Music by Kenneth Baird


Original Compositions and Arrangements for Brass, Woodwind, and String Instruments, String Orchestras, Concert Bands, Jazz Ensembles, and Choir; Songs; and Studies and Etudes for Trumpet.

About

Kenneth Baird has served as an instrumental music educator/conductor/director and trumpet instructor for over 30 years. He has served as director of bands and orchestras with Tulsa Public Schools, Inola Public Schools, Oklahoma Homeschool Bands, and Oral Roberts University. Currently, he is the Assistant Conductor of the Tulsa Youth Symphony Concert Orchestra and maintains a limited private lesson studio. Contact!

Contact

Most of my compositions and arrangements are available at:
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To contact Kenneth Baird Music:
[email protected]

MUSIC FOR PIANO
All is Well (by Michael W. Smith, arr. by Kenneth Baird)
Angel Bells
An Empty Room
The Hopeful Blues
To Dance Before the Savior (A Christmas Waltz)
A Valentine Waltz
Walking with Jesus
With Joyous Anticipation

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MUSIC FOR BRASS INSTRUMENTS

Ensemble/Chamber Music For Brass

12 Christmas Duets (trumpets/cornets)

Christmas Duets, Volume 2 (trumpets/cornets)

12 Christmas Duets (bass clef: trombone, euphonium)

Christmas Duets, Volume 2 (bass clef: trombone, euphonium)

Allegro (trumpet quartet)

Carol of the Bells (trumpet duet)

Cathedral Square (brass quintet)

Christmas Duets for Young Trumpet Players (trumpets or cornets)

Christmas Duets for Young Bass Clef Wind Players (trombones/euphoniums)

Fanfare a 5 (brass quintet)

Fugue No. 2 in C minor (by J.S. Bach, arr. by Kenneth Baird) (mixed brass trio)

Gabriel’s Legion (trumpet choir)

Gabriel’s Legion (brass choir)

Go Tell it on the Mountain (trumpet duet)

Jingle Bells (trumpet duet)

Joy to the World (trumpet duet)

Polonaise (by C.P.E. Bach, arr. by Kenneth Baird (mixed brass trio)

Repeat the Sounding Joy (Joy to the World), arr. by Kenneth Baird (brass choir)

Trio Triumphant (trumpet or F horn trio)

Two Bach Minuets from French Suite No. 1 (mixed brass trio)

Solo Works For Brass Instruments

Angels from the Realms of Glory (by Montgomery/Smart. Arr. by Kenneth Baird) (trumpet with piano or organ)

The Adventurer: Suite in 3 Movements (trumpet and piano)

Call to Glory (trumpet and piano)

Dance of the Wind (trombone/euphonium and piano)

Hymn Melodies - 105 of the Best-Known Hymn Melodies from the Golden Age of Hymnals, Set in Commonly Used Keys (versions for Bb trumpet/cornet, bass clef trombone/euphonium, and F horn)

In the Garden (by C. Austin Miles, arr. by Kenneth Baird)
(cornet/trumpet solo and piano)

To Cherish (flugelhorn and piano)

To Cherish (F horn and piano)

To Cherish (euphonium and piano)

Most compositions/arrangements available at
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MUSIC FOR WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS

Ensemble/Chamber Music for Woodwind Instruments

12 Christmas Duets (flutes)

Christmas Duets, Volume 2 (flutes)

12 Christmas Duets (clarinets)

Christmas Duets, Volume 2 (clarinets)

12 Christmas Duets (saxophones or oboes)

Christmas Duets, Volume 2 (saxophones or oboes)

12 Christmas Duets (bassoons)

Christmas Duets, Volume 2 (bassoons)

12 Christmas Duets (for one flute and one clarinet)

Christmas Duets, Volume 2 (for one flute and one clarinet)

Christmas Duets for Young Flute Players (flutes)

Christmas Duets for Young Clarinet Players (clarinets)

Christmas Duets for Young Saxophone Players (like saxophones)

Christmas Duets for Young Bass Clef Wind Players (bassoons)

Christmas Duets for Young Oboe Players (oboes)

Carol of the Bells (flute duet)

Carol of the Bells (clarinet duet)

Carol of the Bells (duet for two like saxophones or two oboes)

Ding Dong! Merrily on High (flute duet)

Fugue No. 2 in C minor (by J.S. Bach, arr. by Kenneth Baird) (mixed clarinet trio)

Go Tell it on the Mountain (flute duet)

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (flute duet)

Jingle Bells (flute duet)

Joy to the World (flute duet)

Polka Italienne (Italian Polka) (by Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. by Kenneth Baird) (C flute quartet)

Polonaise (by C.P.E. Bach, arr. by Kenneth Baird (mixed clarinet trio)

Scarf Dance (by C. Chaminade, arr. by Kenneth Baird) (mixed clarinet quartet)

Scarf Dance (by C. Chaminade, arr. by Kenneth Baird) (woodwind choir)

Two Bach Minuets from French Suite No. 1 (mixed clarinet trio)

Two Bach Minuets from French Suite No. 1 (C flute trio)

Waltz Medley, Op. 18, No. 1-4 (by F. Schubert, arr. by Kenneth Baird) (flute quartet)

Solo Works For Woodwind Instruments

The Adventurer: Suite in 3 Movements (Eb alto saxophone and piano)

Dance of the Wind (flute and piano)

Dance of the Wind (bassoon and piano)

Dontonio: An Opera in Miniature (flute and piano; actually, more of a melodrama without words)

Hymn Melodies - 105 of the Best-Known Hymn Melodies from the Golden Age of Hymnals, Set in Commonly Used Keys (versions for flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, alto or baritone saxophone, bassoon)

In the Garden (arr. by Kenneth Baird) (flute and piano)

Petite Romance (oboe and piano)

Shadow Dance and Lament (oboe and piano)

To Cherish (flute and piano)

To Cherish (Bb clarinet and piano)

Trill Etude (flute solo with opt. piano accompaniment)

A Valentine Waltz (flute and piano)

A Valentine Waltz (Bb clarinet and piano)

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MUSIC FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS

Chamber Works for String Instruments

My Country ‘Tis of Thee (alt. title: God Save the Queen) (arr. by Kenneth Baird) (string quartet)

Solo Works for String Instruments

Barber of Seville, Overture to the (Rossini, arr. by Kenneth Baird) (violin and piano)

Dance of the Wind (cello and piano)

Dance of the Wind (viola and piano)

Hymn Melodies - 105 of the Best-Known Hymn Melodies from the Golden Age of Hymnals, Set in Commonly Used Keys (versions for violin and for cello)

To Cherish (cello and piano)

A Valentine Waltz (violin and piano)

Most compositions/arrangements available at
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MUSIC FOR STRING ORCHESTRA

Amazing Grace (arr. by Kenneth Baird)

Cathedral Square

Celtic Dances

Celtic Roots (arr. by Kenneth Baird) (originally included in Visions
for String Orchestra, Set 2)

Christmas Train, The (originally included in Visions for String Orchestra, Set 1)

Classic Dance

Debut for Strings (originally included in Visions for String Orchestra, Set 1)

Fiesta (originally included in Visions for String Orchestra, Set 2)

…for God so loved the world (the Story of Easter, with opt. narration)

Great Wall, The (originally included in Visions for String Orchestra, Set 2)

Heroic Adventure (originally included in Visions for String Orchestra, Set 2)

Holy, Holy, Holy (arr. by Kenneth Baird)

Intensity (originally included in Visions for String Orchestra, Set 3)

Invention

Land of the Roaring Lion (originally included in Visions for String Orchestra, Set 1)

Moon Over the Desolate Castle (arr. by Kenneth Baird) (originally included in Visions for String Orchestra, Set 2)

Mr. Turtle’s Got the Walk

My Country ‘Tis of Thee (alt. title: God Save the Queen) (arr. by Kenneth Baird)

Sabor de Mexico

Toccata in D minor (J.S. Bach, arr. by Kenneth Baird)

Walkin’ (originally included in Visions for String Orchestra, Set 3)

Winter’s Night in the Forbidden City, A (originally in Visions for
String Orchestra, Set 1)

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MUSIC FOR CONCERT BAND

My Country ‘Tis of Thee (alt. title: God Save the Queen) (arr. by Kenneth Baird)

Amazing Grace (arr. by Kenneth Baird)

Regent Rising (not yet released)

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MUSIC FOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Mister Sticks

Saxophrenia Goes West

Saxophrenia Goes West (for young jazz ensemble)

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Trumpet Etudes and Studies (Books)

Practice Book for Trumpet (1997)

Daily Workout for Trumpet (1998)

Developing Technique on the Trumpet (1999; revised 2006)

Air Flow, Embouchure, and Technique (2000)

Daily Trumpet Fitness Workout (2012)

Scales, Arpeggios, and Beneficial Studies for Intermediate and Advancing Trumpet Players (also included in Comprehensive Studies book) (2021)

Lyrical and Expressive Studies for Trumpet: Thirty-Six 8-Measure Vocalises (by F. Sieber, adapted for trumpet by Kenneth Baird) (2021)

Comprehensive Studies and Etudes for Intermediate and Advancing Trumpet Players (2021; revised in 2022)

64 Original Etudes for Developing Musicianship (also included in Comprehensive Studies book) (2022)

Most compositions/arrangements available at
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MUSIC FOR CHOIR

Angel Bells (SATB and piano)

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SONGS

All I Want You to Be (lead sheet)

The Best is Yet to Come (lead sheet)

Bonnie’s Song

Jesus, You’re My Lord (lead sheet)

Joy! Joy! Joy! (lead sheet)

Rest in Me

Trust in the Lord

When Love is Real

You Were Always There (lead sheet)

Most compositions/arrangements available at
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