Brass Cluster
For this post, I have gathered of small collection of music that has caught my interest while digging around. I made a playlist for you to follow along with each one. A couple of these I want to flesh out further in their own separate posts because there's more to learn from them, but here's what I gathered so far. This first piece is called "A Song for Japan." It was composed by Steven Verhelst as a response to the tragedy that struck Japan with a giant earthquake and a tsunami back in 2011. He also used it as an opportunity to create awareness and charity funds for the people affected. If you look it up there are hundreds of recordings over the years all over the world. Verhelst originally wrote it for trombone but made various versions for other instrumentations such as brass ensembles, quintets, wind bands, and more. A Song for Japan (2011) Steven Velherst (b. 1981) Tokyo Brass Symphony The next is the "Princess Kaguya Suite" composed by Keiko Takashim...
