Gallery

Brass Connection Portrait
Third Members Portrait
Bells Up Picture
Different tones
Trombone Player Dr. Kim
Look Up Quintet Photo
Dr. Moller Portrait
Trumpet players playing outside
Portrait Elizabeth Linares Montero
Gaudy Sanchez's Portrait
Luis Cardenas Casillas' Portrait
Performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Recital at Pasadena Conservatory

Recordings

  • The final movement of Sacred Geometry is called Helix. Sacred Geometry is inspired by the work of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Gaudí is best known for creating la Basílica de la Sagrada Família, a cathedral in Barcelona, Spain, which has been under construction since 1882. Gaudí integrated symbols of his faith into every detail of the Basílica, weaving them into complex geometric forms he studied in the natural world, like hyperbolic paraboloids, hyperboloids, helicoids, and cones. The helix also has many connections and connotations, appearing in everything from spiral staircases to seashells, forming the structure for the molecules from which life is built, and lying at the center of mathematical formulas that describe both infinitesimally small subatomic particles as well as the mechanics of the entire universe.

  • Composed for trumpeter Jens Lindemann and friends for a "Brass Blowout" performance in Calgary, Canada. An active and challenging quintet in one movement.The Inspiration behind this piece was the time Broughton spent in London. People running from place to place, sounds of traffic and taxi drivers, honking cars, the living sound of a city. The piece features running lines (pedestrians), loud rhythmic notes (cars honk), slowly building to an energetic climax.

  • This song has become a quintessential Mexican work, originally composed by Ruben Fuentes in 1964. La Bikina is one of the most important songs in the Latin American popular music repertoire, Incorporating many elements of folkloric song and dance. It has been recorded in many languages and several styles. The composer Colmenares drew inspiration for his brass quintet arrangement from the venerable Luis Miguel.