Brass Band

GC · Post by GC » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:45 pm

How are you defining "American Brass Band"? To me, it's just French horns instead of Eb tenor horns. Are there other variations? Trumpets vs cornets, maybe?

ASTuba · Post by **ASTuba** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:46 pm

I marked American Brass Band, as the SU Brass Ensemble uses Trumpets and French Horns.... YUCKY!!!!

tubatom91 · Post by **tubatom91** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:16 pm

I'm just in Legion Band

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:46 pm

The Bend in the River Brass Band - traditional British style brass band
http://www.riverbrass.org

The Old Dam Community Band - concert community band
http://www.olddamband.com

The Little Old Dam Band - Dixie group
http://www.olddamband.com/little_o_d__band.htm

The Owensboro Community Band - concert community band
http://ocband.org

The Rhein Valley Brass - German oom-pah band
http://www.germania.evansville.net/

The Hadi Shrine Brass Band - really a concert band!

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:04 am

But I really, really would like to play in a British style brass band -- my Besson is sooooo lonely!

davidwburns · Post by **davidwburns** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:00 am

Blue Badge Quartet (tuba, trombone, baritone, trumpet)

Trying to convince the trumpet player to buy a flugel horn. I think it would be an interesting sound.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:57 am

iiipopes wrote:But I really, really would like to play in a British style brass band -- my Besson is sooooo lonely!

I like playing in a brass band. The music presents a bit more of a challenge than I usually get with the other groups I play with.

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:12 pm

The Bend in the River Brass Band - traditional British style brass band
http://www.riverbrass.org

The Old Dam Community Band - concert community band
http://www.olddamband.com

The Little Old Dam Band - Dixie group
http://www.olddamband.com/little_o_d__band.htm

The Owensboro Community Band - concert community band
http://ocband.org

The Rhein Valley Brass - German oom-pah band
http://www.germania.evansville.net/

The Hadi Shrine Brass Band - really a concert band

Dan! Between all this and your Marzan hobby, how do you ever find time to tinker?

AndyCat · Post by **AndyCat** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:06 pm

Brass Band. Many. Like, a lot of them!

tubiker · Post by **tubiker** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:49 pm

Yo

As well as playing in Brass Bands as and when, I also conduct a kids Brass Band - this is them without me - I'm behind the camera...............

Sharp eyes might spot Trumpets (if the kids play trumpet and want to play in the band who cares !!) - and a mix of British and American Tuba bells - I've a Reynold Contempora 3 valve Bb which is great kids instrument alongside various Boosey/Besson British built instruments.

This is the Wymondham Area Schools Brass Band in Christmas gear entertainting punters at a holiday village complex in the run up to christmas. We played Christmas Carols for a couple of hours then the kids got the run of the entertainment complex for free - a good deal

Andrew M

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:57 pm

I quit a year ago, but Old Pueblo Brass Band (British.) Old Pueblo is the colloquial name for Tucson.

All instruments as they should be except that no one plays an Eb tuba on the Eb part. I went between F and CC, mostly CC, and the current "Eb" players are on a 4/4 Rudy CC and an Alex F. I'd still like to get a good piston Eb but can't find one that works ergonomically and financially. Maybe one of these days...I suppose I could trade in my MW 182 for a Willson Eb comper.

And of course the BBb players refuse to learn to read Bb treble clef, which is a mystery to me; instead one of them takes the parts home and re-does them in bass clef in Finale.

MA

Adam C. · Post by **Adam C.** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:37 pm

I conduct a British brass band here in CT. We're lucky to have Eb tenor horns, Bb baritones, and 9/10 cornets (Eb sop is using trumpet - doesn't bother me).

The treble clef low brass parts are a problem for us - the band manager or another volunteer has to transpose for every chart we play. It works, but there is almost always some errors to weed out.

We're short a tuba, if anyone is interested

Biggs · Post by **Biggs** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:18 pm

tubaman90 wrote:
richland tuba 01 wrote:My school has a tuba/euphonium quartet...Ishcoo.
thats called a tuba quartet.

I think many here, including but not limited to myself, would disagree. A group consisting of 4 players composed of two tubas and two euphoniums could be, would be, and is often known as a tuba/euphonium quartet. If you were so inclined, you could refer to it as a euphonium/tuba quartet.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:53 am

My main brass band is Otterbourne Brass http://www.otterbournebrass.org.uk/

However, I frequently help out other bands

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