I don't know if all these files will come through – or if you are even remotely interested – but I was sending one of the tunes out to some of my band friends and thought I may as well post it here.
Our next concert will feature guest trumpet soloist Joe Burgstaller, who has played with the world-renowned Canadian Brass. He was listening in via Skype from New York City and I must say, I thought he was pretty darn cute. Now that's something to look forward to. I must also say, his stand-in/trumpet-double for the evening was no slouch. Anthony Something-Something, ASU music student from Mexico City was fantastic. Wow. I love being around great music.
This is one of the pieces we'll be playing. It's an arrangement for brass band and has Vincent DiMartino on trumpet when he was a professor at U of Kentucky. I was stage crew for one of the Brass Band of Battle Creek concerts back in my college days and was astounded. At the time (not sure how it's made up now), it was a group of college and other music professionals/educators from around the Midwest started by the director of the Michigan State school of music.
Just for fun, because now I have it stuck in my head after listening to it in my car, is a medley of classic Disney tunes. It's long, but stick around to the end for some kickin' renditions of songs from my favorite childhood movie soundtrack: The Jungle Book. I listened to that album on a near-constant basis for a very long time. I should pick up a CD of it one of these days.
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