If your brass quintet plays publicly for any length of time, you likely will amass an eclectic assortment of gigs. You will find yourself in all sorts of venues, performing for a variety of different occasions and a wide range of audience sizes. If you play in more than one small ensemble, you are more […]
Logo Legwork
My life is brimming with music performance. I’m in a concert band, a jazz band, four different chamber groups, and I freelance. After some prodding from a couple of online articles, it didn’t take long for me to think of today’s blog – a business milestone that the youngest of those chamber groups is now […]
Interview – Wendy Chinn
Name: Wendy Chinn City, State of Residence: Tysons, VA Occupation: Music Teacher Favorite Instrument to Play: French horn Wendy H. Chinn, French horn, is a private brass music teacher in Northern Virginia and has also been an elementary school band director and general music teacher. Ms. Chinn has performed in many different venues, from the […]
The Epic Story of the Airmail Brass
Since starting this blog, I’ve focused mostly on the larger groups when talking about community ensembles. For whatever reason, my love of small ensemble gigs has taken a backseat for months, but today I’m here to rectify such an egregious oversight! Now and then a small ensemble will be asked to perform for an unusual […]