Eastman Showcase 2006
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Brass Reborn
Founded as a feature attraction at the 1962 Eastman Summer Brass Institute, the Eastman Brass Quintet was an acclaimed concert attraction by the mid-1970s, thanks to its legendary personnel: trumpeters Daniel Patrylak (BM ’54, MM ’60) and Allen Vizzutti (BM ’74, MM ’76), hornist Verne Reynolds, now Professor Emeritus of Horn; trombonist Don Knaub (BM ’51, MM ’61), and tuba player Cherry Beauregard (MM ’63, DMA ’70). The five members performed throughout the world, won rave reviews, and expanded the brass quintet repertoire with new works and arrangements.
Some of the quintet’s golden moments from 1975 are captured on Eastman Brass: 1975 Archive, a recently released Summit Records CD (#449). The CD is also a tribute to Verne Reynolds, as it consists entirely of his music: Concertares 1 and 4, Suite for Brass Quintet, and three examples of Centones — Reynolds’ arrangements for brass of vocal and dance music by Renaissance and Baroque composers such as Dufay and Fux.
For listening samples from 1975 Archive, and information about ordering, visit www.summitrecords.com.