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We have a challenge for you!

Hello, friends of the Houston Brass Band. For the last two months of 2021, we have set ourselves a challenge to raise over $5000. The great news is that one of our long-time benefactors has generously pledged to match our fundraising ‘dollar for dollar’, doubling our money to $10,000! How can you help? Please click […]

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Goodwoods British Market Partnership

We pleased to announce our recent partnership with Goodwoods British Market and would like to wish Alix Attaway luck now she has taken over the reins at the store.  Goodwoods British Market is a family-owned store in Old Town Spring that stocks the largest selection of food items from the United Kingdom. What could be […]

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Bob Walp’s Visit to Stavanger, Norway

Last summer I attended a conducting course in Stavanger, Norway. I had the pleasure of staying with Andrea and Morten Wensberg on the beautiful island of Vassøy. Andrea studied with me in high school and now plays Associate Principal Horn in the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. Her husband Morten is Professor of Conducting and Head of […]

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HBB players help bolster the Texas Medical Center Orchestra brass section for Mahler’s 2nd symphony

They say some things happen once in a blue moon! Well, this is definitely true for the Mahler Symphonies. Mahler seems to like extra Trumpets and demands 8 – 10 for his symphony No2. Add this to all the other extra brass and woodwind players required to perform this piece and it becomes a costly […]

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How many trumpets does it take to play Janacek’s Sinfonietta?

No, it’s not the start of a joke, but it takes twelve Houston Brass Band members and the Houston Civic Symphony! Thank you to Michael Alan Isidore (Conductor) and the Houston Civic Symphony for inviting a few of our Band members to perform Leo Janacek’s Sinfonietta on Friday night (6th March) at the Morris Cultural […]

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HBB joins the Houston Civic Orchestra for a performance of Janacek’s Sinfonietta

Thanks to Bob Walp, our Music Director, some of the members of the Houston Brass band have been invited to perform Janacek’s Sinfonietta with the Houston Civic Orchestra on the 6th March at the Dunham Theater, Morris Cultural Arts Center at Houston Baptist University. Besides the normal compliment of brasses in the orchestra, Janacek calls for […]

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Houston Methodist Hospital Concert

So……. You would not normally associate a Hospital as a suitable location for a concert hall…..! Well we are in Texas and they say everything is bigger in Texas and the Houston Methodist Hospital is no exception. They have a rather large atrium which makes for a very pleasant location for the Band to perform. […]

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Christmas Concert Success

On Sunday evening the Houston Brass Band performed at the St Thomas’ Episcopal Church with the Church Choir as part of the Mosley Memorial Music Series in celebration of this festive time of year. There will be a full report to follow shortly but I wanted to say a quick thank you to Giles Brightwell […]

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My Approach to Brass Playing by Robert Walp

Some comments on my approach to brass playing: I approach the instrument while singing. Literally, I sing before I play each day. Then I buzz on the mouthpiece, exactly what I had been singing. The next step is to put a “buzz-aid” or B.E.R.P. on the instrument and, fingering the horn, buzz the same way—which […]

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