Carolina Brass

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Carolina Brass is a brass quintet from North Carolina. Since being founded in 1997, the group has become a national touring ensemble. They tour throughout the United States performing in a variety of settings including concert halls, universities, churches, and giving educational concerts at schools and other venues. Carolina Brass performs a wide variety of music including Classical and Contemporary works, Medieval and Renaissance music, and pops programs encompassing Broadway, Jazz, Dixieland, Big Band, and other popular forms. The mission of the Carolina Brass is to promote the understanding of music and to improve the performance level of musicians of all ages through performances, residencies, master classes, and recordings.


Carolina Brass consists of a traditional brass quintet plus percussionist. Current members are: Timothy Hudson (trumpet), Dennis de Jong (trumpet), Robert Campbell (horn), David Wulfeck (trombone), Matt Ransom (tuba), and John R. Beck (percussion).

Carolina Brass is a Summit Recording Artist.

[edit] Discography

  • Carolina Brass Christmas (2000)
    • Includes traditional English, American, and Afro-American Holiday tunes as well as works by Mendelssohn, Gustov Holst, J.S. Bach, and Charles Marie Widor.
  • That's A Plenty! (2003)
    • Includes works by Pollack, Arutunian, Mouret, J.P. Sousa, Frackenpohl, Purcell, Bernstein, Strayhorn and more.
  • ART Collection (2004)
    • This collection of works written and arranged by Arthur Frackenpohl is a tribute to the American composer.

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