Today in our Brass Ensemble Literature Class, we took a step back to earlier wind ensembles employing some instruments that are not as familiar in a modern context.
Today we listened to the group Piffaro (http://www.piffaro.org)
not to be confused with Piffero (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piffero)
which a quick search on Google will reveal is a crude type of oboe related to another earlier ancestor, the shawm. That's right, double reeds got into our brass ensembles. I feel a little bit wrong inside. If it had to be a woodwind, Piffero was a good choice!
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
On Boats, with a scenic background? This could only be more perfect if there was actual mist coming off of the lake.
With a little bit of clicking around Facebook, I was able to find the source of this video belongs to an organization called Bläserurlaub Bad Goisern (http://www.blaeserurlaub.at/en).
Posted by Peter Brugger on Thursday, August 20, 2015
Monday, January 25, 2016
Hello and welcome to Gorillas in the Mist.
The goal of this blog is to find, explore, and discuss Brass Players caught in unusual contexts - or as I call them, Gorillas in the Mist.
For my first post, I'll take a classic example of a Tubist putting on someone else's shoes and taking a walk.
By classic, I mean as classic as the famous musical variety show hosted by Lawrence Welk (http://www.welkshow.com).
The goal of this blog is to find, explore, and discuss Brass Players caught in unusual contexts - or as I call them, Gorillas in the Mist.
For my first post, I'll take a classic example of a Tubist putting on someone else's shoes and taking a walk.
By classic, I mean as classic as the famous musical variety show hosted by Lawrence Welk (http://www.welkshow.com).
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