Music for Brass and Beyond | A4 Brass Quartet | TEDxRNCM

Explore some not-so traditional music for brass with one of the UK's leading young chamber ensembles, A4 Brass Quartet. Based in Manchester, A4 Brass is comprised of principal players from some of the UK's top brass bands, including the world famous Grimethorpe Colliery and Foden’s bands.
The Quartet has a unique blend of instruments, with a cornet, tenor horn, baritone and euphonium creating a distinctive sound that stands out from the standard brass quartet. With this unusual instrumentation, A4 Brass has actively developed their repertoire, commissioning new music, composing and arranging music themselves.
The Quartet has won numerous prizes and awards including the 2018 Royal Over-Seas League Chamber Music Competition, a 2017 Tunnell Trust Award, the Tillett Trust Young Artists’ Platform series and the Musicians’ Company Concert Series. They regularly work with Live Music Now and Music in Hospitals scheme and are committed to expanding and diversifying their work.
Works performed are 'Moskito' by Thomas Doss and 'Toccata' by A4 Brass member Jonathan Bates.
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Recorded @ TEDxRNCM, June 2018. Hosted by @hayley_parkes
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The award-winning A4 Brass Quartet are one of the UK's leading young chamber ensembles. Based at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, A4 Brass is comprised of principal players from some of the UK's leading brass bands, including the world famous Grimethorpe Colliery and Foden’s bands. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx