Happy to announce two new arrangements of hymns for two horns and piano. Be Thou My Vision and It Is Well With My Soul are now available - these are based off of my solo horn and piano versions, and catered to be playable for a wide range of ability levels (nobody wants to be stressed out playing in church!).
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Christmas Ballads is a set of three tunes, arranged in fairly traditional harmonies, featuring an easy/accessible horn part. Included are "The First Noel," "O Holy Night," and "In The Bleak Midwinter."
Available for purchase at JamesNaigus.com
Long I Stood, originally for horn octet, is now available for horn quartet!
https://jamesnaigus.com/product/1134059-long-i-stood-quartet
Harvest Light for solo horn and orchestra is now available! Another incredible arrangement by Jacob Evarts (arranger of the Wind Ensemble version) brings new dark and lush qualities to the work.
Demo recording below!
Luna, for Alphorn, Natural Horn, or Valved Horn and Fixed Media, was written in 2025, commissioned and premiered by Shawn Hagen. This work could be played on F alphorn (two version of accompaniment track tuning are provided to facilitate alphorn intonation), F natural horn, or regular valved horn! Shawn writes the following:
"It speaks to impermanence and the insight that emerges from loss. It suggests that challenges and loss aren’t purely negative. Also, like the moon, a sense of stillness, beauty, and awe is always present, whether your barn is standing or ashes upon the ground."
Barn's burnt down -- now I can see the moon.
–Mizuta Masahide, a 17th -century Japanese poet and samurai
