SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017
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A great American musical experience
Review
B Y V ICKIE K ENNEDY
The Florence Events Center
was nearly full Wednesday,
March 29, when the Dallas
Brass came to town. Although
the musicality of this group was
spot-on, it was its interaction
with the audience and with each
other that was the highlight of
the show.
Michael Levine, who found-
ed the Dallas Brass in 1983,
explained to the audience in the
pre-concert talk that the goal of
the group was to produce a fun
show — and fun it was!
The American Musical
Journey started with Elmer
Berstein’s “Theme from The
Magnificient Seven” and fea-
tured Luis Araya on the trum-
pet, Terry Sawchuk on the trum-
The Dallas Brass from Wednesday’s night’s performance at
the Florence Events Center. (photo by Vickie Kennedy)
pet, Juan Berrios on the horn,
alto horn and flugelhorn, Ryan
Christianson on the trombone,
Paul Carlson on the tuba and
Andres Crovetti on percussion
and drums.
These men do not just sit and
play. Their moves were choreo-
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graphed to the style of music
that they were playing.
Although there were only six
of them on stage, they filled that
stage.
The
next
piece
was
“Tournament Galop,” written
by Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
That was
followed by
America’s first unofficial
national
anthem,
“Hail
Columbia,” and then “Yankee
Doodle Dandy.”
Although the show was
extremely entertaining, it was
also educational thanks to
Levine, who served as the
Master of Ceremonies. He
informed the audience that the
band preferred Italian com-
posers and proceeded to list off
a plethora of Italian names in
rhyme ending with Henry
Mancini. The band then played
“Pink Panther” with props
which included dimmed stage
lights, sunglasses and flashing
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hands in a piece called “Hands.”
Levine called it a sophisticated
patty cake. The speed and accu-
racy with which these men per-
formed was amazing.
Another solo was performed
by Crovetti on the vibraphone.
He played “Root Beer Rag” by
Billy Joel. Levine explained
that Crovetti was able to do with
two mallets on the vibraphone
what Joel did with 10 fingers on
the piano.
The finale was their rendition
of the favorite “Sing, Sing,
Sing,” written and composed by
Louis Prima in 1936. For those
who listen to Big Band music, it
was as if Gene Krupa, Harry
James and Benny Goodman
were there in the hall playing
the drum, trumpet and clarinet
solos.
However, Sawchuk, our
“clarinetist” was playing the
piccolo trumpet. If you didn’t
watch him play, you could defi-
nitely hear the smooth tones of a
clarinet. Again, the Dallas Brass
did not stand in one spot. They
didn’t even stand on the stage.
They were standing in the
aisles and in the rows with the
audience. It created an acousti-
cal “Surround Sound.”
Of course, there was a stand-
ing ovation for this outstanding
brass ensemble. The Dallas
Brass did not disappoint with its
medley of 32 songs performed
in under five minutes.
There was everything from
Christmas tunes to spirituals to
jazz renditions.
Levine promised that they
wouldn’t wait 10 more years
before they come back to
Florence.You won’t want to
miss that performance.
Don’t miss SEA’s next con-
cert, Barrage 8, on April 26, at 7
p.m. at the FEC.
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Dallas Brass
lights inside their horns.
Levine pointed out the dif-
ferent trumpets that the musi-
cians would be using during the
concert. They included the pic-
colo trumpet, the B-flat trumpet
and the flugelhorn. Then with
quite a flourish, Araya,
Sawchuk and Berrios played
“The Carnival of Venice,”
which incorporated a series of
themes and variations written
for trumpet as “show off” pieces
that contained virtuoso displays
of double and triple tonguing
and fast tempos.
This production, brought to
Florence
by
SEAcoast
Entertainment Association ful-
fills SEA’s mission statement.
Started in 1980, SEA is a
noprofit, all-volunteer organiza-
tion that provides world-class
entertainment,
community
enrichment
programs
for
schoolchildren, and those who
are under-served in our commu-
nity.
This goal was fulfilled by
Dallas Brass’ new program
called” Harmony Bridge.” Its
main purpose is to encourage
band students to go into their
communities to share music.
Dallas Brass spent the day
tutoring some students from the
Siuslaw Band Program (middle
school and high school) so that
they could perform during the
Dallas Brass concert. Seventeen
students played three songs at
the beginning of the second
half, which included “She’ll Be
Coming Round the Mountain”,
“Home on the Range” and “I’ve
Been Working on the Railroad.”
There were some tricky pas-
sages that the students mas-
tered. They were given a stand-
ing ovation with a few well
deserved “Bravos” thrown in.
Besides using brass instru-
ments, the musicians used their
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