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David Read, the cornet player, who has died aged 90, represented at its most dynamic that immediate postwar generation of brass band players who kept their art form alive against the odds.
Fox Valley Brass Band continues its 2025 concert series with “Summer Pops” at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at Wesley United ...
After the devastating California wildfires in January, Jens Lindemann stood among the ashen remains of what was once his Palisades home. Silhouetted against a backdrop of mountains and palm trees ...
Some have been standing there for over an hour. The band that’s worth the wait? Brass Mash. Aptly named, Brass Mash is a local SLO County brass-instrument-based mash-up band. “It’s not a ...
The 32-member brass bands will be performing in what Bransky says is the British-style of instrumentation. “We don’t use trumpets, we use cornets. We use a flugel horn.