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What's all the BUZZ about?

 
BUZZ [ b ∧ z ]  n. – 2002 ; excl. ♦1 Excitement over novelty. ♦2 Sound produced by vibrating the lips regularly around their equilibrium position. [See vibrate] ♦3 Brass quintet. [See concert] ♦4 Group consisting of five musicians and one actor. [See musitheatrical show]
 
Buzz Brass consists of two trumpets, a horn, a trombone and a bass trombone. In addition to carefully selected classics from the musical repertoire for brass quintet, the musicians perform original compositions and exclusive arrangements. Buzz Brass turns every show into a surprising, dazzling, enticing experience for all audiences!

 

BIO



 
In the fall of 2002, Sylvain Lapointe launched Buzz Brass. The ensemble consists of:

     Sylvain Lapointe – artistic director / trumpet
     Frédéric Gagnon – principal trumpet
     Pascal Lafrenière- horn
     Jason De Carufel - trombone
     Sylvain Arseneau – bass trombone

Main achievements

  • 800 musitheatrical shows and chamber music concerts performed all over Canada
  • 3 performances in the USA
  • 400 elementary, middle and high schools visited
  • Many celebrated appearances in professional venues and famous concert halls
  • 150,000 spectators reached
  • Several musical performances broadcast on radio and television
  • A performance at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, as part of Musicora 2008

Awards

  • Finalist at the Young Audiences Music Awards 2012, organised by Les Jeunesses Musicales Internationales, for the show The History of Music as “Production of the year”.
  • Three critically-acclaimed albums and a nomination to the 2010 ADISQ awards for “Album of the Year” in the classical music category / solo and small ensembles
  • OPUS Prize 2007 – Production of the Year / Young Audiences for the show The History of Music. (The finalists also included the world-renowned Orchestre symphonique de Montréal)
 
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