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Here, you will find shows for children, teenagers and families that combine music and theatre in perfect harmony.

BUZZ [ b ∧ z ] ◊1 Excitement over novelty. ◊2 Sound produced by vibrating the lips regularly around their equilibrium position. [See vibrate] ◊3 Brass quintet. ◊4 Group consisting of five musicians and one actor. [See musitheatrical show]
 
 
The mission of Buzz Brass is to introduce chamber music for brass ensemble to worldwide audiences and most particularly, young people. This is achieved through accessible and entertaining musical shows in which music and theatre are combined in perfect harmony.

Buzz consists of two trumpets, a horn, a trombone, a bass trombone and an actor. The themes of the shows are carefully designed to insure the best interaction between the music and the audience. The actor impersonates all the main characters while the musicians play supporting roles. Because it is performed from memory, the music fits perfectly in the staging of the performance and remains in the forefront.

Buzz invites its audience to rediscover music as they have never experienced or even imagined it before!

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
          Éllis Arch – actor (The History of Music)
          Maxime Carbonneau – actor (The Vikings)
 

The ensemble’s main achievements:

  • 600 musitheatrical shows and chamber music concerts performed all over Canada, from Vancouver to Magdalen Islands, Saskatchewan, Halifax, Ontario, Quebec, New-Brunswick and Prince Edward Island;
  • 300 primary and secondary schools visited;
  • Many celebrated appearances in professional venues and famous concert halls;
  • 100,000 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:

  • 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) ;
  • 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.

 

 
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