The Lapse
The Lapse was an American indie band formed in late 1997.
The band was first signed to Gern Blandsten, then Southern Records.
A larger deal with Matador Records fell through in 2001.
The Lapse was the duo of then boyfriend/girlfriend Chris Leo (ex-Native nod and brother of Ted Leo) and Toko Yasuda (Enon, ex-Blonde Redhead).
They formed The Lapse after the breakup of their previous band, The Van Pelt.
The Lapse had Leo on guitar and Yasuda on bass with both handling vocals.
The band welcomed a long list of guest musicians over the years, including Don Devore (bass), Justin DuClos (drums), and Garry Keating (bass).
The Lapse formally disbanded in 2001, with Yasuda leaving to join Enon.
Chris Leo's current outfit is the Vague Angels, with Chris as primary singer/songwriter on guitar.
American Brass Quintet
When the American Brass Quintet gave its first public performance on December 11, 1960, brass chamber music was still relatively young to concert audiences.
The Chicago Brass Quintet had originated the concept of a brass quintet in 1948, followed by the New York Brass Quintet in 1954.
To delineate itself from these other two groundbreaking ensembles American Brass Quintet dedicated itself to" music originally written for brass," and substituted a bass trombone for the conventional tuba voice.
That debut concert for them in 1960 marked the beginning of an international career for the ensemble that includes performances in Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and all fifty of the United States; a discography now numbering fifty- one recordings; the premieres of over one hundred new brass works, and the inspiration to a whole new generation of brass quintets worldwide.
ABQ commissions by Samuel Adler, Bruce Adolphe, Daniel Asia, Jan Bach, Robert Beaser, William Bolcom, Elliott Carter, Billy Childs, Robert Dennis, Jacob Druckman, Eric Ewazen, Anthony Plog, Huang Ruo, David Sampson, Gunther Schuller, William Schuman, Ralph Shapey, Joan Tower, Melinda Wagner, and Charles Whittenberg are considered among the most significant contributions to the brass quintet repertoire.
In the past fifteen years alone, the ABQ has released recordings of over twenty- five major new brass quintets.
The presentation of challenging contemporary brass music alongside earlier eras carefully edited by ABQ members for modern performance, has become a trademark of ABQ programming, and has helped establish the American Brass Quintet as the leader in the field of serious brass chamber music today.
Equally committed to the promotion of its brand of brass music through education, the American Brass Quintet has been in residence at The Juilliard School since 1987 and at the Aspen Music Festival since 1970.
Many young ensembles, including the Extension Ensemble, Manhattan Brass Quintet, Meridian Arts Ensemble, and Urban Brass Quintet have worked with the ABQ through these residencies, and have gone on to establish their own presence in the brass chamber music field.
Since 2001 the ABQ has offered its expertise in chamber music performance and training with a program of mini-residencies as part of its regular touring season.
Designed to offer young groups and individuals an intense chamber music experience over several days, ABQ mini-residencies have been embraced by many schools and communities.
Through its acclaimed performances, signature programming, large discography, and educational endeavors, the ABQ has created a formidable legacy in the brass field.
Hailed as" the high priests of brass" by Newsweek," positively breathtaking", by" The New York Times", and" of all the brass quintets, this country's most distinguished" by the American Record Guide, the American Brass Quintet has clearly defined itself among the elite chamber music ensembles of our time.
The American Brass Quintet is the 2013 recipient of Chamber Music America's highest honor, the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award for significant and lasting contributions to the field.
The current ABQ consists of Louis Hanzlik and Kevin Cobb on trumpet, Eric Reed on French horn, Michael Powell on tenor trombone, and John Rojak on bass trombone.
Annapolis Brass Quintet
The Annapolis Brass Quintet was a brass quintet founded by trumpet player David Cran and trombone player Robert Posten in 1971 as America's first full- time performing brass ensemble.
During the course of its 22- year career through 1993, it played concerts in all fifty states and throughout Europe, the Orient, the Middle East, Central America and Canada.
The ensemble earned an international reputation for its dedication to excellence in the presentation of brass chamber music.
Empire Brass
Empire Brass is a brass quintet from the United States.
The group was founded in 1972.
The original members met at Tanglewood Music Center( in Lenox, Massachusetts) in 1970.
Native Nod
Native Nod was an American emo band formed in the early 1990s and based in the New York metropolitan area.
During their short stint as a group, they released nine songs, divided amongst three seven-inch EPs, "BreadAnswers", and "Lower GI Bleed".
These nine songs can be found on the Gern Blandsten Records collection, "Today Puberty, Tomorrow The World".
Member Chris Leo moved on to form The Van Pelt and later The Lapse, later performing as "Vague Angels".
Dave Lerner joined Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.
Chris and Danny Leo are the brothers of Ted Leo.
Danny Leo formed The Holy Childhood (stylized as "tHE hOLY cHILDHOOD").
Justin Simon played in We Acediasts while living in Japan before relocating to New York and establishing Mesh-Key Records.
Brass quintet
A brass quintet is a five- piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments.
As a common ensemble group, the brass quintet has a broad repertoire containing musical genres from madrigals to jazz.
The instrumentation for a brass quintet typically includes two trumpets or cornets, one French horn, one trombone or euphonium/ baritone horn, and one tuba or bass trombone.
Musicians in a brass quintet may often play multiple instruments.
Trumpet players for instance may double on piccolo trumpets and flugelhorns.
There can be variation in instrumentation depending on the quintet.
In some quintets, the horn is replaced by an additional trombone.
Euphonium may also be substituted for the trombone part.
While the tuba is considered a standard, the range and style of many pieces lend themselves to being played with bass trombone as the lowest- pitched instrument.
Additionally, some pieces call for the use of percussion instruments, particularly the snare drum, tambourine, or timpani.
The contemporary brass quintet appeared in the late 1940s originating with the Chicago Brass Quintet, followed in the 1950s by the American Brass Quintet and the 1960s by the Eastman Brass Quintet.
However, it was with the founding of Canadian Brass in 1970 that the brass quintet finally became a major hall attraction and accepted as a legitimate member of the chamber music world.
Two members of the Chicago Brass Quintet can be credited with helping plant the seed for the commercial and musical success of the contemporary brass quintet: Arnold Jacobs, a tuba player, and Renold Schilke, a trumpet player.
Canadian Brass established both the style and popularity of the quintet medium throughout the world, having performed more than five thousand concerts, selling more than 500,000 quintet music books, and creating a library of over 600 compositions and arrangements for brass quintet.
They continue to be one of the most popular and recognizable contemporary brass quintets.
The brass quintet has accrued a sizable amount of literature for an ensemble that was only firmly established halfway through the 20th century.
Notable contributions to the literature include many commissions by modern ensembles such as the American Brass Quintet and transcriptions by other ensembles such as the Canadian Brass.
Atlantic Brass Quintet
The Atlantic Brass Quintet is an American brass quintet that has been in existence for over 30 years.
Founded in 1985 by John Manning, Joseph Foley, John Faieta, Tsuyoshi Taramotoi, and Bob Rasmussen, the quintet has won Grand prizes at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition, Carmel Chamber Music Society Competition, the Shoreline Alliance Chamber Music Competition, the Summit Brass First International Brass Ensemble Competition, and the Rafael Mendez International Brass Quintet Competition.
The group was named" Young Artists of 1988" by Musical America.
In May 1992, by unanimous decision, the Quintet won the" Premiere Prix" at the International Brass Competition of Narbonne, France.
The quintet has performed at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Fleet Boston Celebrity Series, Tanglewood, and the White House, and has been the resident brass quintet of Boston University, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and the Boston Conservatory.
The quintet hosts the Atlantic Brass Quintet Summer Seminar each year.
Established in 1993, the Summer Seminar is a 2- week immersive brass quintet camp with 55 participants( ranging from high school through college, post- grad, pre-professional, and adults) and 10 faculty, including the members of the Atlantic and Triton brass quintets.
Members of the group have, and continue to compose and arrange music for brass quintet.
Many of these compositions and arrangements are published by the Atlantic Brass Quintet and sold on the group's website.
The current members of the Atlantic Brass Quintet are Thomas Bergeron and Andrew Sorg, trumpets; Seth Orgel, French Horn; Timothy Albright, trombone; and John Manning, tuba.
The group's touring repertoire is known for its diverse stylistic influences, including baroque and classical/ romanic transcriptions, jazz arrangements, and traditional Balkan brass music.
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American Brass Quintet
When the American Brass Quintet gave its first public performance on December 11, 1960, brass chamber music was still relatively young to concert audiences.
The Chicago Brass Quintet had originated the concept of a brass quintet in 1948, followed by the New York Brass Quintet in 1954.
To delineate itself from these other two groundbreaking ensembles American Brass Quintet dedicated itself to" music originally written for brass," and substituted a bass trombone for the conventional tuba voice.
That debut concert for them in 1960 marked the beginning of an international career for the ensemble that includes performances in Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and all fifty of the United States; a discography now numbering fifty- one recordings; the premieres of over one hundred new brass works, and the inspiration to a whole new generation of brass quintets worldwide.
ABQ commissions by Samuel Adler, Bruce Adolphe, Daniel Asia, Jan Bach, Robert Beaser, William Bolcom, Elliott Carter, Billy Childs, Robert Dennis, Jacob Druckman, Eric Ewazen, Anthony Plog, Huang Ruo, David Sampson, Gunther Schuller, William Schuman, Ralph Shapey, Joan Tower, Melinda Wagner, and Charles Whittenberg are considered among the most significant contributions to the brass quintet repertoire.
In the past fifteen years alone, the ABQ has released recordings of over twenty- five major new brass quintets.
The presentation of challenging contemporary brass music alongside earlier eras carefully edited by ABQ members for modern performance, has become a trademark of ABQ programming, and has helped establish the American Brass Quintet as the leader in the field of serious brass chamber music today.
Equally committed to the promotion of its brand of brass music through education, the American Brass Quintet has been in residence at The Juilliard School since 1987 and at the Aspen Music Festival since 1970.
Many young ensembles, including the Extension Ensemble, Manhattan Brass Quintet, Meridian Arts Ensemble, and Urban Brass Quintet have worked with the ABQ through these residencies, and have gone on to establish their own presence in the brass chamber music field.
Since 2001 the ABQ has offered its expertise in chamber music performance and training with a program of mini-residencies as part of its regular touring season.
Designed to offer young groups and individuals an intense chamber music experience over several days, ABQ mini-residencies have been embraced by many schools and communities.
Through its acclaimed performances, signature programming, large discography, and educational endeavors, the ABQ has created a formidable legacy in the brass field.
Hailed as" the high priests of brass" by Newsweek," positively breathtaking", by" The New York Times", and" of all the brass quintets, this country's most distinguished" by the American Record Guide, the American Brass Quintet has clearly defined itself among the elite chamber music ensembles of our time.
The American Brass Quintet is the 2013 recipient of Chamber Music America's highest honor, the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award for significant and lasting contributions to the field.
The current ABQ consists of Louis Hanzlik and Kevin Cobb on trumpet, Eric Reed on French horn, Michael Powell on tenor trombone, and John Rojak on bass trombone.
Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet
Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet is a Brass Quintet founded in 1993 and currently Quintet in Residence at Western Carolina University.
Since its founding in 1993, the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet has entertained audiences around the world in nine countries on three continents in venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Shostakovich Philharmonia Hall.
The Quintet performs a wide variety of music ranging from Early Renaissance to Jazz.
In addition, works commissioned from regional composers such as Bruce Frazier, Michael Kallstrom and Robert Kehrberg have expanded the repertoire for all brass quintets.
The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet is a non-profit, 501- c( 3) organization whose mission is" to promote the understanding and enjoyment of music, particularly among the youth of western North Carolina, and to expand appreciation for the musical heritage of the Southern Appalachian region.
Among its many community service performances, the SMBQ has helped to raise money for the new public library, for the local arts council, and for the Jackson County band program.
On a beautiful afternoon in 2007, the Quintet hosted" Sunday in the Park" and helped raised$ 14,500 for National Alzheimer's Day.
Chicago Brass Quintet
The Chicago Brass Quintet is a five- piece brass quintet from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1963( sometimes credited as 1964), and still active.
They have toured worldwide since 1980 and can be heard on recordings on the Crystal, Delos( now on Naxos) and the Centaur labels.
The quintet is represented by Center Stage Artists and Patricia Alberti Artist Management.

Question: Are Native Nod and Atlantic Brass Quintet both from the same country?
Answer: yes