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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]