TBJ214: Jamie Lipton, John Caputo and Betsy Jones on All Things NABBA
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On This Episode of The Brass Junkies:
How each of them got involved in brass banding
The standard instrumentation of a British-style brass band
The difference between baritone and euphonium parts in brass band writing
“Building from the middle out”
How the sections (or levels) of the NABBA Championships are set up
How test pieces are chosen, when they are announced each year and how that’s changed over the years
How the level of playing of brass bands keeps getting better and better
The power of YouTube and the byproduct of that which is the homogeneous sound people play with today
The value of having brass bands as a creative outlet
Trash panda
The format of the championships
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The brass program at The Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University
Parker Mouthpieces (including the Andrew Hitz and Lance LaDuke models)
The Brass Junkies is produced by Andrew Hitz for Pedal Note Media
