About Our Site
My name is Brad Howland, and I recently retired as Principal Trombone of the Victoria Symphony, a position I held for 35 years. I also did a lot of freelance work over the years, leading me to start Music for Brass.com with two goals in mind: 1. help brass musicians find great music for their gigs; 2. provide an educational resource for brass musicians, with articles by professional players.
We have published online brass music now for over 26 years, and the catalog has grown to 1000+ arrangements that can be immediately downloaded, printed, and played. We carefully inspect our arrangements before posting them, making sure they meet our standards of quality and "playability." Many have also been tested in performance before a variety of audiences.
It can be hard to know what you are going to get when buying music online, but we try to make this process as easy as possible by providing pdf samples, difficulty ratings, descriptions, recorded audio samples, or links to YouTube videos, SoundCloud, and iTunes.
In the catalog you'll see the instrumentation for each piece and an estimate of the difficulty level and range. For example:
- Easy (1 out of 5): suitable for all players
- Fairly Easy (2 out of 5): suitable for middle school level or high school players
- Medium Difficulty (3 out of 5): suitable for high school level or college players
- Moderate Difficulty (4 out of 5): suitable for college level or university players
- Difficult (5 out of 5): suitable for university level, advanced or professional players
We also offer an unconditional money-back guarantee. Please let us know if you are not 100% satisfied with your order and we will refund the full purchase price (we may ask you to sign and return a statement to us confirming that you deleted the downloaded files).
Our catalog is always growing. I hope you enjoy it and find it a useful source of music for brass. I invite you to explore the site, order some music, and have fun!
Best regards,
Brad Howland
Former Principal Trombone,
Victoria Symphony