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 ...

Maybe all you know about trombones is that there was a song about 76 of them in “The Music Man,” or maybe you know that the trombone has a rich history in classical music as well, and has been a ...

Vienna, Mexico, Canada, Hollywood and, of course, the Messiah — all represented in San Diego’s varied classical-music ...

British-style brass bands are of the people, for the people, and by the people. They’re made up of unpaid citizens who get together to play classical music just because they love to. They have this ...

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 ...

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 ...

The modern brass quintet was developed long after Johann Sebastian Bach lived, but brass quintets play arrangements of Bach’s music all the time. It works well—they sound like an organ, Bach’s primary ...

Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass presents an energetic concert featuring a unique blend of classical brass music and contemporary influences. Known for their dynamic performances, the ensemble ...

Okay, so maybe Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms aren’t exactly your thing. But could be that you’ve wondered what goes on over at Kleinhans Music Hall. And you’ve got a tiny fear of missing out on ...

Close your eyes: A Mozart piano sonata is being performed live some feet in front of you on stage. Impeccably, the music swells and soars in one measure and whispers in the next. Now, open your eyes ...

After a successful inaugural season, the Silver Hall Concert Series returns with a diverse slate of free music performances—from guitar ensembles, to orchestras and choirs of many stripes—at Milton ...