As Canadian Brass fans know, these shows involve quite a bit of acting and choreography. Speaking and often improvising the mad bits that tie the show together still fall to Chuck and Gene. These two inventors of brass quintet performance are in constant motion to create new ideas. The other players joke that Chuck and Gene are in a 30-year meeting. We have become an institution, no doubt about it.
Young players know our repertoire and even imitate our stage shows.
All our new guys had grown up listening to the Canadian Brass an amazing thought really, says Chuck. He recalls Ryan s first performance with the Canadian Brass. It was in South Korea, where the group was invited to play on a TV show. Ryan, who is from San Diego, California, has been a stage performer his entire adult life. His performance skills were handed down from six generations of musicians.