When the American Brass Quintet formed 45 years ago, classical brass music had been going through a quiet phase – for some 400 years.According to Raymond Mase, a trumpeter who joined the American ...

Five tremendous brass musicians--each a virtuoso in his own right--form the legendary Canadian Brass. With an international reputation as one of the most popular brass ensembles today, Canadian Brass ...

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 11:39 a.m. The Chromatic Brass Collective is making sure to hit every note. The collective got its start in June 2020 when a group of musicians gathered to discuss ...

Ochestra Iowa performs during its Holiday Spectacular. Brass concerts are a centuries-old holiday tradition that symphonies across Iowa have picked up over the years. We've compiled a list of all the ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct an error in a quote from band member Kristen Albert. When QuintEssentially Brass was founded in 2009, its ...

The Houston Brass Band is the Bayou City's very own British-style brass band, modeled on a tradition that goes back centuries to the coal mines and pubs across the pond. In this sound portrait, HBB ...

In 2014, some of the country’s finest classical brass musicians got together in the Bay Area to recreate a seminal 1968 recording of sacred music by the great Italian Renaissance composer Giovanni ...

Don Bookout, right, leads the Crossroads Brass Band during rehearsal in 2013. Bookout formed the band and helped steer it for years. He died in June, and the band has planned a memorial concert for ...

Largemouth Brass Band, an eight-person ensemble of classically trained music educators, aim to teach listeners just how fun brass instruments can be. Bold, loud and lively, the band hopes to make ...

Need something to do this Friday? No BS! Brass, a Richmond jazz and funk fusion band, will take on The Broadberry just off the heels of opening for Boyz II Men at the new Allianz Amphitheater.

Brass 2 is smartly presented and sounds decent, but the Holy Grail of realistic brass simulation remains elusive, alas. Unconvincing saxophone. Requires lots of CPU. Steep learning curve to get best ...