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BrookWright Music: Emerald Isle Fantasy (Brian Bowen)

A wonderful lyrical tenor horn solo from the pen of Brian Bowen

Emerald Isles
  The music comes from the pen of the late Brian Bowen

Thursday, 22 May 2025

        

This gorgeous solo for tenor horn and band features a number of much-loved Irish melodies. It was one of several solo works Brian Bowen left with BrookWright Music prior to his death in 2022.

Video

To view a video of Art Henry performing the solo with the New York Staff Band visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pgFrDwhJe8

PDFs and Sheet Music


PDFs available from https://www.brookwrightmusic.com/product-page/emerald-isle-fantasy-tenor-horn-solo-with-brass-band-brian-bowen
Sheet music available from:

(UK) www.brassband.co.uk or www.durhammusic.co.uk
(USA) www.cimarronmusic.com

        

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