Review

Peter Tchaikovsky
Russian Dance:

Arranged by Jeff Frost


Massapequa, NY, United States
Publisher: Wiltshire Music Company and Cor Publishing
Date of Publication: 2014
URL: http://www.wiltshiremusic.com

Primary Genre: Brass Ensemble - 5 brass

Jeff Frost holds the B.S. in math and a minor in German from Michigan Technological University. He works on the Strasburg Rail Road as a machinist, steam locomotive mechanic, steam locomotive engineer/fireman and conductor. He has been involved in music for many years and plays trombone, tuba, baritone and trumpet. He began composing and arranging while in high school. Numerous of his arrangements and original compositions are published by Imagine Music, Wiltshire Music and Cimarron Music Press.
 
This is the Russian Dance (Trepak) from the Nutcracker. The arrangement is presented in the key of G. The writing for the instruments is idiomatic and all get to join in on the fun of this exhilarating work. It will work well on a gig needing lively music or as an encore in a more formal setting. It is playable by a college level group without too much rehearsal.

-Karl Hinterbichler
University of New Mexico