In about 1843, Hector Berlioz wrote in his famous Treatise on Instrumentation "The bass tuba possesses an immense advantage over all...

Most of the trumpet players I play with usually play C trumpet in public, so I used to write only C trumpet parts. But there was some...

The title of this entry is a portion of one of my favorite quotes (see below) by cartoonist Walt Kelly. Of course, this is not at all how...

Another curious Richard Strauss quote "If you can just barely hear the (French) horns on stage, the balance is perfect." Strauss clearly...

I only wrote about 5 charts using 4 horns early on for the Denver Brass. In 1988, at my urging Denver Brass went from 4 (or sometimes 3)...

I started writing brass arrangements while still in high school (late 70's) after first hearing the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and...