Schubert, Franz

Ave Maria
(Arr. by Rick Pierce)

*SEMI-FINALIST in the 1994 NFA Newly-Published Music Competition.

Ave Maria is a fairly simple arrangement of the song popularly used at weddings.  The alto and bass flute have a parallel part, splitting octaves on occasion so the piece can be performed  without a bass flute.  It adheres to the original key so that it can be sung with a soprano on the melody instead of having it played by flute one.   This would be a good piece to put your weaker players on the melody to give them a chance to shine as flutes 4 and 5 have the more difficult running accompaniment.

 5 C flutes, alto & bass.