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 ...

Whoever believes classical music can only be serious may not have heard Metales M5, a Mexican group of international fame for whom the words “fun” and “classical” aren’t mutually exclusive. “There’s ...

The curtain will soon be closing on this year’s rodeo season, but one local music ensemble is keeping the true Texas spirit alive in its own way. On March 19, the Houston Brass Quintet is giving its ...

Steven Osborne's solo Ravel anthology is among the best available, and it's good that he's now tackling the composer's two very different piano concertos. Not all pianists succeed in both. Osborne ...

The Vero Friends of the Atlantic Classical Orchestra have announced its annual benefit concert on December 3 at Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club. This year's program, entitled “Classy Brass,” will ...

The all-star, female classical brass quintet will appear at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Ogallala Performing Arts Center. This is the final performance for the 2016-17 Ogallala Regional Arts Concert ...

It’s pretty brave to write a piece of music and put it out there to see if others will be interested. Kevin McKee is a trumpet player and thought he would try composing. Escape is his energetic brass ...

REVIEW: The New York Philharmonic Principal Brass new CD: "New York" Who says classical music can't be fun? So what does the finest brass section in the world do for fun when it's not playing famous ...

Laguna Beach Live will present Presidio Brass in a free chamber-music concert Sunday. Hailing from San Diego, Presidio Brass will play classical and holiday selections as part of the First Sundays ...

Coupling music by Brahms and Bartók makes enormous sense, given the former composer's penchant for Hungarian dance music. Janine Jansen's studio recording of Bartók's Violin Concerto No 1 makes a ...

Dukas– Fanfare to La Peri. Andre Previn– Four Outings for Brass. Bernstein– Dance Suite. Jim Parker– The Golden Section. One of the many pleasing aspects of this concert for brass quintet was that the ...