Circus March Brass Quintets

Circus marches bring audiences to the front of their chairs. You can almost see the lions, trapeze artists, and equestrians; and you can almost smell the popcorn and exotic animals when you listen to a circus march.

Circus marches are ideal in certain spots in informal indoor or outdoor concerts:

• • At the beginning of a concert, immediately after the Star Spangled Banner.

  • Immediately prior to a concert intermission.

  • Immediately following a concert intermission.

  • At the end of a concert.

In an informal concert setting a circus march is a well understood cue to an audience that is enjoying its intermission that it is time to sit down for the second half.