Brass Quintet

Down in the River to Pray
traditional spiritual
arr. Zack Smith
Price: $10

Transposed parts can be ordered.


A very interesting interpretation of the old hymn made popular once again by Allison Krauss in "Oh Brother Where Art Thou".  The arrangement starts in a very traditional fashion with trumpet on melody.  Horn takes over, and eventually, every instrument gets to play some part of the hymn.  On the third verse, Zack takes it into a very thick, jazz harmony -- but the arrangement finishes on a peaceful note (and hopefully the audience will applaud as they forgive you for stretching their ears).

Listen to a synthesized sound clip.
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Check out a concert performance by The Beltway Brass Quintet.
https://youtu.be/VKDxnOxLO6E

3 Methods of Delivery

Download the arrangement from the link in your immediate confirmation e-mail as an Adobe PDF file and pay no shipping fee! Receive the arrangement as an e-mail attachment.  A $2 handling fee will be included.
(May take 1-2 days.)
Receive the printed sheet music in the mail.
(An additional shipping charge will apply plus a printing charge of $5.)

Print the sheet music yourself (PDF download).

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