Monday, April 02, 2007

Score Study - Etler and Tomasi


This morning we studied the scores and recordings of the following works:

  • Quintet for Brass Instruments (1963) by Alvin Etler
    Atlantic Brass Quintet - Five Chairs
    Summit Records DCD396

  • Fanfare Liturgique by Henri Tomasi
    Millar Brass Ensemble
    Crystal Records CD 433

Sunday, April 01, 2007

3-28-07 Listening

Full Band - spring 2004Today we had an impromptu listening session of the following recordings:

Je Me Souviens: La Musique du Royal 22e RĂ©giment
The Van Doo's Band of the Royal 22e RĂ©giment, 1964
RCA PCS 1006/1007


1. Fanfare for a Dignified Occassion
2. Vive la Canadienne

We also heard some selections from the Atlantic Brass Quintet Fanfares and Passages CD:

Passages, a work we commissioned from Boston composer Sam Headrick and Jeff Luke's arrangement of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt.