Gilded Music Press

04/05/2026

Happy Easter!

O Jerusalem, is a short brass quintet composition written in a hymn-like style, evoking the solemnity and grandeur of the Baroque era. The work draws inspir...

03/28/2026

Happy springtime, everyone!

Spring in My Step, Op. 190 is a delightful miniature for brass quintet, lasting just over two minutes. True to its title, the piece radiates cheerfulness fr...

07/05/2025

Here's looking to next year! Brass quintets, start prepping NOW! Sheet music is 50% off with code "America's250th" here:

https://gildedmusicpress.com/GMP-3059-Americas-250th-Brass-Quintet-Dr-Daniel-Thrower-p642528809

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WrTfBPO1uM

Happy Independence Day, America! This music is released one year early to allow performing ensembles to work it up for 2026! Being a bicentennial baby, born...

05/15/2025

Here’s the first of seven “Ancient Anomalies” for brass quintet:

This composition is one in a series of “Ancient Anomalies.” The series idea has a dual meaning, as each work not only celebrates an ancient mystery, but eac...

02/27/2022

This piece, "Defender" was premiered on the Ukrainian "Defender Day" in October last year. It now has a whole new meaning! Strains of the Ukrainian national anthem are woven throughout the work. Any brass quintet desiring a copy of it, PM me and I'll send you a free PDF.

Composed for the observance of the Ukrainian national holiday "Defender Day," commissioned by the United States Air Forces in Europe Band, Five Star Brass, a...

06/03/2021

As played by the Phoenix Chamber Brass in 2006, "Academic Fanfare" is the perfect way to start a concert! Enjoy!

Academic Fanfare, by Dr. Daniel N. Thrower, as played by the Phoenix Chamber Brass in 2006.There is no better fanfare out there to open a concert! Short, ex...

02/23/2021

NEW PIECE FOR BRASS QUINTET!!! "Building a Hypercube"

Completed in 2019, but not yet premiered due to Covid-19, this major composition is extremely fun and challenging. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cw6i1VBSn4

Sheet music is available here, either paper or PDF:

https://gildedmusicpress.com/GMP-3014-Building-a-Hypercube-brass-quintet-Dr-Daniel-Thrower-p141501114

A hypercube is a theoretical cuboid-like fourth-dimensional object. In an attempt to explain spatial dimentions, I created an 18-minute video presentation titled “Dimensions Unfurled” exposing some initial fallacies of common thought, which can be seen on YouTube: All of the music for the above-...

02/15/2021

"Pastimes" in three movements for Brass Quintet!
I: Geology
II: Wu Li Dance
III: Cosmology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZretsCWsvw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PKVxKjvd1E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOTjHyVA-t4

Sheet music is available here (paper or PDF): https://gildedmusicpress.com/GMP-3002-Pastimes-Brass-Quintet-3-movements-Dr-Daniel-Thrower-p140908874

Pastimes (Brass Quintet, 3 movements) This three-movement, thematically cyclical composition began in 2006 with unused material originally intended for Dr. Thrower's “Concerto for Trumpet.” The opening notes of the quintet’s third movement, for example, were supposed to open Movement I (entitl...

02/04/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx_1XXDgXxg

Commissioned by Alena Zidlicky to honor her grandmother Beluse, a WWII refugee from Czechoslovakia, "From the Shadow's Edge" features the horn in a brass qui...

10/24/2020