For brass quintet
While appropriate at nearly any time of the year for performance in concert, recital or worship, these arrangements are especially fitting for observances at Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day, Veterans Day or other patriotic celebration.
- Amazing Grace — hymn tune “New Britain,” with bagpipes
- America (My Country, ’Tis of Thee) — attractively harmonized setting
- America the Beautiful — Samuel A. Ward’s hymn tune “Materna”
- An American Folk Hymn Medley — “Holy Manna,” “Restoration,” “Pleading Savior”
- “American Patrol” March — F.W. Meacham’s ever-popular march
- Battle Hymn of the Republic — American patriotic hymn based on 19th-century camp meeting song
- Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing — variations on the hymn tune, “Nettleton”
- Day is Done … Safely Rest (“Taps”) — America’s most revered bugle call, harmonized
- Down to the River to Pray — 19th-century American folk hymn popularized by folk/bluegrass performer Alison Kraus
- Eternal Father, Strong to Save — Navy Hymn / hymn tune “Melita” by J.B. Dykes
- The Morning Trumpet — rousing camp revival song from The Sacred Harp (1844)
- My Shepherd Will Supply My Need — reverent setting of an American folk hymn
- Shall We Gather at the River? — newly harmonized, contemplative setting of beloved gospel hymn
- The Star-Spangled Banner — straightforward arrangement of American national anthem, ideal for patriotic recitals and civic/community events
For solo trombone
- Let Us Break Bread Together (w/ organ) — African-American spiritual
- Meditation on “Wondrous Love” (w/organ) — folk hymn from Southern Harmony
- Prospect — American hymn tune (w/ piano) — lyrical tune from Southern Harmony
- Shenandoah (w/ flute and piano) — American folk song / sea shanty
For concert band
The Star-Spangled Banner — national anthem of the United States of America