Just when you thought it was safe to talk about classical music without mentioning class, up it pops again. Esther McVey, the MP for Tatton in Cheshire, says it’s a crying shame that opera gets more ...

The Brass Band of Minot will close their 2025-2026 season at Minot University’s Anne Nicole Nelson Hall with “The Best of ...

When the American Brass Quintet formed 45 years ago, classical brass music had been going through a quiet phase – for some 400 years.According to Raymond Mase, a trumpeter who joined the American ...

FARGO-Local musician Gene Okerlund fondly remembers when his father gave him his first trumpet 68 years ago. Even though the horn was previously owned and admittedly "a little clunky," Okerlund fell ...

Five tremendous brass musicians--each a virtuoso in his own right--form the legendary Canadian Brass. With an international reputation as one of the most popular brass ensembles today, Canadian Brass ...

Lorraine Thurston has been playing tuba for more than 20 years. When she and her family moved from Canada to Snoqualmie, she wanted to find a way to keep playing. She attended a brass festival where ...

Maybe all you know about trombones is that there was a song about 76 of them in “The Music Man,” or maybe you know that the trombone has a rich history in classical music as well, and has been a ...

Don Bookout, right, leads the Crossroads Brass Band during rehearsal in 2013. Bookout formed the band and helped steer it for years. He died in June, and the band has planned a memorial concert for ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct an error in a quote from band member Kristen Albert. When QuintEssentially Brass was founded in 2009, its ...

Ochestra Iowa performs during its Holiday Spectacular. Brass concerts are a centuries-old holiday tradition that symphonies across Iowa have picked up over the years. We've compiled a list of all the ...

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 11:39 a.m. The Chromatic Brass Collective is making sure to hit every note. The collective got its start in June 2020 when a group of musicians gathered to discuss ...

Bamboo Meets Brass on the Silk Road” on March 22, 2026, at The Egg in Albany? The event was presented by Asian Arts New York, ...