Brass Is A Gas

Published: May 21, 2020, 11 a.m.

b'We\\u2019ll be exploring all the different instruments of the brass family this week. We\\u2019ll learn about what defines a brass instruments, the various sounds they make, and all the different kinds of music they play. And we\\u2019ll practice blowing into our own imaginary brass instruments \\u2014 it sounds pretty funny!\\n\\n***\\n\\nFeatured musical excerpts:\\nHector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust, Hungarian March\\nJohn Philip Sousa: Sound Off\\nJeremiah Clarke: The Prince of Denmark\\u2019s March (performed by Wynton Marsalis)\\nWynton Marsalis: RJ\\nKai Winding: Black Coffee\\nTrombone Shorty: Buckjump\\nW. A. Mozart: Horn Concerto in E-flat, K. 417, Rondo: Allegro (performed by Felix Klieser and Camerata Salzburg)\\n\\n***\\n\\n*National Standards incorporated:\\n*Listening to, analyzing, and describing music\\nUnderstanding music in relation to history and culture\\n\\n***\\n\\nAdditional resources: \\nMusic from Home: The Brass Family and Making a Homemade Trumpet\\nBBC National Orchestra of Wales: Brass\\n10 Famous Trumpet Players\\n\\n***\\n\\nDonate to support this and future seasons of The Music Box.'