Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass The driving tempo gives the

The driving tempo gives the music a menacing quality which will excite students and audiences

accents and mixed meters

Ranges and rhythms are well within the reach of 2nd year players

Written to sound more mature than it is

Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass The driving tempo gives theEastertide Brass Quintet arr. Jayson Gerth William Billings' music can be at times forceful and stirring, as in his patriotic song "Chester"; ecstatic, as in his hymn "Africa"; or elaborate and celebratory, as in his "Easter Anthem." (Eastertide). The latter sounds rather like a miniature Handelian chorus, sung a cappella. As might be expected from a composer who was very close to his roots in folk music, Billings' music shows a striking purity.