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Subject: brass band (fwd)
From: njh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Nigel Horne)
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 09:08:52 GMT
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Forwarded message follows:

> Hello - My name is Alex Booth and I am a member of the Rocky 
> Mountain Brassworks in Denver, Colorado. (By the way, I am British!)
> Anyway, our Brass Band is pretty good, though not up to contest
> level.  The band is loosely made up of 35 people - 1/2 are music
> teachers and in the fall our numbers are reduced because of
> marching band.  We rehearse about 2x/month, but we can sightread
> like crazy.
>   Past concerts in the last couple of years include pieces like - 
> "Fantasy for Brass" by Malcolm Arnold, "Firestorm" by Stephen Bulla,
> "Fanfare and Flourishes" by Curnow, "Concert Prelude" by Philip
> Sparke, and we occassionaly pull out the "Brass Metamorphosis" by
> Gordon Jacob.  I hope that gives you a fair idea of the band.
>   There is a member of the Band that is an ex-band member from the
> U.K.  His name is Paul Rothery and I believe he played in Philip
> Sparke's Band (I don't remember the Band's name, but he played 2nd
> Alto Horn in it!)  Excellent player - we are learning something

[ He means tenor horn in brass band circles; Philip Sparke was with
Hillingdon, though he's left now ]

> of the British style of "blowing."

[ paragraph specificially to me snipped here - njh ]

>   (Incidentally, I play "free safety" in the Band.  Normally, I
> play 2nd Euphonium, but for the last Concert we were down in 
> Trombones, so I played 1st/2nd.  Now, for the next concert, I
> will be playing 1st Baritone.  Actually, I like the challenge.)
> 
> Anyway, I hope the above made sense and wasn't too long-winded.
> Looking forward to hearing from you....Alex Booth

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