Cathedral brass quintet chicago

With their best-selling recordings on the Telarc label they have introduced an even larger audience worldwide to the excitement of brass music that ranges from Bach and Handel to majestic antiphonal works that Gabrieli composed for St.

Douglas Major, organist, is a prominent American composer of sacred music and concert organist. Empire Brass May 13, pm. Roger's Neighborhood. It is a regular guest on commercial and public radio networks nationwide, performing on programs such as St. In December , the Empire Brass became the first ensemble to play at the newly remodeled Carnegie Hall.

The Empire Brass has served as Faculty Quintet-in-Residence at Boston University for thirteen years, led the Empire Brass Seminar at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for over twenty years, where students from around the world, including such musical capitals as Vienna and London, come to study with the five musicians. It also leads an annual series of college clinics co-sponsored by the Selmer Company, maker of the Empire Brass' instruments. Performances include an engaging variety of music, from 5-part madrigals to 8- and part transcriptions of works by major composers, along with music composed specifically for horn ensemble.

Members of the Consort participated in the farewell concert for Dale Clevenger at Orchestra Hall, and performed on two recitals at the International Horn Conference. The Cathedral Brass Quintet has been performing concerts in Chicagoland for over 2 decades, bringing its refreshing arrangements to venues such as Harper College and St Paul's Cathedral.

The quintet is an annual favorite at the Sankta Lucia celebration concert at Covenant Church in Schaumburg. A CD of the group can be found at www. The group, formed in April , performs jazz in the West Coast "Cool" style. C11 focuses on the masterful "Dek-tette" arrangements that come from the pen of Marty Paich and were often performed by Mel Torme.