet (or piano)
German text
Based upon Isaiah 40:31
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• 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).
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Instrumental Works
Based upon the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Eugene Field
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• 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
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• A Forest Raised a Christmas Tree
SATB w/piano
(Also available in Russian)
Based upon a traditional Russian folk song
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• But They Who Wait
SATB w/brass quartet (or organ)
Based upon Isaiah 40:31
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• Psalm 117
SATB w/handbells and piano
Hebrew text
Based upon Psalm 117 (Hebrew)
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• Oh My Heart
SATB a cappella
A Country-Western motet
Based upon something silly I thought of on a walk with my dog
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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
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• 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.
• 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
• L'apassionata
"John saw the number"
"My Lord, what a morning"
"Every time I feel the spirit"
For brass band
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• America the Beautiful
For brass band
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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)
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Click HERE to hear this composition. (coming soon)
• America the Beautiful
For flute or clarinet quartet
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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
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Click HERE to hear this composition. (coming soon)
• Melted Popsicle Blues
For brass band
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• Ballade and Toccata
For bassoon and piano
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• With Fanfares and Flourishes
For British brass band
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For horn and trombone
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• Tap Dancing Through the Gates of Heaven
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• March Triumphant and Thunderous
For British brass band
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• as falls the snow
For wind ensemble
(An orchestral version is also available)
(An orchestral version is also available)
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• 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
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• Eternal Variations
For 3 part harp ensemble
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• ... et la femme sur le soleil
For solo harp
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• Angels on the Head of a Pin
For 3 part harp ensemble
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• Fantasia on Immortal, Invisible
For organ
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• March Aurora
For middle school band (Grade III)
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• Trio Sonata in G (3 movements)
For 2 flutes, cello and piano
Movement 1:
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Movement 2:
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Movement 3:
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• The Minor Major's March
For band (Grade III)
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• Hill Songs
For brass octet (3 trumpets, 1 horn, 3 trombones, 1 tuba)
Movement 1: The Gathering
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Movement 2: Variations on a Whitley Theme
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Movement 3: Hymn
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Movement 4: Vir-gin-ee-a Real
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Movement 2: Variations on a Whitley Theme
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Movement 3: Hymn
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Movement 4: Vir-gin-ee-a Real
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• Poke Salad Polka
For polka band
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• Les Voix Des Anges Déchus
(Voices of the Fallen Angels)
For wind ensemble
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• Toccata for Band
For wind ensemble
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• Four Appalachian Folk Songs
For brass band
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• Symphony in 3 Movements for Brass Band
For brass band
Movement 1: Awakening
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Movement 2: Solitude
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Movement 3: Agitation
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• The Happy Wanderer
An encore piece for brass band
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• Praise To The Lord
A short offertory for trombone and organ
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• The Tree in the Wood
For wind ensemble
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• To the clouds
For two trombones and two tubas
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• Music for a special occasion
For brass quintet, timpani and organ
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• Bapna
For wind ensemble
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• Variations on a Southern Chorale
For brass band
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• Whippersnapper March
For brass band
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• If Corelli Were a Baptist
For brass quartet (two trumpets, french horn and trombone) and timpani
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• 16 variations on a very short theme
For solo piano
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For wind ensemble
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• Hymn Variants
For wind ensemble
Based upon "Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal"
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• Between light and darkness, there is...
For wind ensemble
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• With Voices Resplendent
For wind ensemble (with SATB chorus)
Also available for brass and organ (with SATB chorus)
Also available for brass and organ (with SATB chorus)
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• The Lion and The Lamb
For wind ensemble
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• Dances, Jigs and Flings
For woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon)
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• 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)
(Video available on request)
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• To The Mountains
A symphonic overture for wind ensemble
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• Suite for Band
For brass band
I. Fanfare Variations
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II. Riversong - Nightfall
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III. Jack Whidbey's Folly
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• Five Variations
• Ding Dong, Merrily on High
Full orchestra
Based on the traditional Christmas carol
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• Danzon Cubano
Full orchestra
For Dr. John Blakemore and the Grand Rapids Christian High School Orchestra
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• Sonata for flute and piano
Mvt 1 (Toccata)
• Sonata for flute and piano
Mvt 2
• Sonata for flute and piano
Mvt 3
• Four Variations for Flute and Piano
Flute and Piano
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• Fanfare Variations
For two trumpets and organ
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).