TRUMPETS - Jon Nelson and Brian McWhorter, HORN - Daniel Grabois, TROMBONE - Ben Herrington, TUBA - Raymond Stewart, PERCUSSION - John Ferrari
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"If you're horny for Frank Zappa's modernist monkeyshines, move over to the Meridian Arts Ensemble. The brass quintet (plus drums and sometimes keyboards) are the renegade classicists who cut class to play Zappa, Beefheart and commissioned works from respected avant-garde composers. Finally, Zappa (and others) get the classical valvedation they deserve."
-- from Progrography
Meridian Arts Ensemble is perhaps more widely known for playing Frank Zappa's music (having worked with him shortly before his passing in 1993). The band is one of the most adventurous contemporary music groups around and regularly performs works by Elliott Carter, Milton Babbitt, David Sanford, Elliott Sharp, Captain Beefheart, Nick Didkovsky and many others in addition to compositions from within the ensemble.
The Basic Facts:
* five brass players and one percussionist from New York City,
* expandable to include piano, extra percussion, guitar, bass, saxophone
* performances in 49 states
* performances in Romania, Finland, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria
* performances in Japan and Taiwan
* performances in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, and Cuba
* nine critically acclaimed compact discs on the Channel Classics label
* assisted in changing the face of chamber music through innovative repertoire and high-octane performances.
Hola, es un gusto saber que estaran de nuevo Dando clase en Instrumenta Verano Oaxaca...
De nuevo nos deleitaremos con sus interpretaciones...
Me agrada oirlos tocar música de Frank Zappa...
Al respecto de esto, yo participare en Instrumenta con un Quinteto de Metales, y mi pregunta es: ¿Hay alguna manera de conseguir los arreglos de Frank Zappa que ustedes tocan?. Ya que me gustaria tocarlo con mi Quinteto. Espero poder recibir una respuesta de su parte...
Saludos, y de antemano, bienvenidos a México de nuevo...
Quand un quatuor classique s'enflamme sur un rythme à 5 temps, porté par un quartet de jazz et des tambours de l'Afrique et des Antilles, notre sale histoire commune liée par les chaînes de l'esclavage s'écrase devant l'évidence que l'humanité respire et gronde dans l'altérité.
I am very pleased to announce that the score and parts for my Voyageur Suite for brass quintet are now available from Art of Sound Music.
The Voyageur Suite is based on three melodies sung by the voyageurs, French-Canadian men who guided and paddled the canoes of explorers and fur traders from Quebec and Montreal to the regions bordering the Great Lakes and on to the Mackenzie and Columbia Rivers during the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. While they paddled hour after hour in their cramped canoes, the voyageurs sang of their canoes, their country, their life and their loves. It was premiered Feb. 15, 2007, by the Alaska Brass.
Thanks for pushing the envelope. Your music expands the concept of a what is at the core a brass quintet. It is a pleasure for the ear and the mind! I also thank you for your great contribution to the Austin Chamber Music Center Festival. Best wishes on the release of Timbrano and I hope you will come back to Austin soon.
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that my new album Afrikan Machinery is out now on Tzadik Records. Check out some of the tracks on my profile! You can buy the CD here, here, or here. It's also available on iTunes.
Best Wishes, Lukas Ligeti
