The five movements of this brass quintet freely modulate from the festive to the ridiculous and back again. The outer movements, Fanfare and Hi Five, employ a

pandiatonic or panmodal harmonic language inspired by the wonderful "collisions" in the 1 2th century organum of Perotin. Both pieces should be played with high energy,

but also with a care to balance the chords to createa sense of the harmonic color changing kaleidoscopically. Sarcasm of Youth, the second movement scherzo, is

self explanatory. The trombone slides and tuba splats may be "hammed up." The fluttertongue in the final measure, if not obvious, is a concluding fart. The slow

movement, The Old God Bowed, uses muted brass for long suspended chordal textures. While still remaining subdued, subtle dynamic fluctuations not indicated in the score

might be helpful. Mahler Slightly Stoned is a lighthearted reference to Mahler's fifth symphony scherzo. If Mahler's symphony encompasses the entire world as he

famously asserted, then think of this scherzo encompassing roughly a compact-sized parking space in some mini mall lot. The movement should continually feel as if

it is modulating out of control.