Arts in the Afternoon: Austin Brassworks
The City of Lakeway’s Arts in the Afternoon program showcases the Austin Brassworks performing “Showstoppers” on Sunday Aug 6th at 4pm at the Lakeway Activity Center.
The Austin Brassworks formed in 2018 to explore original works for brass quintet, including those by the Nineteenth Century composer, Victor Ewald, and more contemporary composers of quintet literature, such as John Cheetham and Michael. Over time, the group’s repertoire has broadened to include high-quality transcriptions of music in a wide range of styles that were originally voiced for other instruments. Though first and foremost a brass quintet, the Brassworks will enlist other players as the music dictates, much like the Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble.
The five core musicians in the ensemble are familiar faces in the local musical scene. They play in a range of groups and styles – jazz, big band, polka, wind ensemble, brass band, orchestral and, of course, quintet. The five members of the core quintet are Robert Laguna, trumpet; Jose Yznaga,
They will be performing a program called “Showstoppers” of many various brass focused pieces including:
- Vuelta del Fuego, Kevin McKee
- Variations on a Joke, Peter Schickele
- Puttin’ on the Ritz, Irving Berlin, arranged by Stephen Roberts
- La Virgen De La Macarena, Traditional, arranged by Geoffrey Bergler
- Frere Jacques, Traditional, arranged by John Iveson
- Largo al Factotum, Gioacchino Rossini, arranged by Jean-François Taillard
- East St Louis Toodle oo, Bub Miley and Duke Ellington
- Hoooo Raw, Paul G. Burrucker
- Trombonology, Tommy Dorsey, arranged by Joshua Hauser
- Bocoxe, Baden Powell de Aquino, arranged by Gary Buttery/Charles Warren
- Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, Sholom Secunda, arranged by Zack Smith
