Composed in 2012.

Arranged for brass quintet.

Also available for flex ensemble (any wind/string instruments, 5 parts + optional percussion)

Duration: 2:30

Composer's notes:

Dusty Miller March would work well as an antiphonal piece, particularly with the two trumpets on opposing sides of the performance space. In an antiphonal situation, Trumpet 2 could possibly play without cup mute.

PROGRAM NOTES

The tune of Dusty Miller March is borrowed from a traditional Scottish tune - the same one Robert Burns used for his song "The Dusty Miller".

A recording of this song used to play in the hotel I once worked in on the Isle of Mull in Scotland's Hebridean islands, and the tune reminds me of that summer. With our wedding being held at one of Ontario's old mills, and our honeymoon planned for the Scottish isles, it was only natural that the "Dusty Miller" tune made its way into the wedding music I composed.

The original scoring was uncommon, based on the professional musicians who would be attending: clarinet, alto sax, bassoon, trumpet, tuba, and percussion.

This transcription for brass quintet and optional percussion was created for members of the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert in December, 2012.