The Story

Born in 1981, American singer Brandi Carlile grew up with the country music of her rural homeland. Even as a child, she was on stage with her mother. As a teenager, she increasingly turned to rock and later met twins Tim and Phil Hanseroth, with whom she formed a folk-rock band under her own name. Since then, the three musicians have formed an inseparable musical-family unit. (Phil Hanseroth married Brandi Carlile’s sister.)

The band’s greatest success was “The Story”, written by Phil Hanseroth. The song brought Brandi Carlile into the international charts in 2007. A decisive factor was that the song was also used as the soundtrack in the popular American television series “Grey’s Anatomy”. “The Story” is a ballad with rich facets: it begins gently and emotionally and gradually increases into a hard rocking groove. The large musical range is also illustrated by the fact that Carlile’s vocal melody spans two octaves.

Players of a brass line-up can cover such a range of sounds more easily than a singer with their various instruments. Consequently, Martin Scharnagl chose this already classic international hit for an adaptation in the series “Rundel’s Pops for Brass”.

Sextet Set includes:

• Score
• 1st part in Bb/C (Trumpet 1 / Flugelhorn 1)
• 2nd part in Bb/C (Trumpet 2 / Flugelhorn 2)
• 3rd part in Bb/C (Trumpet 3 / Flugelhorn 3)
• 4th part in Bb/C (Trombone 1 / Tenorhorn)
• 4th part in F/Eb (Horn 1)
• 5th part in C/Bb (Trombone 2 / Baritone)
• 5th part in F/Eb (Horn 2)
• 6th part in C/Eb (high) (Tuba 1)
• 6th part in C/Bb (low) (Tuba 2)
• Drumset (ad libitum)
• Accordeon/Guitar (ad libitum)