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 ...

FARGO-Local musician Gene Okerlund fondly remembers when his father gave him his first trumpet 68 years ago. Even though the horn was previously owned and admittedly "a little clunky," Okerlund fell ...

Five tremendous brass musicians--each a virtuoso in his own right--form the legendary Canadian Brass. With an international reputation as one of the most popular brass ensembles today, Canadian Brass ...

Ochestra Iowa performs during its Holiday Spectacular. Brass concerts are a centuries-old holiday tradition that symphonies across Iowa have picked up over the years. We've compiled a list of all the ...

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 ...

Largemouth Brass Band, an eight-person ensemble of classically trained music educators, aim to teach listeners just how fun brass instruments can be. Bold, loud and lively, the band hopes to make ...

Don Bookout, right, leads the Crossroads Brass Band during rehearsal in 2013. Bookout formed the band and helped steer it for years. He died in June, and the band has planned a memorial concert for ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A nationally touring brass ensemble will visit El Paso for a special performance. The group, Dallas Brass, is scheduled to perform on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Magoffin ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct an error in a quote from band member Kristen Albert. When QuintEssentially Brass was founded in 2009, its ...

In the early 1990s, bass drummer Derrick Moss, snare drummer Lumar LeBlanc and other members of the Young Olympia Brass Band decided to split off to form a new brass band: The Soul Rebels. They wanted ...