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Track 9 - PUGH: Aviariations: Toucan Danse
Track 19 - SCHNYDER: Three American Dances - 'Cuban Feel'Composer: JAMES PUGH & DANIEL SCHNYDER
Tracks/ Timings: PUGH: And Flughts of Angels....(6:36); Aviariations - One good tern...(1:50), No egrets (3:14), Toucan Danse (3:53); 4x2x1 (8:37); Triad (6:25); SCHNYDER: Trio - Movements I-V (12:33); Four Short Studies - Follow Me (1:03), The opposite is true (1:10), Matrix (1:21), The Monkfish (0:36); The Iron Tetrapod (3:45); Three American Dances - 'African Feel' (2:44), 'Jazz Feel' (3:25), 'Cuban Feel' (3:14)
Signum Records are delighted to present this worldclass ensemble, led by trumpeter Graham Ashton. This group of talented New Yorkers have performed the works of James Pugh and Daniel Schnyder in concerts across the globe. The relationship between these two composers and the Brass Ensemble has developed far beyond mutual friendship and respect. Since the year 2000, when James Pugh first wrote "And Flights of Angels" for the group, the ensemble have seldom performed a concert without a selection of his and Daniel’s music. Schnyder's music has had recent exposure through recordings by groups such as the Absolute Ensemble. Both James and Daniel now write many pieces exclusively for the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble, and have created a close and successful partnership, both on stage and off. The world of brass music is relatively underexplored, and James Pugh (Professor of Trombone at Purchase College, State University of New York) and Daniel Schnyder (Composer-in-Residence with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra) have specialised in a repertoire that is both fun, challenging and extremely versatile. Achampion of brass ensemble music, Graham Ashton reformed the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble (GABE) upon relocating to New York in 1999. The ensemble quickly made its mark by drawing together an eclectic mix of Manhattan's most distinguished brass players from the Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and American Symphony. GABE made their New York début in 2000 at the 25th Anniversary conference of the International Trumpet Guild.