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: Seven Scenes for Brass Quintet by PLU Emeritus faculty member Dr. Jerry Kracht, will be released in October, 2018.  Dr. Lyman lives in Tacoma with his wife Anne, son Milo, and daughter Eleanor. In his spare time he enjoys trying to stay upright on his mountain bike, and being a disgruntled Red Sox fan. Edward Castro, trumpet, is a regular member of the Tacoma Opera, Lyric Brass Quintet, and the Mosaic Brass Quintet. Ed appears occasionally with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera. He serves on

Trinity Lutheran Church in Parkland, WA. The Lyric Brass Quintet is the resident faculty brass ensemble at PLU. Its members teach private lessons at PLU and are all active solo, chamber, and orchestral performers throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The players enjoy performing a wide range of repertoire from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century, including several works that have been commissioned for them. The members of the Lyric Brass get along surprisingly well with each other given

December 14 concert shows brass program’s strengths Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 If you want to see (or hear) the quality of the PLU’s brass program, look no further than the Lyric Brass Quintet concert on Sunday, December 14 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 8pm. The Lyric Brass Quintet is comprised of PLU’s brass faculty: Edward Castro and Zachary Lyman, trumpet; Gina Gillie, horn; Jason Gilliam, euphonium; and Paul Evans, tuba. “These concerts each semester are a

is both natural for brass instruments and challenging in terms of endurance, range and dynamics. Audience members will hear loud sounds, soft melodies, traditional tonal harmony, disjunct modern harmony, and everything in between. At 25 minutes long, it is more than twice the length of an average brass piece. PLU Music Professor and Lyric Brass Quintet member Zach Lyman explains that lengthy pieces challenge a musician’s endurance and stamina. “The music changes style and tonality very frequently