Much Brass
Much Brass is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley's Sextet with Slide Hampton, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Laymon Jackson, and Albert Heath.
Reception.
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.
"The Penguin Guide to Jazz" awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "Some interesting arrangements here, presumably largely the work of Hampton, and some delicately interwoven playing which largely belies the bluster implied in the title... Not immediately identifiable as a 'typical' Nat Adderley record, but a beautiful statement all the same."
"All compositions by Nat Adderley except as indicated"
*Recorded in New York City on March 23 & 27, 1959
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Nat Adderley
American jazz cornet & trumpet player (1931–2000)
Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, with whom he played for many years.
Adderley's composition "Work Song" (1960) is a jazz standard, and also became a success on the pop charts after singer Oscar Brown Jr. wrote lyrics for it.
Early life.
Nat Adderley was born in Tampa, Florida, but moved to Tallahassee when his parents were hired to teach at Florida A&M University. His father played trumpet professionally in his younger years, and he passed down his trumpet to Cannonball. When Cannonball picked up the alto saxophone, he passed the trumpet to Nat, who began playing in 1946. He and Cannonball played with Ray Charles in the early 1940s in Tallahassee and in amateur gigs around the area.
Adderley attended Florida A&M University, majoring in sociology with a minor in music. He switched to cornet in 1950. From 1951 to 1953, he served in the army and played in the army band under his brother, taking at least one tour of Korea before returning to a station in the United States. After returning home, he attended Florida A&M intending to become a teacher.
Shortly before Adderley was expected to begin student teaching, Lionel Hampton played a concert at Florida A&M. Confident in his abilities, he played for Hampton, and Hampton invited him to join the band. Putting school on hold, he played under Hampton from 1954 to 1955 and visited Europe on tour. After returning, he intended to go back to school to become a teacher.
Career.
1950s.
The turning point in the Adderley brothers' careers occurred on a trip to New York in 1955. The brothers stopped by the Café Bohemia in Greenwich Village when bassist Oscar Pettiford was playing. Both of them showed up ready to play. Cannonball was asked to sit in because the regular saxophonist, Jerome Richardson was out, and he overwhelmed the musicians. Then Nat was pulled on stage, and everyone was equally impressed. This appearance was enough to renew their careers. Job offers began pouring in, and Nat recorded for the first time that year.
The brothers moved to New York City, founding the bop group Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1956. Due to a lack of popular interest, they disbanded the group in 1957. Nat played for trombonist J. J. Johnson for a couple of years and ended up in the Woody Herman sextet. Cannonball gained a higher profile and joined the Miles Davis sextet alongside John Coltrane in time to record the album "Kind of Blue".
In 1959, the Cannonball Adderley Quintet reunited. This time around the group was more successful and had its first hit, "This Here", written by pianist Bobby Timmons. The group sound became known as soul jazz, starting the genre. The quintet also played hard bop, as everyone in the group had been influenced by bebop and wanted to continue a virtuosic tradition. Soul jazz kept the group popular, while hard bop gave the musicians a chance to challenge themselves and demonstrate their abilities.
1960s.
During the 1960s, Adderley acted as cornetist, composer, and manager for the quintet. While he kept the band in order, he also composed some of the group's most successful songs. His most successful song was "Work Song" (January 1960), a hard bop tune. Adderley called it his "Social Security song" due to the steady flow of income over the years from royalty payments when others recorded the song. "Work Song" is now considered a jazz standard. His other popular songs include "Jive Samba", "Hummin'", "Sermonette", and "The Old Country".
While he was an integral part of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, this was not the only project occupying his time in his career as a professional jazz musician. Since moving to New York, he had been recording outside the Adderley group. He worked with Kenny Clarke, Wes Montgomery, and Walter Booker.
Other projects included the film "A Man Called Adam" (1966). In the film, Sammy Davis Jr.'s character plays the trumpet. Since Davis could not himself play the trumpet, Adderley was hired to ghost everything that the character played. His other significant project during this time was a musical. He and his brother wrote "Shout Up a Morning" based on the folk hero John Henry. While this project started as a collaboration, work was interrupted when Cannonball died from a stroke.
1970s.
After Cannonball's death in 1975, the quintet broke up. Nat Adderley toured Europe as a headliner. He toured Japan, then returned to the U.S. and taught courses at Harvard while performing and recording with his quintet, which included Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb, and Vincent Herring. Adderley established himself in his own right. He also worked with Ron Carter, Sonny Fortune, Johnny Griffin, and Antonio Hart.
1980s and later years.
Adderley created the Adderley Brotherhood, a sextet which included several members of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. This group toured Europe in 1980. "Shout Up a Morning", after having a concert performance in Carnegie Hall shortly after Cannonball's death, was staged in several locations around the United States in 1986. Adderley became involved in several other ensembles over the next decade, including the Paris Reunion Band and a group called the Riverside Reunion Band (after the Riverside label), a bop group that formed at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1993 and then toured Europe in 1994.
Adderley spent half the year touring and the other half at home in Lakeland, Florida, writing and recording. He thought many of his greatest fans were in Japan, but Europeans were also enthusiastic about the music.
In 1997, he joined the faculty of Florida Southern College as an artist-in-residence. He also helped in the founding and development of the annual Child of the Sun Jazz Festival held annually at the university which he headlined for over a decade. During the same year, he was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame in Kansas City.
He lived on 112th Street in Harlem in the 1960s and in Teaneck, New Jersey, in the 1970s, before moving to Lakeland. He also lived near his brother in Corona, Queens.
Death and legacy.
Nat Adderley died as a result of complications from diabetes at the age of 68 in Lakeland, Florida. He was interred near his brother in the Southside Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. He was survived by his wife, Ann; a son, Nat Adderley Jr. of West Orange, N.J.; a daughter, Alison Adderley-Pittman of Palm Bay, Florida; and five grandchildren.
He was an innovator in the popularization of soul jazz and was one of the most prolific jazz artists of his time, recording nearly 100 albums. He proved that cornet could be a modern jazz instrument.
Style.
Although Adderley started playing trumpet, he switched to the less common cornet. He preferred the darker tone of the conical cornet to the brighter sound of the cylindrical trumpet. He could produce a rich, earthy tone that became his signature sound, one that could only come from the cornet. He also enjoyed the cornet's historic quality, reinvigorating the instrument played by early jazz musicians.
Adderley is widely attributed with the development and establishment of the 1960s style of soul jazz along with the rest of the members Cannonball Adderley Quintet. This style is characterized by simple harmonies, a heavy blues feel, catchy riffs, and a presence of the church. The point of soul jazz was to bring back a simpler type of jazz that had direct influence from blues and church music.
However, this is not the only style that Adderley wrote and played. The quintet was also widely known for their hard bop, which comprised roughly half of their recorded work. This is a rougher, edgier style descended from bebop, and virtuosic abilities are required to be able to play it.
As a soloist and composer, Adderley had a wide range of abilities. He could improvise simpler, more soulful solos for soul jazz numbers, but he could experiment and show off all of his abilities for hard bop. Especially in playing hard bop, he was not afraid to use the range of the instrument, often playing below the typical cornet range for short bursts before returning to the normal range. Although his range was starting to fade by the late 1960s, this did not keep him from continuing to play for the rest of his life.
Discography.
As leader.
Compilation:
As sideman.
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Brass Construction
American funk group
Brass Construction was an American funk group formed in Brooklyn, New York, United States, in 1968. They were originally known as Dynamic Soul, and went on to record a string of hit singles and albums through 1985.
Career.
Signed in 1975 by Sid Maurer, and former United Artists Records promotion man Fred Frank, they scored two US "Billboard" Hot 100 entries in 1976, the most successful being "Movin'," which hit #14. They had much more success on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, with nine chart entries, including "Movin'", which reached #1. Singer, pianist, flautist and arranger Randy Muller went on to score a number of R&B hits with Skyy and B. T. Express.
Over the years, Brass Construction members have included Wade Williamston (bass), Sandy Billups (percussion), Morris Price (trumpet), Larry Payton (drums), Jesse Ward Jr. (saxophone), Michael "Micky" Grudge (saxophone), Wayne Parris (trumpet), Alvin Haskin (original trombone player on "Movin'"), Duane Cahill (trombone), Joseph Arthur-Wong (guitar), and Randy Muller (lead vocals), later joined by Lee Evans on keyboards.
Brass Construction reunited for a concert on November 28, 2005, at the Bataclan Arena in Paris, France.
Joseph Arthur-Wong died in 1998. Jesse Ward Jr. died in 2016. Drummer Larry Payton died on March 21, 2016.
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Milton Keynes Brass
Milton Keynes Brass (or "MK Brass" for short) is a British-style community brass band based in Milton Keynes, UK. It was founded in 1984 and was known until 2007 as "Broseley Brass". This former name derived from that of its original commercial sponsors Broseley estates limited who were house builders active during the early development of Milton Keynes.
MK Brass maintains a schedule of concert and contest engagements and has undertaken tours of France and Switzerland. It produced its first CD, "Broseley Bandstand", in 2004.
The band became London and Southern Counties 1st Section Champions in March 2007 and subsequently represented the region in the National Finals contest in Harrogate. MK Brass was promoted to the Championship Section for 2008. In its first appearance in the Area content in 2008 Milton Keynes Brass was placed 3rd, and later in 2008 won the South West of England Open Championship.
The band is a registered charity with educational objectives.

The Brass Band
The Brass Band were an American musical comedy troupe, based in San Francisco, who won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 1984. They comprised five members - Loois Tooloose, Jimby, Fritz van der Vol (or Frumheimer), The Captain and Buford (Phineas T Buford III).
Van der Vol (real name Johannes Mager) played the tuba, The Captain (real name Bob Jennings) played the trombone, Buford (George Wallace) played the baritone horn, Jimby (James Aron) and Loois Tooloose (Bob Leach) both played the trumpet. Often they would play lengths of garden hose with mouthpieces attached. They wore costumes which collectively formed a band uniform. Aron, for example, wore an aviator's helmet. They each adopted distinct personas. For example, Van der Vol was the center of attention, the Captain was the straight man.
Jennings and Mager were both classical musicians and the two trumpeters had backgrounds in jazz and rock.
Their act was described by the LA Times as "an antic blend of in-your-face street theater, sublime musical warblings and a few other spices" and "as if the Marx Brothers, stoned to the gills on laughing gas, decided they'd have a stab at playing a transcription of a Bach toccata. While dancing."
They formed in 1976, starting out as straight musicians. They began to lampoon themselves between gigs which led to comedy. They were hired as a street group to play period music at the San Francisco Dickens Fair. They were each expected to dress as a character from a Dickens novel and to affect an English accent. They were unable to take this seriously, and dismayed organizers with their rendition of Blue Moon. The comedy routine became so popular they ended up on stage."
In 1980, an Australian producer named John Pinder booked them for a five-month tour of the country, with many performances at The Last Laugh in Melbourne. They broke box office records, and follow-up engagements arose in London, Boston, several cities in Canada and back in San Francisco. Then in 1984, they played the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award (then known as the Perrier). Not finding a strong following in America, they continued to mainly play overseas, particularly in Australia and Japan.
In later years, they began naming their show "Tour de Farce", taking the name from a comment by a reviewer. Still, they kept their original namesake of "The Brass Band." Buford left, and classically-trained euphonium player Kevin Linscott joined as "Waldo Chompski".
The band went on hiatus in 1991 after a final tour of Japan, due to unforeseen pressures and family matters. They briefly re-united in 1994 to play Harvest Festivals along the West Coast, and through cities in Nevada and Arizona.
Leach died on Christmas Eve 2016 from Lou Gehrig's disease.
Recordings.
In 1977, they released a
7" single version of Rossini's "William Tell Overture" and Scott Joplin's "Peacherine Rag".
In Australia, they recorded another 7", "The Stars and Stripes Forever", and a full live album, "Just A Tiny Boo-Boo . . . The Brass Band Live In Australia"
Back in America in 1984, they released another single, "The Russians Aren't Coming (The Russians Aren't Coming)", a satirical song about the Russian's withdrawal from the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Three years later in 1987, they released another live album, "Live and in Debt" - recorded at the Westwood Playhouse (currently known as the Geffen Playhouse) in Los Angeles.
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Time for Brass
Time for Brass, is a long running radio programme broadcast on Manx Radio and features music ostensibly from British Brass bands.
The show is presented by Ian Cottier, a former headmaster at Douglas High School. First aired on 7 September 1980, the opening piece to feature on the programme was "Prelude for an Occasion" by Edward Gregson.
"Time for Brass" features music from various brass bands ranging from early recordings to contemporary Brass Band Music.
Also included on the playlist are recordings by Manx bands such as the Onchan Silver Band and Rushen Silver Band.
The programme is transmitted on the station's 9:00pm – 10:00pm slot on Monday nights and is broadcast on FM and MW frequencies as well as world wide through the Manx Radio website.
Following transmission the edition is then available on the Manx Radio website to be listened to again for the following seven days.
Whilst Manx Radio is a commercial radio station, "Time for Brass" is not interrupted by the playing of commercials.
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Empire Brass
Empire Brass is a brass quintet from the United States. The group was founded in 1971. The original members met at Tanglewood Music Center (in Lenox, Massachusetts) in 1970.
Description and history.
The quintet chose its name after performing in New York City. (New York is the Empire State.) They continue to tour regularly in North America, Europe, and Asia. They have been the Faculty Quintet-in-Residence at Boston University since 1976.
The Empire Brass have appeared on "Good Morning America", "Today Show" and "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". They also make joint concert appearances with organist Douglas Major.
From 1977 to 1978, and again from 2001 to 2003, they performed with the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park (NY), summer series.
Members.
As of May 2015, its members include:
Previous members include:
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More Brass
More Brass is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Kai Winding recorded in 1966 for the Verve label.
Reception.
The Allmusic site gave the album 3 stars.
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Dallas Brass
The Dallas Brass is an American brass quintet started by Michael Levine in 1983. Its repertoire contains patriotic music, classical, and romantic, among others.
The seven members of the group include Michael D. Levine (director), Brian Neal (trumpet), Luis Cárdenas (trumpet), Juan Berrios (horn), Ryan Christianson (trombone), Paul Carlson (tuba), and Craig Hill (percussion).
The Dallas Brass has performed for Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. The group has also made appearances with Cincinnati Pops, New York Pops, at Carnegie Hall, and around Europe. The Dallas Brass frequently travels to public schools to present clinics to students as well as work with them on a selection of music.
Six recordings of the Dallas Brass have been released: Debut, Dallas Brass II, A Merry Christmas with Brass, Windborne, Nutcracker, and American Musical Journey.
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Nikolaus Brass
German composer
Nikolaus Brass (born 25 October 1949) is a German composer.
Life and career.
Born in Lindau (Bodensee), Brass began composing early. After graduating from high school in 1968, he studied medicine in Munich, Scotland and at the Freie Universität Berlin. He studied composition with Peter Kiesewetter in Munich, with Frank Michael Beyer at the Universität der Künste Berlin and with Helmut Lachenmann in Hanover. In 1980–86, he participated in the Darmstädter Ferienkurse. There, he met Morton Feldman, who had a lasting influence on his further musical thinking and work.
For many years, Brass worked as a medical doctor - first as a hospital doctor, from 1982 as editor of the journal "Ärztliche Praxis" - and at the same time as a composer. The "concrete confrontation with the existential fragility of human existence, with departure and happiness, but also pain, infirmity and death, acted like a compass in the search for expression".
Characteristic for his music were "flowing time processes, questions of order and disturbance, the [...] scanning of the outer acoustic surface for what it contains as echoes as well as aspects of human existence" in a "permanent circle of losing and finding again."
Since 1981 Brass' works have been regularly performed at festivals. In 2008 his work was the focus of the International Weingartener Days for New Music.
His compositions "Void" (for piano) and "Void II" (for solos and orchestra) - so named after the Voids, the "leeren Stellen" in the Jewish Museum Berlin that remind us of the loss of life, culture, and memory through the Schoa - were juxtaposed at the 2009 Klangwerktage in Hamburg with a joint composition by young people who had dealt with the same topic. In an accompanying panel discussion, the architect of the Jewish Museum, Daniel Libeskind, and Brass discussed forms of remembrance in architecture and music.
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The Brass City
The Brass City is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee with trombonist Jeb Bishop recorded in 1997 and first released on the Okka Disk label.
Reception.
Allmusic reviewer Joslyn Layne states ""The Brass City" finds jazz original Joe McPhee and trombonist Jeb Bishop engaging in an interplay of extended techniques and freed-up structures."
Track listing.
"All compositions by Joe McPhee and Jeb Bishop"
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Central Park Brass
Central Park Brass is a performing Quintet formed in 2002 to play an annual series of brass chamber music concerts in New York City’s Central Park.
The members are David Spier trumpet, Arthur Murray trumpet, Angela Cordell French horn, Lisa Albrecht trombone, and Morris Kainuma tuba. For the 2008 season Douglas Lyons substituted for Cordell and Michael Seltzer for Albrecht.
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John Maines
John Maines (born 10 December 1948) is a musician, trombone player and active figure in the British brass band movement as a performer, conductor, tutor, compere and concert presenter.
Biography.
Maines was born in Warrington on 10 December 1948. He was raised in Winwick, Lancashire and later Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. After initial lessons from his father, his early musical career started as a tenor horn player with the Prescot Cables Band near St. Helens. After a move to trombone he joined the Wigan Boys Club and Cammell Laird band in Birkenhead, Cheshire. As a young player he became the North of England Junior Solo Champion and was invited to play for the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. A move to Cornwall saw John as principal trombone with St. Austell and Bodmin bands where he achieved a succession of competition victories at solo competitions throughout the South West of England. It was at this time that he gained the title of Champion Trombone Player of Great Britain on three successive occasions. He is one of only two players ever to achieve a hat-trick in this event.
After playing solo trombone with the Stanshawe (Bristol) and Fairey Engineering bands with whom he also held the post of principal trombone with Harry Mortimer's Men o' Brass, he became principal trombone with the Black Dyke Mills Band. With this band he won competition titles including a hat trick of European Championships and toured such countries as the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Japan.
Since 1979 he has been a music tutor for the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain and is a Council member of the same organisation.
Maines is a member of the National Association of Brass Band Adjudicators and regularly adjudicates both at home and abroad. He travels in Europe taking him to such places as Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark where he has taken part in various musical activities including the direction of the National Youth Band of Denmark. Maines' academic work saw him graduate from the University of Sheffield with a BA (Hons) Degree.
Maines is active as a conductor in the UK directing different bands, as well as undertaking the role of Master of Ceremonies at many of the country's band events such as The National Youth Band Championships, The Great Northern Brass Arts Festival, The Harry Mortimer Centenary Concert and acting as compere for many bands such as Black Dyke, Fairey's, Grimethorpe Colliery, Foden's, Brighouse & Rastrick, Wingates, Leyland, BAYV Cory and Yorkshire Building Society.
Maines was for a time the Musical Director of the James Shepherd Versatile Brass group with whom he travelled extensively.
Maines is a writer for various music publications, and has taken part in many recordings for CD, Radio and Television. In addition to his everyday banding activities Maines was for many years the presenter of the long running BBC weekly band programme "GMR Brass" and in 1999 received the Manchester Music Makers award for his contribution to music broadcasting in the Greater Manchester area.
He is now the presenter of World of Brass Radio on www.worldofbrass.com, an internet based programme of brass music.
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The Philadelphia Brass
American brass band
The Philadelphia Brass is a touring brass quintet based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphia Brass has performed in over 500 concerts, toured internationally as well as throughout the United States of America, and given numerous clinics and master classes. As a performing ensemble, The Philadelphia Brass has been committed to public education; the group has coached musicians of all ages, and each member is a music educator. The Philadelphia Brass has won 1 Grammy award and has four nominations.
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Top Brass
Top Brass (subtitled Featuring 5 Trumpets) is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Ernie Wilkins featuring performances recorded in 1955 and first released on the Savoy label. The album consists of five original selections with trumpeters Ray Copeland, Idrees Sulieman, Donald Byrd, Ernie Royal and Joe Wilder followed by five standards featuring each individually.
Reception.
The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars stating "If there's any complaint about this studio date at all, it is the excess reverb used at times, which is surprising due to Rudy Van Gelder's usually impeccable sound".
Track listing.
All compositions by Ernie Wilkins, except where indicated.
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Darren Brass
American tattoo artist (born 1972)
Darren Brass is an American tattoo artist and television personality. He was featured in the reality television show "Miami Ink".
Information.
Darren Brass cites Chris Garver, Joe Vegas, Bob Roberts, and Ed Hardy as influences. In the year of 2010, Brass co-founded a children's clothing and product label called Ruthless & Toothless. Darren Brass has been in the tattoo business for about 25 years now. Brass moved from Waterbury, Connecticut to Miami so that he could possibly further his career as a tattoo artist. Brass uses his role in Miami Ink in the LoveHate Parlour to showcase his artwork and hopefully gain clientele. While working in the Miami Ink shop, he is often messed with by costar "Ami James" because he has a nice attitude.
Background.
Darren Brass's whole name is Darren Collarado Brass. He was born in 1972, and began his career when one of his friends introduced him to tattooing. Brass suffers from diabetes and has to take due precaution while working. He is 5 foot 4 inches and is covered in bright and colorful tattoos. He is married and has a little dog that he is known to treat like his child. Brass received his first tattoo when he turned 18 years old.
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Zenith Brass
The Zenith Brass is a group of 30 talented youth brass and percussion players formed in 1995. Drawing on the brass choir literature for college and professional organizations, the repertoire is new to school band members [1]. Zenith Brass performs a wide variety of transcriptions and original music for brass and percussion. Since 1995, Zenith has provided instruction and motivation for over five hundred members.
Zenith Brass rehearses in Rochester Hills, MI (northern Detroit suburb) on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. from September to May. They perform concerts in November, March and May each year. The concerts feature a wide variety of music designed to be educational for its members and enjoyable for the audience.
Since its inception, Zenith has drawn members from over 90 different school music programs over a wide area. Membership is a supplement to those school music organizations. Zenith gives first priority to its members' commitment to their school music programs. Members are regular participants in the solo and ensemble festivals and study with the best brass teachers in the area.
Zenith Brass is designed for proficient, motivated players. They perform a large amount of music with a minimum of rehearsal.
Zenith was the subject of a feature article Macomb Township Chronicle in January, 2015. Zenith was also featured in articles in the Detroit Free Press in May, 2008 and in the Oakland Press, the Royal Oak Tribune and the Macomb Daily in November, 2000.
History.
Zenith director Mark Petty has had many musical interests in his life including piano, percussion, singing, marching bands and drum and bugle corps. He has had an interest in British brass bands dating back to his college days at the University of Michigan. Studying that movement through books, scores and recordings, he came to appreciate the potential of the large brass ensemble. A trip to London for the 1975 International Brass Band Championships in Royal Albert Hall provided a first hand view of the brass band movement.
When Petty concluded his long career with outdoor marching groups, he wanted to dedicate his efforts to concert music in the form of a brass ensemble. He founded the Zenith Brass in 1995 to provide an opportunity for outstanding area youth brass players to make music together and develop their skills in the homogeneous atmosphere of similar instruments.
Starting in 1995 with sixteen players recruited from private teachers' studios, the organization has grown to its current size of 30 members. Zenith Brass has become well known and respected among the area's band directors, private teachers and professional musicians. The ensemble continues to attract and recruit the very best youth brass players in the area and strives to make continuous improvement in its performance levels.
Although the literature for brass ensemble is small compared to orchestra and wind band, Zenith Brass has found and performed over 430 selections for brass ensemble in its short history.
TENTH ANNIVERSARY
On May 20, 2006, Zenith Brass celebrated its Tenth Anniversary Season with a concert including alumni. Pictured is the combined group of 66 musicians following their performance of Stars and Stripes Forever.
Notes.
1. Zenith Brass concert history
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L Train Brass Band
Brass band from Brooklyn, New York
The L Train Brass Band is a large non-profit community adult music organization based in Brooklyn, NY. Founded in 2017, the L Train Brass Band is composed of close to 100 brass, reed, and percussion musicians based in New York City. The band plays Mardi Gras/New Orleans music in addition to rhythm and blues, hip-hop, and pop covers, as well as a handful of original songs. They are currently artists in residence at Culture Lab LIC.
Background.
The L Train Brass Band was founded in 2017 by Ryan Hall and David Joseph. The band was named after the L subway line that many early members utilized to travel to and from rehearsal. When the band became too large to rehearse in a basement, they moved outside, which prompted locals to invite them to increasingly larger events. They made their first major public appearance in June 2017 when they marched in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
Notable Appearances and Events.
The L Train Brass Band has performed at many high-profile events, including the Governors Ball Music Festival and the Debt Gala, a Met Gala alternative raising money to reduce debt. The group has made several trips to New Orleans, Louisiana, where they have performed as part of the Krewedelusion and Krewe Boheme parades.
They have appeared in every Coney Island Mermaid Parade since 2017, where they have won several awards and have been cited as a parade favorite. The band appears in the 2022 Apple TV Documentary "End of the Line."
The L Train Brass Band has run and operated a New York City-based brass music festival called Brasswick since 2019. The event provides the community access to a variety of local bands and vendors.
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Big Brass
Big Brass is an album by trumpeter Benny Bailey featuring performances recorded in late 1960 and originally released on the Candid label.
Reception.
Ken Dryden of Allmusic says, ""Big Brass" marks one of trumpeter Benny Bailey's earliest efforts as a leader, but it is also one of the best releases of his career. ...The entire session has a relaxed air, as if old friends got together to play some well-rehearsed material, so it is warmly recommended".
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British brass band
Type of musical ensemble
In Britain, a brass band (known regionally as a silver band or colliery band) is a musical ensemble comprising a standardized range of brass and percussion instruments. The modern form of the brass band in the United Kingdom dates back to the 19th century, with a vibrant tradition of competition based around communities and local industry, with colliery bands being particularly notable. The Stalybridge Old Band, for example, first performed in 1815 and is still in existence, although it did not become a brass band until the 1840s.
Bands using the British instrumentation are the most common form of brass band in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, and are also widespread in continental Europe, Japan and North America. The tradition for brass bands in the UK is continuing, and local communities and schools have brass bands. British band contests are highly competitive, with bands organized into five sections much like a football league. Competitions are held throughout the year at local, regional, and national levels, and at the end of each year there are promotions and relegations. The 2019 holder of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain was the Cory Band from South Wales.
A selection of brass bands can be experienced at the annual Durham Miners' Gala. There are also hotly-contested annual events held on Whit Friday in the Saddleworth area of Greater Manchester in which hundreds of bands compete.
Etymology.
The terms "brass band" and "silver band" are synonymous in that the vast majority of bands termed either "brass" or "silver" incorporate musicians playing a mix of lacquered brass and silver-plated instruments. However, in the days when plain or lacquered brass instruments were not as costly as silver-plated ones, the term "silver band" implied an ensemble that could afford the latter and were thus perceived to be more successful. With the cost of each type now being similar, the distinction between brass and silver bands is generally not made. There are, however, some brass bands which carried the name "silver prize band" as a result of their successes in contests and competitions. As time went on, some kept the name "silver" but not necessarily the instruments. Nowadays, the only real difference is that silver bands are located mainly in the south of England and brass bands in the north, although some silver bands do still exist in the North and many brass bands exist in the South.
Instrumentation.
British brass bands are limited to specific instruments, excluding, for instance, trumpets and French horns, which are found in orchestras and concert bands.
The standard instrumentation is as follows:
The above totals 27–29 players, although in practice a band often has fewer than this. Spare seats may be filled for concerts and contests by players brought in from other bands, commonly known as "deputising players" or "deps".
Notation.
With the exception of percussion, bass trombone and some older tenor trombone music, all parts are transposing and written in the treble clef with the instrument's lowest open note (B♭ or E♭) notated as middle C. This means that for every valved instrument, from the basses to the soprano cornet, a given note on the stave corresponds to the same valve fingering, enabling players to move more easily between parts. This system is unique to UK-style brass bands, though historically the North American drum and bugle corps activity followed the brass band convention of all-treble-clef writing.
Tenor trombone music is usually in treble clef like the other instruments in the band, though older scores or marches sometimes use tenor clef.
Bass trombone music is written at concert pitch in bass clef. This was historically due to this part being taken by a G bass trombone, rather than the modern B♭ bass trombone. As instrument technology modernized, the need for a bass trombone in G diminished, with the introduction of the B♭ bass trombone with F rotary valve. The larger bore and open wrap of the F valve gave the B♭ bass trombone a lower available playing register than the straight G bass trombone.
Tuned percussion is written in concert pitch (with the appropriate octave transpositions) with the appropriate clef for the instrument – e.g. bass clef for timpani, treble clef for glockenspiel (sounding two octaves higher). Unpitched percussion parts (including drum kit) are written in neutral clef on a 1- to 5-line stave using standard percussion notation, though some older scores may use bass and/or treble clefs.
United Kingdom.
History.
The rise of brass bands in nineteenth-century Britain owed much to industrialisation, armed conflict, and improvements to instrument designs. Village and church ensembles had existed in the eighteenth century, while military bands, which featured a mix of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments, proliferated during the Napoleonic Wars. The British Army began experimenting with all-brass bands from the late 1810s; the first civilian brass bands, featuring instruments such as keyed bugles, trumpets and trombones, emerged by the end of the 1820s. These early brass ensembles were often organised by former regimental musicians: the Waterloo veteran James Sanderson led a 'military brass band' in Leamington Spa and Warwick in 1829.
Wind and brass bands enjoyed the support of industrial employers who sponsored bands to promote discipline, community spirit, and temperance among their workers. The advent of Adolphe Sax's valved brass designs, which were easier to play and produced a more accurate, consistent sound, also helped fuel the growth of the brass band movement from the 1840s. Arguably brass bands were an expression of the local solidarity and aspirations of newly formed or rapidly growing communities. This was seen, for instance, in the creation of large-scale brass band competitions by the late 1850s. In 1853 John Jennison, owner of Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in Manchester, agreed to stage the first British open brass band championships. The event was attended by a crowd of over 16,000 and continued annually until 1981. Brass bands reached their peak in the 1890s, when there were around 5,000 brass bands in the country. Today, there are 1,200 brass bands in Britain with around 30,000 players.
Many British bands were originally either works bands or sponsored by various industrial concerns. This was particularly evident in coal mining areas, for example, bands such as the Grimethorpe Colliery Band and Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band in Yorkshire. Bands sponsored by factories include The Black Dyke Mills Band, Yorkshire Imperial Band (originally the Yorkshire Copperworks Band), Foden's sponsored by the truck manufacturer, Fairey sponsored by the aircraft manufacturer, and Leyland Band sponsored by the vehicle manufacturer. One of the reasons for this was to keep the workers from organizing in radical groups. With the decline of these industries several bands have dissolved and others now draw their membership from other industries and other parts of the community. The Brighouse and Rastrick Band, is unique in having operated continually at the highest level without sponsorship, drawing its income from regular concerts, public donations and sales of recordings and merchandise.
The leading bands in Wales include the Cory Band, Tredegar Town Band and Tongwynlais Temperance Band The leading bands in Scotland are The Cooperation Band (formally Co-operative Funeralcare), Whitburn Band and the Kirkintilloch Band. All these bands compete at the highest level in the banding movement. In Northern Ireland the Brass Band League currently has 26 members.
There are also many non-contesting or 'community' brass bands in the UK providing entertainment for audiences and enjoyment for musicians of all ages.
Contesting in the United Kingdom.
British banding is highly competitive, with bands organized into five sections much like a football league – Championship section, 1st section, 2nd section, 3rd section and 4th section. Competitions are held throughout the year at local, regional, and national levels, and at the end of each year there are promotions and relegations.
At a national level the main contest is the National Brass Band Championship, and this determines a band's section. For this, the UK is split into 8 regions: London and Southern Counties, Midlands, North of England, North West, Scotland, Wales, West of England, and Yorkshire. Each year in Spring the bands compete in a regional contest for their section, and the top two or three in each section go on to the "National Finals" in Autumn. Recently (2011), the finals for Sections 1 to 4 have been held in Cheltenham, and the finals for the Championship Section at the Royal Albert Hall in London (as featured in the film "Brassed Off").
The bands are awarded points for their result (1st gets 1 point, 9th gets 9 points), and this is added to the previous two years to give a three-year total. Two or three bands with the best total are promoted, and two or three bands are relegated.
There are also separate contests for university brass bands, including the annual UniBrass contest, founded at Lancaster University in 2010 and hosted in 2023 by the University of Warwick. The Cambridge and Oxford University brass bands also compete against each other in annual 'varsity' contests.
The National Youth Band Brass Championships held annually has a Youth Champs' non-competitive section offering the opportunity for young people new to brass to take part and contribute a performance without the pressure of competition. Bands of all standards play in the Debut Section and join in the fun.
The Salvation Army.
In the UK, the brass bands of The Salvation Army have run parallel to the main brass band movement since the 1870s. Bands of The Salvation Army range from small church bands to staff bands composed of the best bandsmen of The Salvation Army in the area. Their instrumentation is almost identical except for a minor difference in the cornet section whereby the repiano is dropped and the remainder of the row is made up of parts designated 1st and 2nd (two players each) rather than 2nd and 3rd; and that some major pieces have a split first trombone part, the lower part usually cued elsewhere in the band. Bands of The Salvation Army can be found in most countries around the world in which it operates.
Australia.
The Australian derivation of a brass band is the same as the UK brass band (i.e. standard instrumentation with no woodwind). Contesting bands in Australia are graded from A Grade to D Grade. National Contests are held each year at Easter, with the location moving from state to state, and often including bands from New Zealand or other locations around the Asia Pacific region.
Each state also conducts their own championships. National and state contests are generally of the same format: a set test piece for each grade, a hymn, an own choice, a stage march (march or concert march performed on the stage without marching) and a light entertainment concert program. Smaller regional contests often replace the major works with an own choice concert program.
Among the country's most famous brass band identities have been conductor and composer Percy Code; and David King and Frank Wright who made their mark in Britain. Early Australian brass composers include Thomas Bulch, Alex Lithgow and Charles Trussell. In later years, leading composers have included Brenton Broadstock ("Winds of Change", "Rutherford Variations", "Valiant Take All My Sins Away" and many more), Barrie Gott ("Mumbo Jumbo", "Gospel Train", "Glasshouse Sketches") and Joe Cook ("Taskforce", "Keighley Moor").
Europe.
Belgium.
In Belgium, there are about 30 brass bands. The best known is Brass Band Willebroek, who were crowned European Brass Band Champions in 1993, 2006 and 2007. The average banding level is still rising, as the brass movement was only introduced in Belgium some 30 years ago.
The national brass band Championships are held annually at CC Zwanenberg in Heist-Op-Den-Berg. The winner represents Belgium at the European Championships.
Participants are divided into four categories going from Championship section to third section. Currently there are seven bands competing in Championship section. These are: Brass Band Willebroek Brass Band Buizingen, Metropole Brass Band, Festival Brass Band, Kortrijk Brass Band, Brass Band Heist, and De Noord-Limburgse Brassband,
Other Belgian bands include: Mercator Brassband, , , Brass Band Zele, , and many more.
Some of the brass bands in Belgium are primarily based around recreational music, do not conform to British brass band instrumentation, and therefore do not compete.
Germany.
Brass bands in Germany are not as widespread as in other European countries like Switzerland or the Netherlands.
There are just a few bands (about 40) playing in authentic British instrumentation. This is primarily due to the popularity of wind bands, particularly in Southern Germany, and brass groups (composed of soprano to bass instruments) known as "Posaunenchöre" (trombone choirs) related to churches.
National Brass Band "competitions" took place as part of the German Festival of Wind Music in Würzburg 2007 and 2008, in Duisburg 2010, in Coesfeld 2012 and in Bad Kissingen 2014.
Ireland.
Brass bands in Ireland can primarily trace their origins to the past influence of British Army bands during the period between 1801 and 1922. As well as military bands however, community led groups were also in existence around this time. While concert bands are more prevalent today, possibly due to the association of brass bands with British rule, brass bands are still popular, especially on the east coast. Dungarvan, Arklow and Drogheda are all examples of towns with brass bands of note. Dublin has a number of Brass Bands. The oldest is the Blanchardstown Brass Band (Blanchardstown) formed in 1826, St.Georges Brass Band Formed 1936 (in Dublin City Centre) and the Stedfast Brass Band (Blackrock)
Brass competitions take place annually, both regionally and nationally.
Netherlands.
In the years 1870–1900 the Salvation Army spread out their missionary activities in the Netherlands, at first the main port city Amsterdam, and then to the then still important northern seaport of Harlingen, Friesland around the 1900.
Brass Band contesting began in Friesland after World War II. The Frisian conductor Sierd de Boer made a great effort to develop the British Brass Band standardisation, and the Frisians nowadays continue to set the standard of brass bands in the Netherlands. Brass Bands in Friesland include
"De Wâldsang" Buitenpost, "Pro Rege" Heerenveen, "De Bazuin" Oenkerk and "De Spijkerpakkenband" Opsterland. Other well known brass bands across the country are Brassband Rijnmond (Rotterdam) and Brass Band Schoonhoven.
Norway.
The Norwegian Band Federation is the largest voluntary music organisation in Norway. Through their membership, the 1712 member bands with their 70,318 players (official figures as of 9/1/04) are offered good conditions for their hobby. A network rich in tradition also gives them a strong and influential position in the cultural life of Norway. Many primary schools have their own bands.
Crown Prince Haakon is the patron of the Norwegian Band Federation. The Federation is granted an annual audience with the Crown Prince in order to report to him and receive advice for the future. The King has awarded a royal trophy to the championships for adult bands.
North and South America.
Canada.
Brass bands in the British tradition, sometimes sponsored by employers, existed in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The geography of Canada (e.g. large distances between communities, making regular contests and migration of players difficult) was a key factor among many challenges that led to the demise of most such bands.
Today, excepting the Salvation Army bands, there are few British-style brass bands in Canada. Most operate as recreational, amateur, "community" bands such as the Oshawa Civic Band, King Street Brass from Kitchener, and the Whitby Brass Band, who celebrated their 160th anniversary in 2023. There are some semi-professional groups, like the Intrada Brass of Oakville, Ontario and the Weston Silver Band of Toronto. One of the most successful brass bands in Canada is the Hannaford Street Silver Band.
There are hopes for growth in the education field of brass bands in Canada, and in particular southern Ontario. In 1999, the professional Hannaford Street Silver Band launched the Hannaford Street Youth Band, which is internationally recognized for its success. In 2005, another youth band was created for beginning brass players known as the Hannaford Junior Band. Beginning in September 2006, the Hannaford organization plans to launch a third, intermediate, band known as the Hannaford Community Youth Band. These three ensembles target a wide range of youth from ages 11 to people well into their twenties.
Latin America.
Brass bands long enjoyed popularity in many parts of Latin America as well.
Mexican banda music has similar origins to the British brass band tradition and was influenced by it in its early days. In 19th century Mexico very large bands were formed, such as that of composer Juventino Rosas and in parts of Mexico brass band concerts remain a popular entertainment.
United States.
Brass bands in the British tradition are becoming more popular through the efforts of the North American Brass Band Association (NABBA), which organizes an annual brass band convention and set piece style contest. The US Open Brass Band Championships are held in early November and serves as the countries leading entertainment competition. Brass Band Festivals such as The Great American Brass Festival, Ohio Brass Arts Festival, Gettysburg Brass Band Festival, Dublin Festival of Brass, Mid-Atlantic Brass Festival, and Texas Brass Fest occur throughout the year.
Brass bands were very popular throughout the United States in the late 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century. Well known bands of virtuoso musicians toured widely, and most towns had their own bands that put on weekend music concerts. One notable example of this was The Ohio State University Marching Band which formed in 1879 and still performs with only brass and percussion instruments. Other groups, ranging from benevolent societies to large factories, would often have a band. The brass band movement has undergone a resurgence in the late twentieth century, led by the North American Brass Band Association. The United States boasts two professional brass bands, the Brass Band of Battle Creek and the River City Brass Band, as well as community brass bands such as the Dallas Brass Band, Central Ohio Brass Band, Dublin Silver Band, Motor City Brass Band, Atlantic Brass Band, Nebraska Brass Band, Imperial Brass, The Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band (Delaware), Five Lakes Silver Band, Allegheny Brass Band, The Brass Band of Central Florida, the Sheldon Theatre Brass Band (Red Wing, MN), the Lake Wobegon Brass Band (Anoka, MN), the Twin Cities Brass Band (Bloomington, MN), the Fountain City Brass Band, the Triangle Brass Band, the Smoky Mountain Brass Band the River Brass, and the Mission Peak Brass Band (Fremont, CA), and the Rockville Brass Band (the oldest competing American band in Maryland, founded in 1976); several collegiate brass bands, including the James Madison University Brass Band, the Mansfield University Brass Band, the Slippery Rock University Brass Ensemble, the Pennwest-Clarion University Brass Ensemble, and the University of Georgia British Brass Band; and various youth brass bands, including the Triangle Youth Brass Band and the Fountain City Youth Brass Bands also exist.
Repertoire.
There are several notable composers in the brass band world. The current favourite is possibly Philip Sparke, who has written many pieces, including "Music of the Spheres". A noted Welsh Composer was T. J. (Tom) Powell, born in Tredegar in 1897, also known as "The Welsh Sousa". Powell composed over 500 pieces for brass bands, including marches (such as "The Castle Marches"), tone poems and suites.
Other notable composers include:
Several classical composers have written music specifically for brass band. These include:
Outdoor banding.
An advantage of the brass band is that it is mobile and capable of playing at any time and anywhere, even on the march. Marching and outdoor functions have been the preserve of the brass band for well over a century. Many UK brass bands are closely woven into the local community, performing outdoor civic duties throughout the year.
The bandstand became popular in the Victorian era, typically associated with the British brass band or military band. It is a simple construction which not only creates an ornamental focal point, but also serves acoustic requirements whilst providing shelter from the changeable British weather.
In popular culture.
The 1996 British film "Brassed Off" is the story of a colliery brass band from a Yorkshire mining village, where the mine is threatened with closure. It culminates in the band winning the national finals in the Royal Albert Hall.
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BrassMunk
Canadian hip hop group
BrassMunk was a Canadian hip hop group from Scarborough, Ontario. It was formed in 1997 by emcees S-Roc (Dwayne King), Clip (Jason Balde), May One 9 (Randy Brookes) and DJ/producer Agile (Ajene Griffith). May One 9 was replaced by King Reign (Kai Thomas) in 2006.
Brassmunk independently released their first EP (variations on the singles "One, 2" and "Stop, Look, Listen") in 1999. Their title track from their second EP, "Live Ordeal!", received a Juno nomination for Rap Recording of the Year. The track "El Dorado', from their 2002 EP, also received a Juno nomination for Rap Recording of the Year.
Also in 2002, they released the EP "Dark Sunrise". The following year, "Dark Sunrise" was re-released worldwide on Battleaxe Records as an LP, and included their previous independent releases. "Dark Sunrise" was nominated for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2004. Their follow-up album, "FEWturistic", was released on March 20, 2007, and featured several additional artists including Kardinal Offishall and Moka Only. In 2008, the album earned them another Juno nomination.
The band's best known singles are "Big", produced by Mr. Attic of Da Grassroots and "Oh Supaman", produced by Agile and based in part on samples from Laurie Anderson's 1981 single "O Superman (For Massenet)".
BrassMunk has been inactive since 2008. Reign died of a heart attack in 2016, at age 40.
Discography.
Albums
EPs
Singles
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River Brass
River Brass (formerly the Bend in the River Brass Band) was established in 1991 as a community band. Over the years, the band has developed into a high-caliber competing band. The group took its original name from the ox bow bend of the Ohio River that separates the cities of Evansville, Indiana and Henderson, Kentucky. As the band gained more members from across the tri-state region, the geographical footprint was well beyond the original "bend in the river", so the name was changed in the fall of 2015 to "River Brass" to include members who live near both the Ohio River and Wabash River. The band currently rehearses at Epworth United Methodist Church in Newburgh, IN. Its current conductor is Dr. Pat Stuckemeyer.
River Brass follows the tradition of British brass bands in instrumentation and literature. River Brass is currently the only band of its type in the Southern Indiana/Western Kentucky region. Its members are non-professional post-high school players from southwestern Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeastern Illinois. Members range in age from the late teens to the eighties. This diverse group is brought together by their common interest in making and sharing high quality brass music.
River Brass's concert season typically consists of four concerts: a spring (pre-contest) concert, a summer concert, a fall classics concert, and a holiday concert. Concert sites vary depending on availability of venues.
Competition history and results.
River Brass has been participating in the North American Brass Band Association competition since 2007.
Results under the current name "River Brass":
2022: 3rd place in 10-Piece Ensemble - "River Brass Ten" (in lieu of full band)

2022: 1st place in Adult Flugelhorn/Tenor Horn Slow Melody Solo - Alex Schnautz (tenor horn)

2019: Tied 8th place in Second Section

2019: 1st place in Adult Brass Ensemble - "River Brass Six", featuring David Jarrett (cornet), Joe Stone (cornet), Alex Schnautz (horn), Joshua Britton (trombone), Joel Collier (euphonium), and Pat Stuckemeyer (tuba)

2019: 1st place Adult Trombone Technical Solo - Joshua Britton

2018: 6th place in Second Section

2017: 4th place in Second Section

2016: 3rd place in Second Section

Results under the former name "Bend in the River Brass Band":
2015: 5th place in Second Section

2015: 3rd place Adult High Brass Slow Melody Solo - Alex Schnautz (tenor horn)

2014: 3rd place in Second Section

2014: 3rd place Youth Percussion Solo - Madison Dora

2013: 2nd place in Third Section

2013: 2nd place Youth Percussion Solo - Madison Dora

2012: 1st place in Third Section

2012: 1st place Youth Percussion - Madison Dora

2011: 2nd place in Third Section

2009: 3rd place in Challenge Section

2008: 2nd place in Explorer Section

2007: 2nd place in Explorer Section
Youth Band.
The River Brass Youth Band was formed in January 2019 with its premiere concert on February 21, 2019, at Harrison High School. The youth band runs its main season during the first half of spring semester and is open to high school students. A shorter summer session runs during the month of June. This session is open to incoming freshman as well as graduated seniors.
In the premiere season, the summer session of the RBYB included a short pre-concert at the Drum Corps International event "Drums on the Ohio".
In 2020, a second youth band was formed due to the success of the first season - one band for middle school, and one band for high school. The concerts were eventually cancelled one week before performance due to the pandemic shutdown. The summer program was also dropped for 2020. The high school band resumed in January 2021 for their third season, but did not hold a summer session.

In 2022, the high school youth band held its fourth spring season and is exploring adding back in the summer session.

Eastern Iowa Brass Band
Iowa Brass was formerly known as the Eastern Iowa Brass Band (EIBB), changing its name to Iowa Brass on June 17, 2021.
Iowa Brass is an amateur band which primarily performs brass band literature in the style and tradition of the British brass bands dating back to the early nineteenth century and continuing today. Iowa Brass also covers contemporary ensemble pieces, ranging from Broadway works, swing, New Orleans jazz, and artists such as Pat Metheny.
Founded in 1985, Iowa Brass is the only band of its kind in the state of Iowa. Iowa Brass plays in concert to audiences throughout the midwest.
History of the band.
Iowa Brass, originally called The Eastern Iowa Brass Band, grew from a brass ensemble that was part of the City Band in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, in 1985 after Don Stine, director of the city band, attended a seminar on the growing brass band movement in the United States. Regular rehearsals began soon thereafter, and the band competed in its first North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) Championship in April 1986. 2016 marked the 30th anniversary of the band. In celebration of this milestone, the band toured the upper Midwest over the summer, playing for and with other brass bands in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. In 2018, the band entered into a new community relationship, relocating to dedicated facilities in Solon, Iowa, after a 32 year run in Mt. Vernon.
The music.
British band instrumentation features horns which are conical in design. Iowa Brass conforms to the unique British band style, characteristically limiting its instrumentation to brass, including cornets, flugelhorn, tenor horns, euphoniums, baritones, trombones, and tubas, as well as percussion. The 35-member band performs from a repertoire which features original works for brass band, as well as arrangements of well known orchestral and wind band literature. In addition, featured soloists are frequently used in concert programs which also include marches, medleys, hymn tune arrangements, folk songs, American patriotic offerings, Broadway showtunes, and novelty features. The majority of the band's concert schedule takes place during the summer months for community celebrations, civic events, and countless special festivals. They have performed in a variety of settings, from ornate concert halls to outdoor parks. Local audiences can also hear the band at three annual subscription concerts presented in April, September, and December.
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Melbourne International Festival of Brass
The brainchild of musicians Geoff Collinson and Michael Bertoncello, the Melbourne International Festival of Brass (MIFB) commenced in 2003. It brings together Australian and international students, professionals, amateurs and brass educators. Geoff and Michael are able to attract professionals from around the globe and, with selected artists from Australia, establish the core of the MIFB.
The MIFB's Honorary Patron, Barry Tuckwell, is a French Horn player, conductor and educator and was a principal horn player in the London Symphony Orchestra for thirteen years.

James Brash
James Hamish Brash (1881 – 14 October 1961) was a Scots-born Australian pianist, organist and choral conductor, remembered as a composer and adjudicator at eisteddfods throughout Australia and New Zealand.
History.
Brash was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, and educated at the Hermitage School. He received musical instruction, possibly alongside Edgar Barratt (1877–1928), from a Dr Berry of Leipzig, and a Dr Healy of Oxford.
He was organist at the Park Church, Helensburgh for over 21 years.
He arrived in Sydney in 1921 to take up an appointment as organist and director of the choir at Scots Church, Sydney.
He became conductor of the choir of the Highland Society of New South Wales, possibly appointed before leaving Scotland.
In May 1923 he was also appointed organist and choirmaster of St Clement's Church, Marrickville.
His compositions include:
He made arrangements of
Some of his four-part vocal works were recorded by The Adelaide Singers, conducted by Norman Chinner.
Other activities.
Brash was a foundation member of APRA and the Music Teachers Association.
Family.
Brash married twice, to Dorothy Jane Matheson (1881 – 13 November 1926), by whom he had two children, secondly to the soprano Alice Prowse (1901–). She was a daughter of Inspector Joseph Prowse of the New South Wales Police Force.
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Boy with Lots of Brass
1957 studio album by Maynard Ferguson, Irene Kral
Boy with Lots of Brass is a 1957 album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring singer Irene Kral.
Reception.
Allmusic awarded the album three stars with reviewer Scott Yanow stating that the arrangements "show off the talented orchestra and its memorable leader quite well."
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Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band
The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band is a British brass band formed in 1881. The band is based in Brighouse, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The band is known across the world, and is regarded by many as the best and most consistent "public subscription band" in the world. In 2022 the band were British Open champions, the Brass in Concert champions, and were voted 2022 4barsrest Band of the Year. The band are regarded as one of the finest brass bands in history, and are in high demand across the globe.
History.
Throughout its history, the majority of premier band championships have been held by "Briggus", whilst the band has also attracted a formidable reputation for highly entertaining concerts for both the general public and brass band connoisseur.
The band was formed over 140 years ago in 1881, through public donations given by the townsfolk of the adjacent villages of Brighouse and Rastrick, that face each other across the River Calder in West Yorkshire, England.
Today, it still continues to be supported through public subscriptions and its own fund raising efforts. Its “amateur” members traditionally pride themselves on being financially independent, never having been beholden to any commercial interest, yet they are still regarded as one of the "elite" on the contest and concert platforms.
Since January 1995, the band has practised at their purpose-built hall and music library called West Ridings at Brighouse High School on Finkil Street in the north of Brighouse.
In 2009 (when conducted by Richard Evans), Brighouse and Rastrick achieved "Most Entertaining Band" at Brass in Concert. In 2010 (when conducted by Professor David King) they won the Regional Championship in Yorkshire, regarded as the strongest region for banding in the world and the National Championships of Great Britain, a competition held at London's Royal Albert Hall. This feat was replicated the following year, the Yorkshire Championship title in 2011 and the National Championship title. Along with the contest successes, followers of brass band website 4barsrest.com voted Brighouse & Rastrick and conductor David King "Band of the Year 2011" and "Conductor of the Year 2011" respectively.
In 2012, the band were therefore aiming for a hat trick of wins at both events, only to be pipped to second place at each. With another second placing in Yorkshire and a fourth placing at the National Finals in 2013, it has taken until 2014 for B&R to reclaim the Yorkshire title under the leadership of David King. The band's principal cornet player Stuart Lingard was awarded the "Best Principal Cornet" for his contribution.
Since then, the band has had major successes across a number of contests, and has proven itself to be one of the finest brass bands in the world; while also maintaining a busy schedule of high profile performances across the UK and the globe.
"The Floral Dance".
In November 1977, the band reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart with their recording of "The Floral Dance", where they stayed for six weeks, only surpassed at the time by "Mull of Kintyre" (the first UK single to sell more than two million copies, and third best selling UK single of all time). It was arranged for the band by Derek Broadbent. The B-side was a version of "Girl with the Flaxen Hair", although some copies had a composition by Broadbent entitled "Bachelor Girls" as its B-side. The single also reached Number 37 on the Australian charts. The corresponding album, "The Floral Dance", reached Number 10 in the UK Albums Chart. In 2016, the band performed the number on BBC One's "The One Show" special Terry Wogan tribute episode. The piece is still a firm favourite with audiences to this day.
Conductors.
Musical Director - Professor David King
Australian by birth, David King has a distinguished career profile as an international conductor, instrumentalist, music educator and consultant spanning over 40 years.
David King was awarded the title ‘International Brass Musician of the Year’ in 1992 and completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2000 – the first recipient of a Performance research doctorate awarded within the British university sector. In 2003 he was awarded professorial status and prior to 2009 was Chair of Music – Performance at the University of Salford, England.
From 2004 – 2007 Professor David King was Course Director of the University of Salford MA music programme – the largest externally delivered music education programme linked with the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) and Her Majesty’s Royal Marines.
In 2002 Professor David King was appointed Conductor and Musical Director of the ‘Massed Bands of the North West of England’ performing in the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He was also guest conductor at the World Expo, Switzerland 2002.
David King has represented England in the European Brass Band Championships as a conductor on thirteen occasions winning the title an unprecedented ten times.
He has also won the Norwegian National Championships on ten occasions and has been awarded the Mortimer Award as winning conductor at the British