I love this record. Steve put together this killer band to record his killer compositions and arrangements for big band. I rarely like to listen…
Pink Baby Monster presents The Way of the Blade V: Honegger’s Intrada for trumpet and piano Mark Gould, master Brian McWhorter, trumpet Pius Cheung, percussion…
The opening track of this record Ascension was recorded by Meridian Arts Ensemble – and it was my last recording with them before I left…
“How about if I get an orchestra together for you?” McWhorter offered, rashly. He’d conduct it himself if he had to. Grannan agreed. McWhorter, a jazzman from way back, quickly realized how impetuous his improvisation had been. “I didn’t have an orchestra, I didn’t have money to pay an orchestra and I’d never conducted an orchestra before,” he recalls. Yet he knew he had to try. – Brett Campbell
“Ambitious music projects are like catnip for Brian McWhorter. His latest, an assembled score with Beta Collide for the upcoming UO screening of the 1929 silent film Ed’s Coed, is no exception.”
Jubilus & Pantomime is a full-length performance DVD . Jubilus, written for soprano, trumpet, and percussion is an expression of physical and spiritual rejoicing hailed…
tyranny of the senses [2012] electronic score commissioned by gilmer duran and the eugene ballet company 36min
elixirs [2012] an adaptation of donizetti’s l’elisir d’amore for narrator/tenor, soprano, brass ensemble, piano and drums premiered by the all star brass and pink baby…
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