Today's piece is a slow dirge-like work for brass quintet. A key feature to this piece is the use of extended silences (or rests under a sustain) to create a sense of tension, waiting for the music to continue.
As such, the space in which this piece is played will have an enourmous impact on how it sounds; the more reverb the room has, the less silence there will be, and yet it may end up sounding "emptier" due to our association with echoes to large, empty spaces.
As always, these pieces are welcome for anyone and everyone to play! All I ask is that you share it with me, because I'd love to hear it done by live players!
For a heathen, I do love listening to and singing carols at the top of my lungs at Christmas! O Come All Ye Faithful is a favorite as it should be performed with gusto! And gusto is precisely Canadian Brass' whole character! Happy Christmas Eve, friends!
It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means…
If you didn’t know, every Tuesday I release a smooth tuba cover of a popular song, complete with a music video that’s full of surprises. This week’s video was the Isaac Hayes classic “Walk On By.”
Tuba Walk On By
Here are more Smooth Tuba Tuesday videos that have come out this month, including a funny take on a modern classic, and a tuba ode to a…
3/24/23 – finished work on El Malei Rachamim: A Holocaust Memorial for concert band
3/22/23 – finished the alto flute trio! Check it out! Continuing promising discussions for an alto flute concertino for this summer…
3/20/23 – engraved, posted to Sheetmusicplus.com, and uploaded a demo recording of Bizzarie di Varie Figure!
3/21/23 – finished work on Snow, falling, Scherzo, and Diptych! Also…