Halkins Brass has a library of over 600 works spanning 8 centuries, both light and serious, quiet, energetic, fun and dramatic, including:

  • Renaissance music of Adson, Brady, Byrd, Dowland, Farnaby, Ferrabosco, Gabrieli, Holborne, Locke, Mouret, Palestrina, Pezel, Praetorius, Scheidt, Schutz, and more.
  • Baroque music by Bach, Boyce, Handel, Purcell, Stanley, Telemann, Vivaldi, and more
  • Classical and Romantic era music by Beethoven, Debussy, Ewald, Faure, Haydn, Mozart, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Eric Satie, Johann and Richard Strauss, Wagner, and more
  • Modern music by Arnold, Bozza, Calvert, Cheetham, Crespo, Dahl, DiLorenzo, Ewazen, Hovhaness, Ives, Persichetti, Plog, Previn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Thompson, Tull, and many more
  • Jazz and Ragtime by Corea, Ellington, Gershwin, Goodman, Handy, Henderson, Joplin, Miller, Shaw, Strayhorn, Turpin, Waller, and more
  • Brass Band music from Foster and Friederich to Fillmore and Sousa
  • Pop music spanning Berlin to Beatles to Lady Gaga, Billy Joel to Henri Mancini
  • Movie and Broadway Show Music, such as Beetlejuice, Beauty and the Beast, Carousel, Frozen, The Incredibles, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma, Porgy & Bess, Sound of Music, Star Wars, Toy Story, West Side Story and more.
  • TV Theme Songs, from such shows as Mission Impossible, Jonny Quest, the Munsters, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Batman, The Avengers, etc.
  • Patriotic selections, including the corps songs of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force, as well as America the Beautiful, God Bless America, the Star Spangled Banner, and more
  • and of course...
  • Holiday music, including over 40 arrangements of traditional Christmas carols (see below)

Our entire repertoire list won't fit on a web page, but you can see some specific examples in the lists, below. Of course, we encourage you to consult with us if you have trouble making decisions about music selections. Again, go to the Contact page and fill out an inquiry form, and we will get right back to you. In the meantime, you can hear a few samples of a few of our pieces HERE.

Holiday music


Christmas

  • All I Want for Christmas
  • Angels We Have Heard On High
  • Away in a Manger
  • Carol of the Bells
  • Coventry Carol
  • Deck the Halls
  • Ding Dong Merrily On High
  • Do You Hear What I Hear
  • For Unto Us A Child Is Born (Handel)
  • Gloucestershire Wassail
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • Greensleeves
  • Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
  • It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  • Jingle Bells
  • Joy To The World
  • Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Tantem Ergo)
  • Linden Tree Carol
  • Little Drummer Boy (Patapan)
  • Lo, How a Rose 'Ere Blooming
  • O Come All Ye Faithful
  • O Come O Come Emmanuel
  • O Maria Diana Stella
  • O Tannenbaum
  • Once in Royal David's City
  • Patapan (Little Drummer Boy)
  • Rejoice and Be Merry
  • Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  • Silent Night
  • Sing We Now of Christmas
  • Sleigh Ride
  • Sussex Carol
  • The Carnal and the Crane
  • The Christmas Song
  • The First Nowell
  • The Holly and the Ivy
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas
  • We Saw Three Ships
  • We Three Kings
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  • Wexford Carol
  • What Child Is This?
  • You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Christmas Secular

  • All I Want for Christmas
  • Carol of the Bells
  • Greensleeves
  • Jingle Bells
  • O Tannenbaum
  • Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  • Sleigh Ride
  • The Christmas Song
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  • You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Halloween

  • This Is Halloween

Wedding & Ceremonial Music


Processionals & Recessionals

  • Charpentier: Prelude to a Te Deum
  • Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary)
  • Dukas: Fanfare to La Peri
  • Elgar: Pomp & Circumstances
  • Handel: Allegro maestoso from Water Music
  • Handel: The Rejoicing
  • Mendelssohn: Wedding March
  • Mouret: Rondeau
  • Purcell: Trumpet Tune
  • Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary
  • Wagner: Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin) (Here Comes the Bride)

Quiet Music

  • Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  • Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
  • Bach: Wachet Auf
  • Barber: Adagio for Strings
  • David: You are the New Day
  • Faure: Pavane
  • Franck: Panis Angelicus
  • Gershwin: Bess, You Is My Woman
  • Joel: Goodnight My Angel
  • Pachelbel: Kanon

Prelude & Postlude Music

  • Beatles: When I'm 64
  • Beatles: All You Need Is Love
  • ETC! Too many to list. See Lists of Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Jazz and Pop music


TV, Movie, Game, & Opera Music

  • Anka: Here's Johnny!
  • Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Elmer Bernstein: Magnificent 7
  • Leonard Bernstein: Candide
  • Leonard Bernstein: Danzon
  • Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
  • Bizet: Carmen
  • Chauvin: 3 Golden Reruns
  • Chauvin: TV Western Epics
  • Comstock: Rocky & Bullwinkle
  • Conti: Rocky
  • Curtin: Jonny Quest Theme
  • Disney: Beauty & The Beast
  • Disney: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
  • Elfman: Beetlejuice
  • Elfman: This Is Halloween
  • Gershwin: Medley
  • Gershwin: Porgy & Bess
  • Giacchino: The Incredibles "Incredits"
  • Kondo: Mario Brothers
  • Leowe: My Fair Lady
  • Lopez: Frozen
  • Mancini: The Pink Panther
  • Menken: Kiss De Girl
  • Mercer: Hooray for Hollywood
  • Rossini: Barber of Seville
  • Rossini: William Tell
  • Schifrin: Mission: Improbable
  • Schumann: Dragnet
  • Shaiman: Addams Family Waltz
  • Silvestri: The Avengers
  • Stevens: Hawaii Five-O
  • Webber: Don't Cry For Me Argentina
  • Webber: Memory (from Cats)
  • Webber: Phantom of the "Opps-Ra"
  • Wilder: Mulan Medley
  • Wilder: Reflections (from Mulan)
  • Williams, John: Raiders Digest
  • Williams, John: Star Wars
  • Williams, P.: The Love Boat
  • Willson: 76 Trombones
  • Yamaguchi: My Neighbor Tortoro

Jazz, Pop, and Dance Music


Jazz

  • Bishop: Woodchoppers Ball
  • Brubeck: Blue Rondo ala Turk
  • Brubeck: Take Five
  • Confrey: Kitten on the Keys
  • Corea: Crystal Silence
  • Corea: Spain
  • Decosta: Tuba Tiger Rag
  • Dennis: Angel Eyes
  • Ellington: Caravan
  • Ellington: Come Sunday
  • Ellington: Don't Get Around Much
  • Hagen: Harlem Nocturne
  • Handy: Beale Street Blues
  • Handy: St. Louis Blues
  • Joplin: Cascades
  • Joplin: Easy Winners
  • Joplin: Eugenia Rag
  • Joplin: Gladiolus Rag
  • Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
  • Joplin: Swipsey Cake Walk
  • Joplin: The Entertainer
  • Joplin: Wall Street Rag
  • Krell: Mississippi Rag
  • Lenzburg: Operatic Rag
  • Menza: Groovin' Hard
  • Miller: Little Brown Jug
  • Mills: Whistling Rufus Rag
  • Turpin: Ragtime Nightmare
  • Waller: Handful of Keys
  • Williams, Spencer: Sugar Blues
  • Williams, Spencer: Basin Street Blues

Pop

  • Herb Alpert: Tijuana Brass Medley
  • Arlen: I've Got the World On A String
  • Anthony: Bunny Hop
  • Gaga: Fugaga
  • Beatles: When I'm 64
  • Beatles: All You Need Is Love
  • Beatles: Blackbird
  • Beatles: Eleanor Rigby
  • Beatles: Penny Lane
  • Beatles: Come Together
  • Beatles: Ob La Di, Ob La Da
  • Berlin: I've Got the Sun in the Morning
  • Berlin: Puttin' On the Ritz
  • Brown: I Got You
  • Fogerty: Proud Mary
  • Goodman: Don't Be That Way
  • Goodman: Stompin' at the Savoy
  • Holcomb: Gay 90's Medley
  • Howard: Fly Me To The Moon
  • Jackson: Billy Jean
  • Joel: Goodnight My Angel
  • Joel: Mexican Connection
  • Jordon: The Blue Bells of Scotland
  • Mancini: Mancini Medley
  • Mangione: Land of Make Believe
  • Morrison: Moondance
  • Whiting: Good Ship Lollipop

Marches, Quicksteps, Waltzes, Polkas

  • Downing: City Blues Quickstep
  • Fillmore: Footlifter March
  • Guerrero (Alpert): Peanuts (polka)
  • Hambaugh: Cottage Home Quickstep
  • Sousa: El Capitan
  • Sousa: Stars & Stripes Forever
  • Sousa: Washington Post March
  • Strauss: Blue Danube
  • Strauss: Emperor Waltz
  • Strauss: Tales from the Vienna Woods
  • Vejvoda: Beer Barrel Polka