Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass making "Zip Line" playable by

making "Zip Line" playable by young bands

Written to sound more mature than it is

the trombones are featured on a section that allows them to stand up and use the unique aspect of their instrument to gliss from note to note

John Newsome

Eastertide-Brass Quintet Ensemble - Brass making "Zip Line" playable byEastertide Brass Quintet arr. Jayson Gerth William Billings' music can be at times forceful and stirring, as in his patriotic song "Chester"; ecstatic, as in his hymn "Africa"; or elaborate and celebratory, as in his "Easter Anthem." (Eastertide). The latter sounds rather like a miniature Handelian chorus, sung a cappella. As might be expected from a composer who was very close to his roots in folk music, Billings' music shows a striking purity.