Trios for All Occasions, Volume 2: 3 Clarinets Score & Parts

This collection refuses to choose between accessibility and musical interest. You get genuine arrangements of recognizable material, from Handel to folk traditions to ragtime, that your students will actually want to play, all at a level where the focus stays on musicianship rather than survival.

You move from the ceremonial grandeur of a fanfare into folk traditions from multiple cultures, then shift into ragtime energy and sacred music. The collection feels like stepping through a well-curated recital, never settling long enough for tedium but always grounded in material that resonates.

Clarinet trios with solid fundamentals and a few months of rehearsal time together. This works equally well for after-school chamber groups, community bands, or as part of your full concert programming.

• Balance the three parts by rotating which clarinet carries the melody during rehearsals; this builds independence in each player and prevents the upper voice from overwhelming the ensemble.
• Establish precise cutoffs together before the concert. With three equal voices, a sloppy release reads as careless immediately.
• Treat the rhythmic pieces (Rag-time Dance, 2+2+3) like chamber music, not like band parts. Each player owns their line completely.

Extract pieces to spread across your season. A fanfare could open a concert; a folk arrangement works perfectly for a multicultural program segment; the ragtime piece gives you a lighter moment. You can also perform the entire collection as a standalone chamber concert feature.

• Sustaining independent melodic lines within an ensemble context
• Balance and voice independence in equal-part writing
• Stylistic awareness across fanfare, folk, sacred, and ragtime idioms
• Secure ensemble cutoffs and releases
• Reading and performing mixed meter patterns (2+2+3)