Recent content by Steve Marcus

In addition to the question in the poll: How important is it to take Alexander Technique lessons with a brass instrument player (or at least an instructor who has experience lifting and/or balancing a musical instrument while playing) vs. an instructor who does not have experience playing a...

Stavanger BB playing Philp Sparke's Hymn of the Highlands from memory with choreography at the 2003 NABBA Championships 13 Etoiles playing Philip Wilby's Music for the Moving Image at the World Music Contest in Kerkrade

Wouldn't dare, other than to say that Chicago BB will fare better than last year...

Exactly! It could be a great "Own Choice" piece (it's approximately the correct length) or a rousing finale to a programme. Brass and percussion would both be kept quite busy. Dynamic range throughout the piece would be very wide. The MD's opportunities for stretching and/or pulling back...

Who has written a brass band arrangement of this piece? By whom is it published?

Miraphone had an "almost fully developed" sample of their new "Ambassador" 3+1 Eb tuba last month at the annual Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. I liked it very much. Nice warm tone, easy to play in all ranges. Markus Theinert said that the production model will be even more...

I spotted Mnozil Brass' performance of Bohemian Rhapsody on YouTube (it'll probably disappear from there since it was not placed there legally). Even in flat monophonic sound, their singing, acting, movement, and of course, brass playing is incredibly entertaining! The humor only comes across...

I agree with PJ, John. As long as posts to these experts are kept in a respectable, non-inflammatory fashion, it would be a valuable, informative, and entertaining feature of tMP. How about some live chats with brass band luminaries?

About their placement in Kerkrade, I stand corrected. (Oh, wait a minute--that's the other thread--about basses standing for solos...)

They were fabulous when they won the World Brass Band Competition at Kerkrade in 2005.

Chicago Brass Band needs two cornet players. Please contact me at semarcus1@yahoo.com for more information. Thank you very much, Steve Marcus Co-Founder and Tuba Section Leader, Chicago Brass Band

Professor Rex Martin at Northwestern University would never let me get away with the slightest amount of sloppiness in rhythm, intonation, or tone. He would record the student's performance on a reel-to-reel tape and play it back at half speed so that every %*@^ detail was [occasionally...

The name of our band answers your question.

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A friend of mine turned this annoyance into a good joke for the audience. He was performing the Gregson Tuba Concerto with piano accompaniment. The piece begins with a long introduction before the soloist makes his entrance. Shortly after the pianist began, a mobile (or as we call them in the...