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Past concert and recording selections are posted regularly

for your listening pleasure. 

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Soundtrack Today: 

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Various Selections from December 2014

Blade of Spain - "Habiba", "Navarre" - A. DiLorenzo

Peanut Vendor - Simmons/Gilbert/Sunshine, arr. by Dean Boysen

Baltazar "A Kings Journey" - A. DiLorenzo

On the Sunnyside of the Street - McHugh/Fields, arr. John Iveson 

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About the ensemble

BRAZZISSIMO is an exciting and highly talented ten-piece brass chamber music ensemble that is based in the East Bay Area region of northern California.  In July of 2001 when some of us were in attendance at the Humboldt State Brass Chamber Music Workshop (BCMW) the idea of forming a brass ensemble similar to the size of an eleven-piece Philip Jones ensemble took place. Philip Shoptaugh (trumpeter) and Jim Jaffe (trombonist) ultimately put the idea into action and formed the ensemble consisting of some musicians from the attending workshop. That was back in in 2001!

As we enter our twenty-first year we will continue our commitment towards performing music within the Classical, Jazz, Latin and contemporary music idioms with emphasis on developing audience inspiring programs. With four trumpeters, four trombonists, French horn, tuba, and in-house composers and arrangers, our musical possibilities are endless. 

OUR MISSION: to perform music that is truly audience accessible with true interpretations of brass chamber literature.

OUR GOAL: to present the most enjoyable and memorable concert-going experiences possible, to you!                 

-  Dean

Trombone