Brass Is A Gas

We’ll be exploring all the different instruments of the brass family this week. We’ll learn about what defines a brass instruments, the various sounds they make, and all the different kinds of music they play. And we’ll practice blowing into our own imaginary brass instruments — it sounds pretty funny! *** Featured musical excerpts: Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust, Hungarian March John Philip Sousa: Sound Off Jeremiah Clarke: The Prince of Denmark’s March (performed by Wynton Marsalis) Wynton Marsalis: RJ Kai Winding: Black Coffee Trombone Shorty: Buckjump W. A. Mozart: Horn Concerto in E-flat, K. 417, Rondo: Allegro (performed by Felix Klieser and Camerata Salzburg) *** *National Standards incorporated: *Listening to, analyzing, and describing music Understanding music in relation to history and culture *** Additional resources: Music from Home: The Brass Family and Making a Homemade Trumpet BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Brass 10 Famous Trumpet Players *** Donate to support this and future seasons of The Music Box.