Strauss Feirerlicher Einzug

[Tubadork]

Hey,
Feel free to check out this video, my good friends JB and Mary Beth got married this weekend in Ashville, NC. This is what we played for her processional, I think it came out pretty well. Please feel free to like it, share it or flame it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BaCU7OY ... plpp_video" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

Thanks,
Bill
(I'm one of the tubas, more specifically, the guy playing low towards the end)

p.s.
here is a link to each of them (who are both killer musicians themselves)
John Byrant:
http://atlantamusicproject.org/about-am ... hn-bryant/" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank
Mary Beth Hussey (now Bryant):
http://www.cellolessonswithmarybeth.com ... lcome.html" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

and yes, he has finally made an honest woman out of a hussey.

[Z-Tuba Dude]

Very nice, Bill!

[Steve Marcus]

Bill, your ensemble sounded wonderful on the Strauss. Even on this non-pro recording, there's a nice balance between the organ and the brass.

(I'm one of the tubas, more specifically, the guy playing low towards the end)

...which leads me to a pet peeve. It can be frustrating when an arrangement for organ and brass ensemble never deviates from having the tuba simply doubling the organ pedal. Depending upon how insensitive the arranger has been, the organ registration, the church acoustics, often the tuba has no hope of being heard.

It takes a deft hand to effectively arrange for brass and organ. From this video, it sounds like there was judicious use of both forces.

Congratulations to your friends on their wedding and their excellent choice of music for their ceremony!

[Tubadork]

Hey thanks,
the group was made up of 4/5ths of our quintet (Midtown Brass) and one local Atlanta guy (playing the top trumpet part, he is a beast) and then there were 2 trumpets and 3 bones and one other tuba that we had never met. We ran it once on the day before and called it good. The pedal stuff was ad lib and the organist is a great player and I think we just played off of each other to not get in each others way.
And if anyone is geeking out, I'm playing my PCK that I picked up this year in trade and I'm loving that horn.

It was a blast, glad you liked it

Bill