Opening with the slow style of a New Orleans funeral march (with an optional combo) the arrangement then shifts gears to an uptempo Dixieland celebration. Marvelous and effective writing for younger players.

This CD features the Canadian Brass performing 21 tracks as conducted by Cameron Walter including the award-winning composition Fantasies for Anna by Christopher Dedrick.Contents: Just a Closer Walk with Thee• Little Fugue in G Minor • Canzona per Sonare No. 4 • La Virgen de la Macarena • Beale Street Blues • Pachelbel's Canon • Fantasies for Anna (Musette in D Minor; Minuet in G Major; Minuet in D Minor;March) • That's a Plenty • Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring • Suite from the Water Music (Allegro; Air; Hornpipe; Allegro Maestro) • Red White and Brass • Bill Bailey • Nearer My God to Thee • TubaTiger Rag • The Saints' Hallelujah.

This work was commissioned in memory of Peter J. Swanson a trumpet and cornet player who tragically died at the tender age of fourteen. Peter’s favorite gospel song Just a Closer Walk with Thee has been used as the basis for this piece of contrasts which takes the listener through many styles and moods. The spiritual character of the original song resounds gloriously in When Time Will Be No More.

Conductor. Contents: Amazing Grace · Andante (Concerto in E Flat) · Contrapunctus I · Cor Royal · Farandole (L'Arlesienne) · Hallelujah! · Havah Nagilah · Just a Closer Walk with Thee · Kimigayo · Largo · My Heart Ever Faithful ·Pachelbel Canon · Rondeau (Masterpiece Theater) · Sakura · Toreador Song · Trumpet Tune · Trumpet Voluntary.