"The Making of Gabrieli"

National Brass Ensemble - Gabrieli

Here is the video we started watching at the end of class today. It's called "The Making of Gabrieli", and it is an excellent 25-minute documentary on the making of the recent recording by the National Brass Ensemble which pays tribute to the historic Gabrieli recording by the Chicago, Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestra brass sections.

For more information or to purchase their recording on Amazan (since Amazon mispelled Gabrieli, I mispelled Amazon), click here.

Acute Coryza by Anthony Coleman

Tilt Brass

At the beginning of class we listened to a recording of Acute Coryza by Anthony Coleman performed by Tilt Brass Sextet. It is one of many brass ensemble recordings I recently discovered that are available on Apple Music. I will occasionally be selecting works like this for random "Sight Hearing" sessions throughout the semester. 

From Coleman's biography on the New England Conservatory (NEC) website:

From the Sarajevo Jazz Festival to the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland, Anthony Coleman’s musical odyssey has taken him through many cultures and led him to wear many hats as composer, improvising keyboardist, and teacher. Coleman joined the NEC faculty in 2006, returning to a school where he himself studied in the 1970s, during the birth of NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation program (then called Third Stream). In addition to his work as a studio teacher and ensemble coach, Coleman works with NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation students to organize a departmental concert each spring.

• New World Records link to recording
• Spotify link to recording
• Amazon link to recording