Muirhead-Wallace advocate Exit_brass!

Muirhead-Wallace advocate Exit_brass!Exit_Brass! is an exceptionally dynamic brass quartet from Belgium. Four talented young musicians combine a high musical standard with excellent performance skills.
Whatever type of audience Exit_Brass! is playing for, they are determined to entertain you!
The Exit_Brass! repertoire includes original compositions as well as adaptations and arrangements by the musicians themselves. Exit_Brass! consists of typical brassband instruments (two cornets, a tenor horn and a euphonium) which the musicians are happy to introduce to you very detailed and maybe a little… extreme?

Muirhead-Wallace advocate Exit_brass!Exit_Brass! is a one of a kind brass ensemble. Not only you hear four excellent brass players having fun, you see an extraordinary performance. With their unexpected twists (and yes, you can take this literally) they shake up the classical ‘concert conventions’ and challenge the boundaries between musical genres. In 2010 Exit_Brass! was British Open Quartet Champion and received the 4 Bars Rest Award for New Talent of the Year. They have won numerous awards and toured extensively, performing at prestigious events and venues around the world such as the RNCM Festival of Brass 2013 (Manchester, UK) and the Geneva Brass Festival 2013 (Geneva, CH), in the Cido Arena in Panevėžys (Lithouania) and the Oriental Arts Centre in China – being the first non-symphonic orchestra to perform here.

Exit_Brass! are:

Stan Nieuwenhuis (cornet)
Harmen Vanhoorne (cornet)
Tim De Maeseneer (tenor horn)
Glenn Van Looy (euphonium)
More info. please visit their website.

Muirhead-Wallace advocate V3NTO
15Oct

Muirhead-Wallace advocate V3NTOV3NTO is a Chicago-based brass trio that strives to expand the boundaries of brass chaamber music. The ensemble performs a wide variety of styles including Latin, Folk, Jazz, World and contemporary music.

V3NTO recently finished as a quarterfinalist in the 2013 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. In 2012, V3NTO received the Grand Prize in the Chicago Brass Festival Ensemble Competition.
V3NTO has performed in a wide variety of different settings from background music at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House to performing with the Barehand Jugband.

The ensemble is dedicated to expanding the repertoire for the brass trio. Hornist Anna Jacobson has added numerous arrangements to the repertoire including three Georgian Folk Songs, film music and numerous other chamber arrangements.

Muirhead-Wallace advocate V3NTOV3NTO has also been working with composers and has premiered multipl new compositions with more new works to come. Members of V3NTO have performed with the Chicago Symphony, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Artosphere Festival Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras throughout the midwest.

For further details please visit the V3NTO website.