{"id":647,"date":"2018-10-20T01:11:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T01:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/?page_id=647"},"modified":"2022-05-05T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:24:54","slug":"brass-ensembles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/ensembles\/brass-ensembles\/","title":{"rendered":"Brass Ensembles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The KSC Music Department offers two brass groups, a large Brass Ensemble and a smaller Brass Chamber Ensemble.\u00a0 Students also have opportunities to perform across campus and in community settings such as Convocation, Commencement, Pumpkinfest, and other outreach events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/1120_edited-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-838\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/1120_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4928\" height=\"2341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/1120_edited-1.jpg 4928w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/1120_edited-1-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/1120_edited-1-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/1120_edited-1-1024x486.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/1120_edited-1-1200x570.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Brass Ensemble<br \/>\n<em><strong>Seelan Manickam, Director<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-760\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/Seelan-Manickam-head-shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-760\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/Seelan-Manickam-head-shot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/Seelan-Manickam-head-shot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/10\/Seelan-Manickam-head-shot-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 85vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Seelan Manickam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Course number:\u00a0 MU 171-05<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brass Ensemble offers an opportunity to explore brass repertoire with a large amount of\u00a0part independence and good opportunities for solo work. Greater individual attention and\u00a0an emphasis on good ensemble performance \u2013 especially resonant sound and good\u00a0intonation \u2013 make this an important opportunity for developing musicianship. Repertoire\u00a0studied and performed will explore both the tradition and possibilities of the brass\u00a0ensemble genre.<\/p>\n<h3>Brass Chamber Ensemble<br \/>\n<em><strong>Seelan Manickam, Director<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Course number:\u00a0 MU 171-06<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brass Chamber Ensemble gives students the opportunity to perform traditional and contemporary chamber works in a small ensemble setting such as a brass quintet.\u00a0 The ensemble&#8217;s study, practice, and performance of diverse repertoire leads to at least one on-campus performance each semester, with potential opportunities to perform for community events as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Brass Chamber Ensemble introduces students to repertoire from the middle ages to the present.\u00a0 This ensemble helps students improves their skills as intellectual music makers in a chamber music setting.\u00a0 Such performances are the most demanding and intense, as each member must be responsible for a significant component of the repertoire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The KSC Music Department offers two brass groups, a large Brass Ensemble and a smaller Brass Chamber Ensemble.\u00a0 Students also have opportunities to perform across campus and in community settings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/ensembles\/brass-ensembles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Brass Ensembles&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":121,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647\/revisions\/1458"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}