Triangle Youth Brass Band
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Triangle Youth Brass Band (TYBB) a national award-winning British style brass band
located in Raleigh, North Carolina
that was formed in 1997 as a youth component of the Triangle Brass Band (TBB). Under the direction of Tony Granados and Jesse Rackley, the Youth Band serves nearly 70 high school aged musicians in two separate bands. Both bands are the current North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) Youth and Youth Open Division Champions.
TYBB and TYBE follow the instrumentation centered on the British brass band tradition. The TYBB and TYBE instrumentation includes: B-flat and E-flat cornets, E-flat tenor horns, and B-flat baritones as well as trombones, bass trombones, euphoniums, tubas, and percussion. The bands perform a variety of music including orchestral and band transcriptions, solo accompaniment, and original works created specifically for brass bands. Students also have the opportunity to perform chamber music.
North American Brass Band Association Championships, Youth Open Division
North American Brass band Association Championships, Solo and Ensemble
Groups with whom the TYBB have performed:
Brass band
A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert...
located in Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
that was formed in 1997 as a youth component of the Triangle Brass Band (TBB). Under the direction of Tony Granados and Jesse Rackley, the Youth Band serves nearly 70 high school aged musicians in two separate bands. Both bands are the current North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) Youth and Youth Open Division Champions.
History
The Triangle Youth Brass Band (TYBB) was founded in 1997 as a youth component for the Triangle Brass Band. The Youth Band entails two bands, the Triangle Youth Brass Band (TYBB) and the Triangle Youth Brass Ensemble (TYBE). The Youth Band's mission is to provide an opportunity for the finest area high school brass and percussion players to supplement their wind band experience by performing in a British-style brass band and to raise the level of brass playing in the area.TYBB and TYBE follow the instrumentation centered on the British brass band tradition. The TYBB and TYBE instrumentation includes: B-flat and E-flat cornets, E-flat tenor horns, and B-flat baritones as well as trombones, bass trombones, euphoniums, tubas, and percussion. The bands perform a variety of music including orchestral and band transcriptions, solo accompaniment, and original works created specifically for brass bands. Students also have the opportunity to perform chamber music.
National competitive awards
North American Brass Band Association Championships, Youth Division- 2001 First Place, TYBB
- 2002 First Place, TYBB
- 2004 First Place, TYBB
- 2006 First Place, TYBB
- 2007 First Place, TYBB
- 2009 First Place, TYBB
North American Brass Band Association Championships, Youth Open Division
- 2007 First Place, TYBE
- 2008 First Place, TYBE
- 2009 First Place, TYBE
North American Brass band Association Championships, Solo and Ensemble
- 2002 First Place, Youth Percussion, Triangle Youth Percussion
- 2004 First Place, Youth Percussion, TYBB Percussion
- 2006 First Place, Youth Ensemble, Triangle Youth Brass Quintet
- 2006 First Place, Youth Percussion, Triangle Youth Percussion
- 2007 First Place, Youth Percussion, Triangle Youth Percussion
Groups with whom the TYBB have performed:
- Georgia Brass Band, 2005
- US Coast Guard Band, 2008
Distinctive Events
- Great American Brass Band Festival, 2003
- City of Greensboro, NC Independence Day fireworks celebration, 2006
- City of Greensboro, NC Independence Day fireworks celebration, 2008
- Ohio Brass Arts Festival, 2011
Soloists and Clinicians
- Keith Wilkinson (Brass Band of the Western Reserve)
- Terry Everson (Professor of Trumpet, Boston UniversityBoston UniversityBoston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
) - Michael Kris (Professor of Low Brass, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
) - Mark Clodfelter (Professor of Trumpet, University of KentuckyUniversity of KentuckyThe University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
) - Ray Farr (conductor/composer)
- James E. Jackson III (euphonium, U.S. Coast Guard Band)
- Jens LindemannJens LindemannJens Lindemann is a Canadian trumpet soloist now based in Los Angeles. As a trumpet player in the Canadian Brass from 1996 to 2001 he played at major concert venues all over the world...
(Professor of Trumpet, UCLA and former trumpet, Canadian BrassCanadian BrassThe Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970. In addition to maintaining a heavy international touring schedule, the Canadian Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs...
) - Steve Sykes (tuba soloist, conductor, and adjudicator)
- Chris Martin (Principal Trumpet, Chicago Symphony)
- Colin Williams (Principal Trombone, Atlanta Symphony)
- Brian Meixner (Euphonium, River City Brass BandRiver City Brass BandThe River City Brass Band is a modified British-style brass band based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band performed its first concert on November 21, 1981, with its founder Robert Bernat as conductor. In addition to its accessible performance style, RCBB is renowned for its recordings and...
) - Demondrae Thurman (Professor of Euphonium, University of AlabamaUniversity of AlabamaThe University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
and Sotto Voce Quartet) - Tom Bratten (U.S. Army Band)
- Vince DiMartino (Professor of Trumpet, Centre CollegeCentre CollegeCentre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County south of Lexington, KY. Centre is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose...
, Danville, Kentucky) - Don Eagle (North Carolina SymphonyNorth Carolina SymphonyThe North Carolina Symphony is an American orchestra based in Raleigh, North Carolina, with sixty-nine full time musicians. The orchestra performs in Meymandi Concert Hall and performs occasionally with the Carolina Ballet and the The Opera Company of North Carolina. In 2007, the organization...
) - Dennis DeJong (Carolina BrassCarolina BrassCarolina Brass is the name chosen by two different brass quintets based in North Carolina.Carolina Brass in CharlotteCarolina Brass was founded in 1980 by four principal brass musicians of the Charlotte Symphony and a professor of music at Davidson College...
) - Douglas Yeo (Bass Trombone, Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston Symphony OrchestraThe Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...
) - Kevin Geraldi (Conductor, University of North Carolina at GreensboroUniversity of North Carolina at GreensboroThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro , also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 61 master's and 26...
) - Mark Norman (Conductor, University of North Carolina School of the ArtsUniversity of North Carolina School of the ArtsThe University of North Carolina School of the Arts , formerly the North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is one of the seventeen constituent campuses of the...
) - Marty Erickson (Tuba soloist, Brass Band of Battle Creek)
- Philip SparkePhilip SparkePhilip Sparke is a British composer and musician. He is noted for his concert band and brass band music.- Music for Winds :* 1973/1976 Gaudium* 1975 The Prizewinners for Brass-Band* 1978/1995 Fantasy for Euphonium...
(Composer) - Scott Hartman (Trombone, Brass Band of Battle Creek)
- Evan Feldmann (Clinician, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
) - Allen VizzuttiAllen VizzuttiAllen Vizzutti is an American trumpeter, composer and music educator.Allen Vizzutti very recently recorded his first solo jazz album in some time. "Ritzville" which will be available November 1st, as announced by Vizzutti himself...
(Trumpet Soloist) - James Ketch (Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
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