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Just about everyone on this site has been exposed to a brass quintet in some form or another, either playing in one or listening to a group live or on a CD. The Spectrum Brass Quintet is a little different. They do have the standard instrumentation of two trumpets, one french horn, one trombone, and a tuba. However they play with a drummer, pianist, and a soprano. There debut CD is called "Rhapsody: The Music of George Gershwin" and it sounds great!

Spectrum Brass is joined by Van Cliburn medalist Aviram Reichert on Piano for "Rhapsody in Blue". This is a great arrangement of a very fun piece to listen to. Reichert sounds great and really shines in this style of music.

They even have some of the Broadway hits from Gershwin on the CD. Soprano Elizabeth Stoner has a beautiful voice and really fits in well with the brass quintet. I think that this combination of a singer with a traditional brass quintet is really unique and I hope to see more of this kind of stuff from this group in the future.

You can view a promotional video here;
http://www.youtube.com/user/SpectrumBrassQuintet" target="_blank

Here is a link to the Spectrum Brass website, were you can purchase a copy of the CD.
http://www.spectrumbrassquintet.com/about.php" target="_blank

cheers,
Brendan

Thanks for the kind words Brendan!

We are very excited about the new group. It is definitely different and we are hoping people will like the format. We are very lucky to have such great arrangements by Jim Stephenson and Brian Buerkle and also to have amazing people recording us (http://www.gbp-studio-acoustics.com/), doing the video (http://www.fulvew.com/fulvew.com/home.html) and designing our packaging (http://www.stereotonic.com/).

Spectrum will start touring regularly this coming year so stay updated on our website - http://www.spectrumbrassquintet.com/or our facebook fan page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spectrum- ... 0745433213.

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Thanks again. Hearing from people who like our music means a lot to all of us!

Thanks! We think it is a nice way to show off the quintet with some great artists. Very fun recording to make.