Ewazen's music seems to "touch a chord" with a great many musicians and listeners. His harmonic/melodic style pleases the ear and moves the heart, and musicians enjoy performing Ewazen as much as audiences appreciate hearing him. A search of YouTube, for instance, reveals well over 500 results, some of which we point to here.

We are pleased to announce the availability of the following works by Eric Ewazen.

HORN

Bridge of Dreams
8 Horns
Written for a group of top-level horn players in Japan, Bridge of Dreams takes inspiration from four paintings on display in New York City, half a world away. Ewazen discusses briefly his impressions of each painting, as a way of describing the musical settings of the four movements. Enjoy this YouTube video of a young horn ensemble, performing the first movement. (Other movements also available.) For advanced performers.
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114-41455 - Complete Set - $103.99  Add to Cart
114-41455S - Score - $38.99  Add to Cart
114-41455M - Set of Parts - $74.99  Add to Cart
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High Desert Octet
Eight Horns
For this horn ensemble, Ewazen finds genesis in quite a different setting - Las Vegas and environs. The Valley of Fire reflects the color and intensity of its namesake; Those Who Came Before is more reflective, a sense of wonder at civilizations long gone; and Neon Eldorado captures the man-made wonder that is Vegas, through high energy jazzy joy. For advanced performers.
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114-41473 - Complete Set - $111.99  Add to Cart
114-41473S - Score - $34.99  Add to Cart
114-41473M - Set of Parts - $87.99  Add to Cart
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Woodland Quartet
Four Horns
Woodland Quartet is Ewazen's first composition for four horns, commissioned by the Liège Quartet and The International Horn Society. He happily explores the sonority, dynamics, and interplay among the parts, with three distinctly different movements. For advanced performers.
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114-41497 - Complete Set - $64.99  Add to Cart
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TRUMPET

Emerald Rhapsody
Three C Trumpets, Piano
Piano reduction of the incredible fanfare for three trumpets and orchestra. See a YouTube excerpt from the 2006 ITG performance and follow along with the score.
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114-41531 – Score and Parts – $38.95  Add to Cart
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TROMBONE

Palmetto Suite
Alto Trombone, Piano
Written for principal trombonist Ronald Barron (Boston Symphony), and Ewazen's first composition expressly for the alto trombone, Palmetto Suite is inspired by and reflects the beauty of the low country of the Charleston (SC) coastal region. Barron has recorded the world premiere on his album, The Return of the Alto (Boston Brass Series). For advanced performers. Dur.: 20'
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114-41476 – $34.95  Add to Cart
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Midlands Melody
Bass Trombone, Piano
On a trip to hear Jonathan Warburton's performance of Ewazen's Concerto for Bass Trombone, the composer was introduced to that part of England called the Midlands. The beautiful scenery and the influence of Warburton led to this stellar trombone solo, now quickly becoming a staple of the repertoire. For intermediate to advanced.
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114-41474 – $16.95  Add to Cart
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Eaglehawk
Two Trombones and Bass Trombone
Ewazen found himself truly a "captive audience" to three trombonist friends during a winter blizzard. While the storm raged outside and the trombonists played through their repertoire, Ewazen was inspired to write Eaglehawk for these very forces, in memory of the moment. For intermediate to advanced.
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114-41464 – Complete Set – $22.95  Add to Cart
114-41464S – Score – $18.95  Add to Cart
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Emerald Rhapsody
Three Trombones, Piano
Ewazen's arrangement for trombones of the original for three trumpets and orchestra (above).
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114-41466 – Score and Parts – $29.95  Add to Cart
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Canto di Lutto, Danza della Vita
Three Trombones and Bass Trombone
Ewazen contemplates a natural disaster touching a small town in Italy, and writes of "the pathos of loss, an acceptance of tragedy, and a willingness to go on... to survive." The trombone quartet perfectly captures these elements. For advanced performers.
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114-41457 – Complete Set – $44.95  Add to Cart
114-41457S – Score – $19.95  Add to Cart
114-41457M – Set of Parts – $34.95  Add to Cart
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Scènes de Flandres
Three Trombones, Bass Trombone
Written for the trombone quartet TrombonissimO, Scènes de Flandres depicts four separate images or events from "a lovely, historic area of France," ranging from the raucous (a parade of wooden giants) to the somber (battlefields and rows of crosses from WWI and WWII) to the search for victory (a cycling race to Paris). For advanced performers. Dur.: 20'
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114-41480 – $60.95  Add to Cart
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A Duet for Our Time
Eight Trombones
Ewazen takes his Palisades Suite (A Trio for Our Time) and fashions a duet for solo tenor trombone and solo bass trombone, with trombone sextet in support. The material reflects the tenuous beginnings of the 21st century ("Our Time"), from the attack of 9/11, the ongoing wars, and, overall, the transcendence of the human spirit. For advanced performers.
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114-41450 - Complete Set - $111.99  Add to Cart
114-41450S - Score - $46.99  Add to Cart
114-41450M - Set of Parts - $85.99  Add to Cart
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Encomium
Ten Trombones (2x [4Tbn., BTbn.])
Ewazen's double trombone quintet was composed in memoriam for the late Glenn Dodson, and "reflects (Dodson's) lively spirit" and the "singing sounds" of his instrument. Its first performance was given by a group of former students at a memorial concert, celebrating the life of the former principal trombonist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Ewazen points, in particular, to a fugue section in the work, fittingly based upon the Tuba Mirum from Mozart's Requiem. For advanced performers.
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114-41467 – Complete Set – $81.95  Add to Cart
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114-41467M – Set of Parts – $70.95  Add to Cart
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MIXED BRASS ENSEMBLE

Double Concerto
Trumpet, Trombone, and Piano reduction
The Ewazen Double Concerto is now available in piano reduction, as recorded by Niklas Eklund (trumpet), James Lebens (trombone), and the composer on piano. Ewazen was delighted, as he says, to write for trumpet and trombone in an orchestral setting, and this piano reduction now brings his Concerto to recital programs.
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114-41463 - Set of Parts - $60.99  Add to Cart

Trio for Trombone, Tuba, and Piano
Trombone, Tuba, Piano
Ewazen refers to himself as a long-time fan of the low brass, which he finds particularly attractive, and of the virtuosic playing he has heard over many years. Here, three movements allow the low brass to dance, to sing, and to fly, an unusual setting for instruments normally used in "grand, dramatic fanfares." For advanced performers. Dur.: 18'
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114-41493 - Score and Parts - $48.99  Add to Cart
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Bachauer Fanfare
Brass Quintet
Chosen as the opening fanfare of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition (The Juilliard School), Ewazen's Bachauer Fanfare can be seen on YouTube, as performed by the Vandalay Brass.
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114-41453 – Complete Set – $28.95  Add to Cart
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Basso Cantante
Six Euphoniums, Six Tubas
Writing for R. Winston Morris, "one of the key champions of 20th Century American tuba performance," would be a daunting task, but Ewazen neatly captures the dynamics and unheralded singing qualitites of the lowest brass in Basso Cantante.
114-41454 – Complete Set – $68.95  Add to Cart
114-41454S – Score – $17.95  Add to Cart
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Fanfarria Castellana
11 Brass Instruments
The Spanish orchestra Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon approached Ewazen for an opening fanfare for its new and impressive concert hall. The resulting Fanfarria Castellana quite naturally is colored with Spanish dance rhythms, but the music is pure Ewazen joy. For advanced performers.
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114-41469 - Complete Set - $80.99  Add to Cart
114-41469S - Score - $21.99  Add to Cart
114-41469M - Set of Parts - $72.99  Add to Cart
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Front Range Fanfare
11 Brass Instruments and 2 Percussionists
Native Ohioan Ewazen, upon seeing the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies for the first time, was moved to compose this "compact, heroic celebration of the grandeur of brass instruments," as he describes it. Premiered by the Boulder Brass (Colorado) and the Brandt Brass (Russia), Front Range Fanfare also captured the attention of a French brass ensemble, attesting to the global appeal of Ewazen's music. For advanced performers.
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114-41470 - Complete Set - $80.99  Add to Cart
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Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano
Horn, Violin, Piano
Intimately familiar with the Brahms Trio for the same forces, Ewazen uses that masterpiece as a starting point for his own four movement creation. The Trio was commissioned by Chamberosity, who premiered and recorded the work. (Listen to excerpts here) For advanced performers. Dur.: 21'
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114-41492 - Score and Parts - $56.99  Add to Cart
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