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- Out of this World
The new millennium is here and
audiences and critics agree that the future is Boston Brass. This fresh
brass sensation is setting new standards in entertainment from exciting
classical arrangements, to breathtaking vocal harmony, to burning jazz
standards. Prize winners at the 1992 International Brass Quintet
Competition in Narbonne, France, Boston Brass is primed to achieve new
levels in brass performance while treating audiences to a musical
experience that can encompass all ages. The ensemble's lively repartee,
touched with humor and personality, bridges the vast ocean of classical
formality to treat audiences with fun times, exciting knowledge and a love
of all types of music deftly exhibited by the dashing performers.
Boston Brass has transcended the
traditional mores of brass ensemble literature and has pioneered a new
generation of music that sets out to achieve one simple goal: entertain at
all costs with blistering precision. Whether they are performing solo or
with a symphony orchestra, the fun and love exhibited from this group is
uniquely infectious and keeps audiences on their feet demanding encore
after encore.Performing over 90 concerts annually, the members of Boston
Brass have displayed their skills in such cities as New York, Portland,
Seattle, Philadelphia, Detroit, Dallas, San Antonio, Minneapolis,
Sacramento, and Los Angeles. Commitment to education is a high priority
for Boston Brass as they have conducted master classes at colleges and
universities around the country including University of Connecticut,
Syracuse University, Boston College, Northwestern College, and Notre Dame.
Along with their instrument sponsor, C.G. Conn, Boston Brass has also
presented clinics and concerts at regional educational conferences in New
York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Texas.
In addition to being featured on
National Public Radio's "Performance Today," Boston Brass has
recorded several albums. Two of these exciting albums appear on the Summit
Records label: Stealing the Show, a collection of overtures and Young
Fogeys, a collage of jazz and swing favorites.
The summer of 2000 will prove to be
an exciting time as Boston Brass teams up with the legendary jazz
recording genius of Rudy van Gelder. This collaboration will further
explore the innovative jazz styles that have propelled Boston Brass to the
forefront of popular chamber music.
