Lament for Vern

Coy, Benjamin

Brass Quintet

Vern Kagarice took a risk and published my Intonation Studies when I was still in undergrad. His encouragement was invaluable to my development as a composer and arranger. His passing was a blow to the entire trombone community and to me personally. This short quintet tries to capture some of that deep sorrow.

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Benjamin Coy is a music professor in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. He teaches trombone and brass instruments and also directs the college wind ensemble (symphonic band).