David Marlatt
Biography
David Marlatt is a Canadian composer and trumpet player. He obtained a music education degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
He was Principal Cornet in the Whitby Brass Band for six years and founder of the trumpet ensemble Trumpets in Style. As a performer, he has played in jazz bands, brass quintets, orchestras, concert bands, brass bands and period instrument ensembles.
Marlatt has composed pieces for concert band, string orchestra, brass quintet, trumpet ensemble, piano, tuba and trumpet. His writing style is diverse and he has written for a wide range of difficulty levels from very young concert band to professional brass quintet. His jazz based trumpet ensemble pieces Groovy Vamp and A Coconut Named Alex have been well received by audiences everywhere and his concert band compositions are found on many festival lists. He has also arranged over 800 pieces of repertoire from the Baroque to the Romantic eras such as Monteverdi madrigals, a large suite of music from Handel's Messiah, Largo from New World Symphony and even Mahler's First Symphony.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Abide with Me (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1861/2014)
- Canzon per Sonare No. 4 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c. 1597/2012)
- Chinese Dragon Parade (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Ding Dong Merrily on High (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
- Early One Morning (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2014)
- For Those Who Have Served (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2008/2014)
- The Journey of Invention (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2014)
- The King's Parade (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2019)
- Kingsfold (Flex instrumentation) ((as arranger) 2009/2014)
- Puck and Elfin Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- Ripples in the Sand (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2014)
- Siyahamba (Flex instrumentation) (2002/2014)
- Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2008/2020)
- Three Renaissance Madrigals (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2000/2012)
- The Uprising (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
All Wind Works
- Abide with Me (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1861/2014)
- Ancient Airs and Dances (as arranger) (2008)
- Battle with the Frost Giants. See: The Hammer of Asgard
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (as arranger) (1721/2011)
- Canzon per Sonare No. 4 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c. 1597/2012)
- Carnival of Venice (as editor; arr. Staigers) (1936/2009)
- Chinese Dragon Parade (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Click (2018)
- Concert Etude, Op 49 (as arranger)
- Concerto from "L'Estero armonico" (as arranger) (1711/2016)
- Concerto for Two Piccolos (as arranger) (1728/2017)
- Dance Suite (as arranger) (c. 1612/2017)
- Ding Dong Merrily on High (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
- Down Wilderness Road (2018)
- Early One Morning (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2014)
- Earthscape (2011/2015)
- Fanfare (as arranger) (1912/1927/2007)
- Firescape (2019)
- For Those Who Have Served (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Grand Chorus and Dialogue (as arranger) (1881/1998)
- Gypsy Rondo (as arranger)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (as arranger) (1746/2008)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2008/2014)
- The Hall of Valhalla. See: The Hammer of Asgard
- The Hammer of Asgard (2018)
- Thor and Loki (2018)
- The Hall of Valhalla (2018)
- Battle with the Frost Giants (2018)
- The Hammer of Asgard (Brass and percussion) (2018)
- Thor and Loki (Brass and percussion) (2018)
- The Hall of Valhalla (Brass and percussion) (2018)
- Battle with the Frost Giants (Brass and percussion) (2018)
- Jig Fugue (as arranger) (2003)
- The Journey of Invention (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2014)
- The King's Parade (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2019)
- Kingsfold (Flex instrumentation) ((as arranger) 2009/2014)
- La Virgin de la Macarena (as arranger) (as arranger) (2006)
- Let There Be One Nation (2018)
- O Magnum Mysterium (Marlatt) (as arranger)
- Pine Ridge Rag (as arranger) (1998/2019)
- Prayer and Alleluia (as arranger) (1868/2009)
- Puck and Elfin Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- Ripples in the Sand (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2014)
- Shaped by Time (2014)
- Side Partners (as arranger)
- Silent Night (as arranger)
- Siyahamba (Flex instrumentation) (2002/2014)
- Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2008/2020)
- Sunset over Blue Water (2019)
- Susato Dance Suite (as arranger)
- Thor and Loki. See: The Hammer of Asgard (2018)
- The Uprising (2016)
- The Uprising (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
- The Valley of the Kings (2010)
- Wassail, Wassail All Over Town (as arranger) (2011)
- Windscape (2010)
- A World Away (2014)
- Ye Merry Gents (2007)