Semper Gratus  

for double brass quintet (2021)

Sempur Gratus.  Always Grateful.  This piece is a tribute to my grandfathers, ARM1 Brodie Betts and CPO Bob McKee, who were WWII veterans, and all others who serve.

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Thanks to Brassworks, the faculty brass quintet at Brigham Young University, for commissioning this work.

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Instrumentation

4 trumpets
2 horns
2 trombones

1 bass trombone

1 tuba