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Chaconne Brass in Concert

(Approx. length 2 hours including interval)

Jean Philippe Rameau - Ouverture; arr C. Mitchell

Tomaso Albinoni - Concerto op.7 no.6; arr M. Kesel

Cecilia McDowall - Tango Oscuro

Jr. Jacob van Eyck (1590-1657) - Psalm; arr T. Hultmark

Malcolm Arnold - Quintet for Brass

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J.S. Bach - Little Fugue in G minor

G.N. Hummel - Variations; arr C. Mitchell

Ben Castle - Picture This (2000)

Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin'

Traditional - Just A Closer Walk

From Brass to Beyond

(Approx. length 2 hours including interval)

G. Rossini - William Tell Overture

Claude Gervaise (mid 16c.) - Six French Renaissance Dances

Jr. Jacob van Eyck / T. Hultmark (1590-1657) - Doen Daphne d'over Schoone Maeght

J. Binns - The Circus

J.S. Bach - Siciliano

B. Castle - Birthday Blues

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J.S. Bach - Allegro from Sonata no.1 in Eb; arr M. Kesel

Edward Longstaff - Symphony for Brass (2004)

J. Rodrigo / T. Hultmark - An Iberian Draft (1998)

Rolf Schneebiegl - Der Kellermeister

F. Handel - Watermusic; played on watering cans and kettles!!!

Chris Mitchell - Que Pasa! (1997)

Chaconne has a large and diverse repertoire of music spanning 600 years including many works specially written for the group; these have been commissioned to fit in with Chaconne's aim of pushing forward the musical boundaries as well as of presenting entertaining programs of the highest musical standards.

A typical Chaconne Brass performance will range from renaissance to modern, classics to experimental and from the profound to the downright silly.

Chaconne Brass have performed to audienences at the Queen Elisabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Conway Hall, St John's Smith Square and St Martin's-in-the-Fields London, St David's Hall Cardiff, die Philharmonie Berlin, BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, BBC1 TV and Classic FM

Simon de Souza (horn) studied with the international virtuoso Ifor James at Colchester Institute, where he also won many prizes for chamber music, before going on to a post-graduate year at Trinity College of Music. Since leaving college, Simon’s career has encompassed a wide variety of freelance playing: as a recital and concerto soloist, in orchestras including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Bolshoi Ballet (though only as a horn player!), London's West End and touring shows, many chamber groups and, of course, Chaconne Brass! Simon is also among the most highly regarded teachers of the horn in Britain, holding specialist posts at Wells Cathedral School, the Junior department of the Royal Academy of Music, and acting as a consultant and coach to many other establishments and organisations. Most recently he has been appointed to the horn teaching staff at the Birmingham Conservatoire. He also writes extensively on horn playing and teaching matters and is Vice-Chairman of the British Horn Society. When not playing the horn he reads, cooks, cycles, makes highly detailed models of railways and follows the ups, and downs, of Reading Football Club.

James Doherty (tuba) joined the National Youth Orchestra at 16 and was a finalist in the Shell London Symphony Orchestra competition, before gaining a scholarship to the Royal College of Music. He enjoys performing with orchestras and ensembles (becoming a member of Chaconne Brass in August 2000), and has also appeared as a soloist several times. Alongside a busy playing schedule, James has held teaching posts at a number of Independent Schools in Surrey and is currently the low brass specialist with Berkshire Maestros where he also conducts a variety of ensembles. James has worked as Orchestral Manager, Librarian and Stage Manager for the New London Orchestra (of which he was co-founder) and the European Community Youth Orchestra, including tours to all the European Capitals, America, Russia, Scandinavia and India. Away from music, James is a passionate motoring enthusiast and coaches advanced driving on road and track events in the UK and Europe. His ambition is to experience all the historic motor racing circuits before they all become housing estates and theme parks!

Torbjörn Hultmark (trumpet) was born in Sweden in 1957 and came to live in England in 1985. He currently works as a musician, teacher and composer. He has dual Swedish and British citizenship and lives with his family in a rural village in Berkshire. Torbjörn studied trumpet, conducting and composition at the Gothenburg Conservatoire of Music and at National Centre for Orchestral Studies, Goldsmiths' College, London - his main teachers were Bengt Eklund (Gothenburg) and John Wallace (London). Alongside his work as a member of Chaconne Brass, Notes Inegales, La Banda Europa and the Headspace Ensemble, he works with orchestras and ensembles such as the London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, London and Chamber Orchestra of Europe as well as film and TV session work. Torbjörn has worked as a soloist with the Northern Sinfonia, Bournemouth Sinfonietta and with the BBC Philharmonic at the 2007 Albert Hall Proms. As a composer, Torbjörn's music has been performed extensively and recorded on CD as well as broadcast in Britain (BBC Radio 3 and Classic fM) and abroad. His output is wide-ranging and includes works for large orchestra and choral music as well as scores for different types of chamber ensembles. In 2008 he completed a BBC-commission for Chaconne. Torbjörn runs TootProductions, a small specialist recording business. He also teaches at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music.

Mark Kesel (trumpet) was inspired to pursue a career in music by his first teacher Jimmy Norden and continued his studies with Sidney Ellison at the Royal Academy of Music. After obtaining a degree in music from the University of Reading, Mark was appointed trumpet teacher there. He conducted a series of performances of the rarely staged opera by Stanford called The Travelling Companion, was principal trumpet with the touring opera company Opera East for twelve years and has worked as a freelance trumpet player and guest soloist. Mark founded Chaconne Brass in 1984 and was the driving force behind the group in its early years. He was responsible for devising their popular family and educational programme Oh Good Chips for Tea! which has been performed to tens of thousands of children in Britain and abroad. Mark directed two lottery-funded educational projects with Chaconne Brass in his hometown of Reading and has composed and arranged several works for the group, a number of which are recorded on their CDs ­ Chaconne Brass (CBCD597) and We Are Not Alone (CBCD1101). Mark lives in Reading with his wife, two children and dog, is a keen supporter of Reading Football Club and enjoys his tennis and mountain walks.

Emily White (trombone) was inspired to play the trombone at Wells Cathedral School by Alan Hutt, and went on to study at The Royal Academy of Music. She studied with Ian Bousfield, Dudley Bright and Sue Addison. Emily gained a Masters Degree from Guildhall School of Music and Drama where the professors included Simon Wills and John Kenny. Emily has gone on to work as a freelance trombonist and sackbut player with orchestras such as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, The King's Consort and The Academy of Ancient Music. She is a member of the English Cornette and Sackbut Ensemble, and directs the group Musica Antiqua of Dursley. She has played as a musician at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre since it opened in 1997, and was musical director of Much Ado About Nothing in 2007. Emily's main love is chamber music, and has recently broadcast the Stravinsky Octet and recorded the Poulenc Trio with the Fibbonacci Sequence. As a contemporary trombonist Emily has premiered the Secret House sonata written for female trombonist by John Kenny. They recently formed a duo and they are currently recording a CD of trombone music with British Music Label. Emily was Musician in Residence for Deveron Arts, in Aberdeenshire, 2007, where her début composition, Trio for Trombone, Bicycle Wheel and Voice was premiered. Emily teaches sackbut at the Royal College of Music, Trinity College of Music, and is visiting trombone teacher at Wells Cathedral School.