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An S.O.S for MPTF, Part I

PUBLISHED: October 1, 2008, Bruce Hembd
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The Music Performance Fund – an innocent bystander in the AFM/RMA conflict? Judging by the volume (and source locations) of recent traffic on the “Clash of the Titans” post, there is much interest in the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and Recording Musicians Association (RMA) conflict. Ed Shamgochian has blogged that the “nuclear option” (the [...]

Sonoran Brass Goes Live

PUBLISHED: September 17, 2008, Bruce Hembd

The new Sonoran Brass web site. An introductory 30-second video: Based in Phoenix, the Sonoran Brass Quintet has been around for over a decade and recently they decided to redesign their web site – I was glad to help. After several months of work, their site is now live. As the developer for this project, [...]

Woodwind and Brass Quintets; All Things Not Equal

PUBLISHED: July 13, 2008, Bruce Hembd

A ramble on the woodwind quintet genre. In the realm of chamber music, French horn players are in a very unique position. They are an integral part of two established genres: the woodwind quintet and brass quintet. Both groups can be incredibly rewarding for a hornist to perform in. A horn player lucky enough to [...]

The Potsdam Brass Quintet Celebrates 40 Years

PUBLISHED: April 21, 2008, John Ericson

How many currently active brass quintets have reached 40 years? Not many, the only three that I know of are the American Brass Quintet (1960), the St. Louis Brass Quintet (1964) and the Potsdam Brass Quintet (1968), the faculty brass quintet of the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York College [...]

One Reason Why We Work on Maxime-Alphonse

PUBLISHED: March 4, 2007, John Ericson

Tonight I had a rehearsal with the ASU Faculty Woodwind Quintet, the first rehearsal of a piece we are performing in a few weeks, the Quintet by Jean Francaix. Especially tonight I thought to myself this is why we work on Maxime-Alphonse book V, to play pieces like this well. It is mostly written in [...]

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