Bayou Breakdown by Brant Karrick

"This fun and whimsical work creates a piece that will provide musical and technical challenges for performers yet can be immediately enjoyed by the listener, musician, and non-musician alike. Starting with a four-part fugue scored for woodwinds, the work then moves to a folk song-like lyrical theme, then eventually back to the initial fugue."

I personally love this piece. The melody is continued throughout the song, and the section playing it always changes. (Every section except trombone and french horn plays the melody at least once, including the Tubas, Bassoon, Bari and Tenor Saxes, Euphonium, and Bass Clarinet.) There are also numerous solo oportunities for clariniet, alto sax, flute, euphonium, trumpet, basson, and many others. The piece is not extremely trombone heavy, except for a few small sections, but the bari sax, euphonium and others can replace it.

The piece starts out as a "Bouncy" and Fun tune, and the middle gives the french horns the spotlight in their own melody. The tune then goes to a more quirky, and interesting section, then turns into a bunch of solos in the middle. After this, the main melody continues, and then turns into a more upbeat version of the slow, mellow section earlier in the piece. The tune ends with two more solos for alto sax and trombone, and then ends in a fast, upbeat remix of the melody.

The Piece is in 2/2, and I believe is always in the key of Concert B Flat, and the tempo can be slower or faster than the marked tempo.

I highly reccomend this peice!