Listening Playlist

Here is the link to my playlist for class! It will cover Brass bands, trumpet ensembles, and brass quintets.

Hope you enjoy!

Here is the notes on the pieces:

1. Riverdance (arr. For brass band) Ray Farr, Bill Whelan, Garry Cutt

Playing: Grimethrope Colliery Band

• Formed in 1917, during the First World War, Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a British institution. National and British Open Champions on numerous occasions, the band’s contest successes remain legendary. These include 16 Brass In Concert Championship titles, 11 times Yorkshire Regional Champions, two English National Championship victories, four times British Open Champions and four times National Champion Brass Band of Great Britain.

     2. White Rose Caleb Hudson

Playing: Canadian Brass

• In 1942, five University of Munich students and one professor, Hans Scholl, formed a clandestine, non-violent Nazi resistance movement known as the “White Rose.” 
• In 2014, filmmaker Peter Logue created a short documentary about the “White Rose” movement titled The Search for the White Rose. Caleb wrote the original soundtrack for this film.

      3. Quintet Michael Kamen

Playing: Canadian Brass

• This commissioned piece was completed by Michael Kamen for the Canadian Brass just prior to his passing. It is a fitting tribute to Michael's special relationship with the group and the brass quintet form. "Quintet" is featured on the Canadian Brass CD 'Amazing Brass'

     4. Crazy in Love/ Gonna Make You Sweat Fättes Blech

Playing: Crazy Kids

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     5. Cityscapes Erik Morales

• I. Rush Hour
• II. Skyscrapers
• III. Rhythm of the City

Playing: Tromba Mundi

• 21st Century (2005). "Cityscapes" is a three movement work for five Bb trumpets. Each movement gives a caricature of city life "under the microscope". The first part entitled "Rush Hour" is a light and somewhat comical movement that depicts the morning commute into the city. The second part, entitled "Skyscrapers", attempts to portray the grandeur and magnificence of the city's skyline. The third and final part, entitled "Rhythm of the City", is a musical essay that describes how a city is always teeming with action and is never at rest. This final movement features an unusual percussive effect of tapping the mouthpiece to create active layered rhythmic patterns. Rushing interlocking 16th notes at blinding speeds and sudden pyramidal effects create a thrilling ride that will leave you breathless.
• The Tromba Mundi Trumpet Ensemble was established in 2008 with the idea of promoting chamber music solely for trumpet. his prolific group, made-up of professionals and professors from across the United States, has already made a substantial impact in the trumpet world. The players themselves have toured the world as soloists and clinicians, made many diverse recordings, and performed with some of the nations leading orchestras, jazz ensembles and artists. From the Chicago Symphony to the Maynard Ferguson Big Band and other ensembles spanning across the globe, Tromba Mundi features some of the finest trumpeters in the nation. The energy and synergy among these performers makes for exciting performances to both see and hear.

     6. Music for Brass John Towner-Williams

Playing Presidents Own Brass Section

• John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. With a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores in cinematic history, including the Star Wars series, Jaws

      7. Quintet for Brass Jay Greenburg

Playing: American Brass Quintet

• Jay "Bluejay" Greenberg is an American composer and former child prodigy who entered the Juilliard School in 2002 at age 10.
• The Quintet for Brass was completed on 29 February 2012 for the American Brass Quintet with support from the Jerome Fund commission. It is approximately 14 minutes in duration. The American Brass Quintet gave the premiere performance at the Aspen Music Festival on 18 July 2012. 
• Much performer/composer interaction led the work to its ultimate form. As so often happens when I attempt to "revise" a piece, the final version ended up being an entirely new piece unrelated to its earlier drafts. The members of the American Brass Quintet provided invaluable feedback and technical assistance, for which I am quite grateful. 
• Time is inconstant during the Quintet. One, two, or — at times — all five players step away from the underlying pulse: in time and out of time through several episodes. 

      8. Wolf Burger Hot 8 Brass Band

• The Hot 8 Brass Band is a New Orleans based brass band that blends hip-hop, jazz and funk styles with traditional New Orleans brass sounds. It was formed by Bennie Pete, Jerome Jones, and Harry Cook in 1995,[1] the merging of two earlier bands, the Looney Tunes Brass Band and the High Steppers Brass Band